Ah yes it was a nuance. The message path got me. Each time one of the substacks was opened, the unhanded stack messages found their way back to the main stack. We were initializing like crazy. :-)
-= Mike On Apr 13, 2014, at 5:33 PM, Michael Doub <miked...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am observing some strangeness that maybe someone has an explanation for. > > I have main stack with several substacks in it. I am using a MobGUI > carousel to select the correct substack to go to. That part works just fine > but I can get the substacks to close. > > I am working on Android and have a back key and menu handler in the stack > script of the main stack. > > on backKey > if the short name of this stack is "CB" then > quit > else > go to card "Main" of stack "CB" > end if > end backKey > > on menukey > answer "Menu" > go to card "Main" of stack "CB" > end menu key > > this works perfectly in the IDE when I simulate a backkey message. The > calling stack is removed from view and you see the carousel as expected. > When you run it on an android device, the screen seems stuck. Hitting the > back and menu keys seem to have no effect. I added a button to each sub > stack that is: > > on mouseup > backkey > end mouseup > > This successfully got be back to the main stack and carousel with the > carousel visible but another images are missing. When you select all of the > items in the carousel and use the button to get back. All of a sudden things > start working as you would expect in the first place. It is almost like, > each of the substacks needs to be initialized and loaded into memory. > > This is the first time that I have tried to use substacks to partition my > functionality where the stack has a user interface, I normally use cards and > substacks only for library code. Am I missing some nuance of initialization > of substacks? > > I cut all of the functionality out of the application, so I can share it if > anyone is interested. > > Thanks, > Mike > > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
