Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Gear up for the Journey
• Introduction
• Setting up the Android-based development environment
• Setting up the iOS-based development environment
• Setting up the Blackberry-based development environment
• Setting up the browser-based development environment
• Setting up the production environment
• Detecting the device
• Finding information about features that are supported in the current environment
• Initializing your application
• Tweaking your application to configure itself using profiles
• Responding to the orientation change

• Chapter 2: Catering to your Form Related Needs
• Introduction
• Getting your form ready with FormPanel
• Working with search
• Putting custom validation in the e-mail field
• Working with dates using DatePicker
• Making a field hidden
• Working with the select field
• Changing the value using Slider
• Spinning the number wheel using Spinner
• Toggling between your two choices
• Checkbox and Checkbox group
• Text and TextArea
• Grouping fields with FieldSet
• Validating your form

• Chapter 3: Containers and Layouts
• Introduction
• Keeping the container lightweight
• Working with Panel
• Adding items to a container at runtime
• Building wizards using CardLayout
• Panel docking using DockLayout
• Fitting into the container using FitLayout
• Arranging your items horizontally using HBoxLayout
• Arranging your items vertically using VBoxLayout
• Mixing layouts

• Chapter 4: Building Custom Views
• Introduction
• Basic HTML templating using Template
• Using XTemplate for advanced templating
• Conditional view rendering using XTemplate
• Designing a custom view using DataView
• Showing the filtered data
• Responding to the user action

• Chapter 5: Dealing with Data and Data Sources
• Introduction
• Creating models
• Loading the form using a data model
• Working with Store
• Converting incoming JSON data into models using JsonReader
• Converting incoming XML data into models using XmlReader
• Validations in models
• Defining the custom validation
• Relating models using association
• Persisting session-specific data using SessionStorageProxy
• Persisting data using LocalStorageProxy
• Accessing in-memory data using MemoryProxy
• Loading data through AJAX using AjaxProxy
• Sorting of the data
• Data grouping
• Filtering data
• Using a cross-domain URL in your application

• Chapter 6: Adding the Components
• Introduction
• Working with Button
• Creating a sheet of buttons with ActionSheet
• Carousel
• Managing a list of data using List
• Grouping items in a List
• Navigating through a list of data using indexBar
• Working with a list of nested data using NestedList
• Picking your choice using Picker
• Switching between multiple views using SegmentedButton
• Working with Tab panels
• Quicker access to application features using Toolbar
• Creating a new component
• Extending an existing component capability
• Overriding a component behavior
• Adding behavior to an existing component using plugins

• Chapter 7: Adding Audio/Visual Appeal
• Introduction
• Animate me!
• Ding-dong! You have a message!
• Working with videos
• Adding the chart support to your app
• Working with an area chart
• Generating a bar chart
• Creating a column chart
• Showing a group of bars and columns
• Switching between stacked and grouped orientation
• Highlighting and displaying an item detail
• Creating a gauge chart
• Creating a line chart
• Creating a pie chart
• Rotating the pies
• Grouping the pies
• Highlighting a pie
• Using a radar chart
• Using a scatter chart

• Chapter 8: Taking your Application Offline
• Introduction
• Detecting offline mode
• Storing your data offline
• Storing your images offline
• Application caching

• Chapter 9: Engaging Users by Responding to Events
• Introduction
• Handling Touch Events
• Handling Scroll Events
• Handling Tap Events
• Handling Double Tap Events
• Handling TapHold Events
• Handling Swipe Events
• Handling Pinch Events
• Handling Drag Events

• Chapter 10: Increased Relevance Using Geolocation
• Introduction
• Finding out your location
• Auto-update of your location
• Tracking direction and speed
• Hooking up Google Maps with your application
• Working with Google Maps options
• Mapping Geolocation on Google Maps

• Index