N=39 - CrossLight on Xamarin.iOS/MonoTouch (aka Project Chimp)

This video is a follow on from http://slodge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/n30-crosslight-aka-project-chimp-n1.html where I showed how to use the MvvmCross binding layer in Android without using the higher layers (the navigation service, the plugin loader, the thread dispatcher, etc).


In this video I quickly do the same thing for Xamarin.iOS.


The process is pretty simple:


1. Add references to the CrossCore and Binding assemblies for MvvmCross (in the video I use nuget CrossCore package - https://www.nuget.org/packages/MvvmCross.HotTuna.CrossCore/)

2. Add a small setup class and call it from your appdelegate start code

	public class MiniSetup
	{
	public static readonly MiniSetup Instance = new MiniSetup();
	public void EnsureInit()
	{
	if (MvxSimpleIoCContainer.Instance != null)
	return;
	var ioc = MvxSimpleIoCContainer.Initialise();
	var builder = new MvxTouchBindingBuilder();
	builder.DoRegistration();
	}
	}

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3. Add you ViewModel - and INotifyPropertyChanged will do

4. Adjust your ViewController so that it can do data-binding to an instance of your ViewModel

	public class MyViewController
	: UIViewController
	, IMvxBindable
	{
	public IMvxBindingContext BindingContext { get; set; }
	protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
	{
	if (disposing)
	{
	BindingContext.ClearAllBindings();
	}
	base.Dispose(disposing);
	}
	public object DataContext
	{
	get { return BindingContext.DataContext; }
	set { BindingContext.DataContext = value; }
	}
	public MyViewController()
	{
	this.CreateBindingContext();
	DataContext = new MyViewModel();
	}
	public override void ViewDidLoad()
	{
	base.ViewDidLoad();
	// create your UIViews
	var set = this.CreateBindingSet<MyViewController, MyViewModel>();
	// bind your UIViews
	set.Apply();
	}
	}
	}

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5. Run :)


The code for today is at: https://github.com/slodge/NPlus1DaysOfMvvmCross/tree/master/N-39-CrossLight-Touch


The video is:




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