I have a little Adobe Air app and I want to have several 'views' within it. I can achieve these views using a ViewStack but am having difficulty finding a nice way to animate between them.
This is what I have tried and although it works, one view disappears before sliding into view when what I want is more like the DestroyTwitter app where the view and all controls slide out of view nicely:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" width="400" height="700" top="100" left="100" creationComplete="onComplete()">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.core.Application;
private function onComplete():void
{
stack.selectedChild = stack1;
}
private function switchTab():void
{
if( stack.selectedChild == stack1 )
{
stack.selectedChild = stack2;
}
else
{
stack.selectedChild = stack1;
}
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:Move id="slideLeft" xFrom="{Application.application.width}" xTo="0" yTo="0" duration="500" />
<mx:Move id="slideRight" xFrom="0" xTo="{Application.application.width}" duration="500" />
<mx:ViewStack id="stack" width="200%" height="100%">
<mx:VBox id="stack1" width="100%" height="100%" backgroundColor="white" hideEffect="{slideRight}" >
<mx:Label text="Stack 1" />
<mx:Button label="Switch" click="switchTab()" />
</mx:VBox>
<mx:VBox id="stack2" width="100%" height="100%" backgroundColor="#cdcdcd" hideEffect="{slideLeft}" >
<mx:Label text="Stack 2" />
<mx:Button label="Switch" click="switchTab()" />
</mx:VBox>
</mx:ViewStack>
</mx:WindowedApplication>
Has anyone got any nicer ideas to try, be grateful for any response?
Here is exactly what i wanted to achieve:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="absolute" width="400" height="700" top="100" left="100"
horizontalScrollPolicy="off" verticalScrollPolicy="off"
>
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.core.Application;
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:states>
<mx:State name="One">
<mx:SetProperty target="{stack1}" name="x" value="0"/>
<mx:SetProperty target="{stack1}" name="y" value="50"/>
<mx:SetProperty target="{stack1}" name="width" value="{Application.application.width}"/>
<mx:SetProperty target="{stack2}" name="x" value="{Application.application.width}"/>
<mx:SetProperty target="{stack2}" name="y" value="50"/>
<mx:SetProperty target="{stack2}" name="width" value="{Application.application.width}"/>
</mx:State>
<mx:State name="Two">
<mx:SetProperty target="{stack1}" name="x" value="-{Application.application.width}"/>
<mx:SetProperty target="{stack1}" name="y" value="50"/>
<mx:SetProperty target="{stack1}" name="width" value="{Application.application.width}"/>
<mx:SetProperty target="{stack2}" name="x" value="0"/>
<mx:SetProperty target="{stack2}" name="y" value="50"/>
<mx:SetProperty target="{stack2}" name="width" value="{Application.application.width}"/>
</mx:State>
</mx:states>
<!-- Define Transition array with one Transition object.-->
<mx:transitions>
<!-- A transition for changing from any state to any state. -->
<mx:Transition id="myTransition" fromState="*" toState="*">
<mx:Parallel id="t1" targets="{[stack1,stack2]}">
<mx:Move duration="400"/>
</mx:Parallel>
</mx:Transition>
</mx:transitions>
<mx:HBox>
<mx:Button label="Switch To Two" click="currentState='Two'" />
<mx:Button label="Switch To One" click="currentState='One'" />
</mx:HBox>
<mx:Canvas id="stack1" x="0" y="50" width="100%" height="100%" borderThickness="1" borderStyle="solid">
<mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%" backgroundColor="white">
<mx:Label text="Stack 1" />
<mx:Box backgroundColor="red" width="20" height="20" />
</mx:VBox>
</mx:Canvas>
<mx:Canvas id="stack2" x="{Application.application.width}" y="50" width="100%" height="100%" borderThickness="1" borderStyle="solid">
<mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%" backgroundColor="#cdcdcd">
<mx:Label text="Stack 2" />
<mx:Box backgroundColor="green" width="20" height="20" />
</mx:VBox>
</mx:Canvas>
</mx:WindowedApplication>