How to? Drop boxes or some means of Selection

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Even though I haven’t finished my first project yet I’m planning my next one.

I want to build a catalog type app. Basically to find parts based on a vehicle.

The process is to keep selecting from a list of possible choices. Each time a selection is made we drill further down the tree.

I.e. year is entered and a list of possibles is built for make, make is entered and a list is presented of models for that year and make, etc.

I plan to let the server do all the grunt work, passing info back and forth via sockets/xml.

My intent is to built a drop-down, or? using the information coming back from the server.
The process continues until I get a list of parts for the vehicle/application.

So my question, how do I build a drop-down or some other selection method?

I’m trying to wrap my head around the TableView example so see if I could apply that perhaps?

Open to any/all ideas/suggestions/direction.

TIA - Heinz
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#2

Pardon me for giving this a nudge.

SInce there have been no comments… do I take this as ‘not possible to do a dynamic selection scheme with Corona?’

I.e. do I have to go back to a web app or learn xcode? Hopefully not.

Heinz [import]uid: 6547 topic_id: 1138 reply_id: 3089[/import]

#3

Hi Heinz,

everything that you can create via Coronas event mechanism and with graphics is possible. Looks at the listview example. Your dropdown thingy would be something that could work similar.

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#4

Hi Mike,

Listview type scheme is what I had in mind but the sample is missing an example of selecting an entry and then doing something, like creating another table, I.e. drilling down.

I also looked at the “in progress” sample but unfortunately in same boat.

Does anyone have anything in use along these lines that they can share? or suggestions where I might something. Been digging into lua examples but still stumped.

TIA - Heinz [import]uid: 6547 topic_id: 1138 reply_id: 3138[/import]

#5

maybe you’d want to present the user with one of these? that’s what they’re used to i guess

or scroll to a list view and back

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#6

Hi jmp909

This exactly what I’m looking for. As per your first or second image.
and the last image to display a resulting parts-list.

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