>Is there a reason it can't be done in the same way MSVS designer generates the >code? I mean, I know that there is method of UIComponent that can create other >components from "descriptor", but I could never >think of a use case that >justified that method existence in the first place. If this was a way to allow >creating tabs in tab navigator or similar (where the components may not be >created right away), then I think that the >component that supports such >initialization scheme should provide methods to help that, for example, if it >is a tab navigator, then it would have a property `tabs`, with array of >functions String -> Tab (string would be >the tab title, and, tab is the new >or recycled tab component). >Or am I missing something?
In the original deferred instantiation scheme (for things like tab nav and viewstack) the out container was create, just not its children. Meaning that each top level container associated with the tab navigator already existed, so people could set data on it, etc. However, when you switched to the tab, it created that containers children at that time. Mike
