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| === Creating a custom screen === | === Creating a custom screen === | ||
| - | Theres are two kinds of custom screens | + | Theres are two use-cases of custom screens |
| - | - A custom screen thats available only on the client side | + | - A screen which is available only on the client side |
| - | - A custom screen thats available on the server | + | - A screen which is available on the server |
| - | In this tutorial we will cover both of these. Let's start with a custom screen thats not available on the server. For this we have to once again extend an already existing class: **CustomScreen**. | + | In this tutorial we'll cover both use-cases. Let's start with a custom screen thats not available on the server. For this we have to extend an already existing class: **CustomScreen**. |
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| - | In this class you can return any widget you want in the **getWidget** function. The **withServer** function tells the client not to communicate with the server for this screen. The **update** function is not necessary for this example. | + | In this class you can return any widget you want in the **getWidget** function. The **withServer** function tells the client, not to communicate with the server for this screen. The **update** function is not necessary for this example. |
| - | If you want to create a custom screen that communicates with the server, you have to `return true;` in the **withServer** function: | + | If you want to create a custom screen that communicates with the server, you have to ''%%return true;%%'' in the **withServer** function: |
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| - | In the **getWidget** function we once again return our desired widget. In this case we create a CoCustomComponent which can hold any widget we want. Afterwards we get the component that we want to replace from the widget tree via `this.componentScreen.getComponentFromName('contactPanel');`. | + | In the **getWidget** function we return our custom widget. In this case we create a CoCustomComponent which can hold any widget we want. Afterwards we get the component that we want to replace from the widget tree via ''%%this.componentScreen.getComponentFromName('contactPanel');%%''. |
| - | To replace this component with out very own widget we just have to call `this.componentScreen.replaceComponent(comp, contactComp);`. | + | To replace this component with our own widget, we just have to call ''%%this.componentScreen.replaceComponent(comp, contactComp);%%''. |
| We also override the **update** function to update our components when we get new data from the server. The **withServer** function now tells our screen to communicate with the server. | We also override the **update** function to update our components when we get new data from the server. The **withServer** function now tells our screen to communicate with the server. | ||
| - | An example screen can be found [[https://github.com/sibvisions/flutterclient.example/blob/master/lib/screens/contact_custom_screen.dart|here]]. And an example CustomScreenManager [[https://github.com/sibvisions/flutterclient.example/blob/master/lib/example_custom_screen_manager.dart|here]]. | + | An example screen can be found [[https://github.com/sibvisions/flutterclient.example/blob/master/lib/screens/contact_custom_screen.dart|here]] and an example custom screen manager [[https://github.com/sibvisions/flutterclient.example/blob/master/lib/example_custom_screen_manager.dart|here]]. |