tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13459850.post5956746259642317386..comments2023-10-15T08:07:08.589+00:00Comments on Forwards: N=9 - Getting the Message (N+1 Days of MvvmCross)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13459850.post-58439124169222925632013-05-09T08:46:02.745+00:002013-05-09T08:46:02.745+00:00The question just popped into my head as I was wat...The question just popped into my head as I was watching the video, your reply was just the right level, thanks. Great series by the way.Piers Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043526437842796524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13459850.post-76773690988277244052013-05-09T07:58:09.131+00:002013-05-09T07:58:09.131+00:00ViewModels should live as long as their views do -...ViewModels should live as long as their views do - that's it. But how long the views live is determined by each OS... There's some information on a topic similar to this in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16299639/detecting-whether-a-viewmodels-associated-view-is-showing-not-showing - if you want more than that, then please ask a new question on SO. Thanks :)Slodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827379022934338119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13459850.post-23291081444649242282013-05-08T22:04:25.915+00:002013-05-08T22:04:25.915+00:00You mentioning weak references etc. made me wonder...You mentioning weak references etc. made me wonder about the lifecycle of the View Models themselves. Perhaps this is just my lack of experience with MVVM (I'm really a web, server side developer) but do the View Models get released as the application is navigated between View Models or are they kept around? I can see issues with both approaches.Piers Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043526437842796524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13459850.post-61501171694659982732013-05-07T07:24:31.829+00:002013-05-07T07:24:31.829+00:00I think best to ask that question on stackoverflow...I think best to ask that question on stackoverflow with tags 'messenger', 'mvvm' and 'mvvmcross' - there should be plenty of people with plenty of interesting and different opinions :)Slodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827379022934338119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13459850.post-67175616026048494662013-05-06T15:43:06.594+00:002013-05-06T15:43:06.594+00:00Oh, and thanks for sharing, I've enjoyed the s...Oh, and thanks for sharing, I've enjoyed the series immensely :).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13459850.post-13104471822339976682013-05-06T15:41:55.826+00:002013-05-06T15:41:55.826+00:00Can you perhaps elaborate on the benefit of using ...Can you perhaps elaborate on the benefit of using the Messenger as compared with ordinary events?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com