Listening to Transition Events

Authors:Yoshiroh Kamiyama

There are two ways to listen to various transition events, connect and pub/sub.

Connect to Transition Events

The View widget has five stub methods, onStartView, onBeforeTransitionIn, onAfterTransitionIn, onBeforeTransitionOut, and onAfterTransitionOut, to which you can connect.

onStartView

Summary

A method that is called only when this view is shown at startup time. That is, if the view is invisible at startup time and then becomes visible as a result of a view transition, onStartView does NOT fire.

Syntax

onStartView()

Example

dojo.connect(view1, "onStartView", null, function(){
    console.log("startView: view="+this);
});

onBeforeTransitionIn

Summary

A method that is called immediately before a view transition that makes this view visible.

Syntax

onBeforeTransitionIn(moveTo, dir, transition, context, method)

  • moveTo - The destination view id to transition the current view to.
  • dir - The transition direction. If 1, transition forward. If -1, transition backward.
  • transition - The name of transition to perform. Ex. “slide”
  • context - The object that the callback function will receive as “this”.
  • method - A callback function that is called when the transition has finished.

Example

dojo.connect(view1, "onBeforeTransitionIn", null,
   function(moveTo, dir, transition, context, method){
       print("onBeforeTransitionIn");
});

onAfterTransitionIn

Summary

A method that is called immediately after a view transition that makes this view visible.

Syntax

onAfterTransitionIn(moveTo, dir, transition, context, method)

  • moveTo - The destination view id to transition the current view to.
  • dir - The transition direction. If 1, transition forward. If -1, transition backward.
  • transition - The name of transition to perform. Ex. “slide”
  • context - The object that the callback function will receive as “this”.
  • method - A callback function that is called when the transition has finished.

Example

dojo.connect(view1, "onAfterTransitionIn", null,
   function(moveTo, dir, transition, context, method){
      print("afterTransitionIn");
});

onBeforeTransitionOut

Summary

A method that is called immediately before a view transition that makes this view hidden.

Syntax

onBeforeTransitionOut(moveTo, dir, transition, context, method)

  • moveTo - The destination view id to transition the current view to.
  • dir - The transition direction. If 1, transition forward. If -1, transition backward.
  • transition - The name of transition to perform. Ex. “slide”
  • context - The object that the callback function will receive as “this”.
  • method - A callback function that is called when the transition has finished.

Example

dojo.connect(view1, "onBeforeTransitionOut", null,
   function(moveTo, dir, transition, context, method){
      print("onBeforeTransitionOut");
});

onAfterTransitionOut

Summary

A method that is called immediately after a view transition that makes this view hidden.

Syntax

onAfterTransitionOut(moveTo, dir, transition, context, method)

  • moveTo - The destination view id to transition the current view to.
  • dir - The transition direction. If 1, transition forward. If -1, transition backward.
  • transition - The name of transition to perform. Ex. “slide”
  • context - The object that the callback function will receive as “this”.
  • method - A callback function that is called when the transition has finished.

Example

dojo.connect(view1, "onAfterTransitionOut", null,
   function(moveTo, dir, transition, context, method){
      print("afterTransitionOut");
});

Subscribe Transition Events

The View widget publishes five topics that are related to view transition.

/dojox/mobile/startView

Summary

A topic that is published only when this view is shown at startup time. That is, if the view is invisible at startup time and then becomes visible as a result of a view transition, the view does NOT publish this topic.

Topic Subscriber

function(view)

  • view - A view that initiated the view transition.

Example

dojo.subscribe("/dojox/mobile/startView", function(view){
    console.log("startView: view="+view);
});

/dojox/mobile/beforeTransitionIn

Summary

A topic that is published immediately before a view transition that makes this view visible.

Topic Subscriber

function(view, moveTo, dir, transition, context, method)

  • view - The destination view
  • moveTo - The destination view id to transition the current view to.
  • dir - The transition direction. If 1, transition forward. If -1, transition backward.
  • transition - The name of transition to perform. Ex. “slide”
  • context - The object that the callback function will receive as “this”.
  • method - A callback function that is called when the transition has finished.

Example

dojo.subscribe("/dojox/mobile/beforeTransitionIn",
    function(view, moveTo, dir, transition, context, method){
      print("onBeforeTransitionIn");
});

/dojox/mobile/afterTransitionIn

Summary

A topic that is published immediately after a view transition that makes this view visible.

Topic Subscriber

function(view, moveTo, dir, transition, context, method)

  • view - The destination view
  • moveTo - The destination view id to transition the current view to.
  • dir - The transition direction. If 1, transition forward. If -1, transition backward.
  • transition - The name of transition to perform. Ex. “slide”
  • context - The object that the callback function will receive as “this”.
  • method - A callback function that is called when the transition has finished.

Example

dojo.subscribe("/dojox/mobile/afterTransitionIn",
    function(view, moveTo, dir, transition, context, method){
      print("afterTransitionIn");
});

/dojox/mobile/beforeTransitionOut

Summary

A topic that is published immediately before a view transition that makes this view hidden.

Topic Subscriber

function(view, moveTo, dir, transition, context, method)

  • view - The start view. (A view that initiated the transition)
  • moveTo - The destination view id to transition the current view to.
  • dir - The transition direction. If 1, transition forward. If -1, transition backward.
  • transition - The name of transition to perform. Ex. “slide”
  • context - The object that the callback function will receive as “this”.
  • method - A callback function that is called when the transition has finished.

Example

dojo.subscribe("/dojox/mobile/beforeTransitionOut",
    function(view, moveTo, dir, transition, context, method){
       print("onBeforeTransitionOut");
});

/dojox/mobile/afterTransitionOut

Summary

A topic that is published immediately after a view transition that makes this view hidden.

Topic Subscriber

function(view, moveTo, dir, transition, context, method)

  • view - The start view. (A view that initiated the transition)
  • moveTo - The destination view id to transition the current view to.
  • dir - The transition direction. If 1, transition forward. If -1, transition backward.
  • transition - The name of transition to perform. Ex. “slide”
  • context - The object that the callback function will receive as “this”.
  • method - A callback function that is called when the transition has finished.

Example

dojo.subscribe("/dojox/mobile/afterTransitionOut",
    function(view, moveTo, dir, transition, context, method){
       print("afterTransitionOut");
});
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