alloy-dropdown

Appcelerator Alloy dropdown widget.

Usage

1. Add the widget folder to your app/widgets folder

2. Add the widget as a dependency in your app/config.json

   "dependencies": {
       "se.iloop.dropdown": "1.0"
   }
   

3. Create a view where you want the dorpdown menu. Make sure this view has style layout: 'vertial' Add the widget as a child of the view.

   <View class="container">
   		<Widget id="collapsible" src="se.iloop.dropdown"></Widget>
   		<Label id="sampleLabel">I will be pushed down</Label>
   	</View>
   

   ".container": {
     layout: "vertical",   //**Important**
     width: "80%",
     height: Titanium.UI.FILL
   }
   

4. In the containing controller file. Add the following methods to setup and customise the dropdown. Example setup:

var rows = [
  {'title': 'Option 1'},
  {'title': 'Option 2'},
  {'title': 'Option 3'},
  {'title': 'Option 4'},
];

function didClickRow(row) {
  // Do something with the value from the clicked option
  Ti.API.info(row) // Logs {title: 'tilteName', index: 3}
}

function init(){
  var config = {
    initialMessage: 'Please choose',
    rows: rows,
    styles: {
      dropdown: { // Optional 
        backgroundColor: '#e1e1e1',
        color: '#000'
      },
      row: {
        height: 40, 
        width: Ti.UI.FILL,
        backgroundColor: '#d87', // Optional 
        selectionColor: '#ddd', // Optional 
        color: '#fff', // Optional 
        font: { // Optional 
          fontSize: 16
        }
      }
    }
  }
  $.dropdown.init(config);
}

$.dropdown.on('didClickRow', didClickRow);

$.win.addEventListener('open', init);