Flex 4 bug:inherited propery cause transition bug - apache-flex

i try to make some foldable groups, like an accordion component
i create a Base.as class and extends from Group,code like this
package
{
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import spark.components.Group;
public class Base extends Group
{
public var header:Group;
public var body:Group;
public function Base()
{
super();
}
override protected function initializationComplete():void
{
super.initializationComplete();
if(header)
{
header.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,changeState);
}
}
protected function changeState(event:MouseEvent):void
{
if(currentState=="fold")
currentState="unfold";
else
currentState="fold";
}
}
}
and i defined two properties,header and body here,but i don't instantiate here,and then i worte a mxml component "FoldUnit.mxml" that extends "Base" and i will instantiate header and body in it,code like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<local:Base xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" currentState="fold" clipAndEnableScrolling="true"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" xmlns:local="*" width="200" >
<local:states>
<s:State name="fold" />
<s:State name="unfold" />
</local:states>
<local:transitions>
<s:Transition toState="fold">
<s:Sequence>
<s:Resize target="{this}" duration="400" />
<s:RemoveAction target="{body}" />
</s:Sequence>
</s:Transition>
<s:Transition toState="unfold">
<s:Resize target="{this}" duration="400" />
</s:Transition>
</local:transitions>
<s:Group id="header" width="100%">
<s:Rect height="40" width="100%">
<s:fill>
<s:SolidColor color="0xff0000" />
</s:fill>
</s:Rect>
</s:Group>
<s:Group id="body" includeIn="unfold" y="40" width="100%">
<s:Rect height="200" width="100%">
<s:fill>
<s:SolidColor color="0x00ff00" />
</s:fill>
</s:Rect>
</s:Group>
</local:Base>
after all,i placed three of FoldUnit in main application to simulate an accordion component.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" minWidth="955" minHeight="600" xmlns:local="*">
<s:Group>
<s:layout>
<s:VerticalLayout variableRowHeight="true" />
</s:layout>
<local:FoldUnit />
<local:FoldUnit />
<local:FoldUnit />
</s:Group>
</s:Application>
everything like fine,however,if i try to click one red header to fold up,that green body just disappear immediately,looks like that RemoveAction tag is useless.
so,as i try to figure out why,i made things simple first,and i combine that function in Base.as into FoldUnit.mxml,then it works fine.
so,i wonder is there a bug or something?
PS:i don't wanna use a skinable component,coz' the size measure process always delayed,it's hard to location the scroll position in scroll bar.

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Why is my height changes not taking part in my transition on state change?

I have a transition setup on my Spark component. One of the changes from state 1 to state 2 is the change in height. The value was getting applied immediately. Here is my code:
<s:Group xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
height="200" height.state2="400">
<s:states>
<s:State name="state1"/>
<s:State name="state2"/>
</s:states>
<s:transitions>
<s:Transition fromState="state1" toState="state2" >
<s:Sequence duration="2000" >
<s:Rotate3D target="{this}"
angleYFrom="0" angleYTo="90"
startDelay="0"
suspendBackgroundProcessing="true"
autoCenterTransform="true" />
<s:SetAction target="{this}" property="height"/>
<s:Rotate3D target="{this}"
angleYFrom="-90" angleYTo="0"
startDelay="0"
suspendBackgroundProcessing="true"
autoCenterTransform="true" />
</s:Sequence>
</s:Transition>
</s:transitions>
<s:Rect width="100%" height="100%" >
<s:fill>
<s:SolidColor color="#ff0000"/>
</s:fill>
</s:Rect>
</s:Group>
And then in my main application:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
minWidth="955" minHeight="600" xmlns:local="*"
>
<local:MyGroup id="group" verticalCenter="0" horizontalCenter="0" width="400"/>
<s:Button label="Change states" click="group.currentState=group.currentState=='state1'?'state2':'state1';"/>
</s:Application>
The solution is to use the explicitHeight property rather than height. This is because height is a special property symbol that Flex uses.
From the SetProperty PSEUDONYMS property:
/**
* #private
* This is a table of pseudonyms.
* Whenever the property being overridden is found in this table,
* the pseudonym is saved/restored instead.
*/
private static const PSEUDONYMS:Object =
{
width: "explicitWidth",
height: "explicitHeight",
currentState: "currentStateDeferred"
};
So if you've set the height then it's actually explicitHeight that is set. Keep in mind another related property called RELATED_PROPERTIES. It contains additional data on percent width and height and explicit width and height information.
For more information see mx.states.SetProperty.
To solve the problem in this case we change this:
<s:SetAction target="{this}" property="height"/>
To this:
<s:SetAction target="{this}" property="explicitHeight"/>

refresh the itemrenderer of each item in the List component Flex

I have the list shown below:
<s:List id="list2" width="100%" height="100%" dataProvider="{ recordingsShown }"
itemRenderer="components.VideoItemRenderer2"
selectedIndex="0" visible="false">
<s:layout>
<s:TileLayout id="tilelayout"
useVirtualLayout="true"
orientation="columns"
columnAlign="justifyUsingWidth" rowAlign="justifyUsingHeight"
requestedColumnCount="3"
requestedRowCount="2"
paddingBottom="5" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5" paddingTop="5"
verticalGap="10" horizontalGap="10" />
</s:layout>
</s:List>
which displays in tiles a name, a date and a preview image for each one of the videos contained in the arraycollection recordingsShown given as dataprovider.
The problem is when a new video is added,i save the preview pic in a folder and a node describing it in an xml and i put a new item in the arraycollection with
recordingsShown.addItemAt(newRecording,0);
it is added on stage but the preview image of the last added video is not shown!
How can i redraw the whole list in order to show it?
Here is my itemRenderer:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:ItemRenderer xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
width="400" height="300" autoDrawBackground="true">
<fx:Metadata>
[Event(name="playClicked", type="flash.events.Event")]
</fx:Metadata>
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import flash.filters.GlowFilter;
import mx.controls.Alert;
import mx.events.FlexEvent;
import mx.formatters.DateFormatter;
protected function img_rollOverHandler(evt:MouseEvent):void {
Image(evt.currentTarget).filters = [new GlowFilter(0xf7941d)];
Image(evt.currentTarget).alpha = 0.9;
}
protected function img1_rollOutHandler(evt:MouseEvent):void {
Image(evt.currentTarget).filters = [];
Image(evt.currentTarget).alpha = 1;
}
protected function playClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
dispatchEvent(new Event("playClicked",true,true));
}
]]>
</fx:Script>
<fx:Declarations>
<s:DateTimeFormatter id="dateTimeFormatter"
dateTimePattern="DD.MM.YYYY HH.NN.SS"/>
</fx:Declarations>
<s:states>
<s:State name="normal" />
<s:State name="hovered" />
<s:State name="selected" />
</s:states>
<s:Rect width="100%" height="100%" radiusX="5" radiusY="5">
<s:filters>
<s:DropShadowFilter alpha="0.32" alpha.hovered="0.5" blurX="5" blurY="5" distance="2" />
</s:filters>
<s:fill>
<s:LinearGradient rotation="90">
<s:GradientEntry color="0x323232" color.selected="black"/>
<s:GradientEntry color="#7f7f7f" color.selected="0x333333"/>
</s:LinearGradient>
</s:fill>
<s:stroke>
<s:SolidColorStroke color="#ffffff" color.hovered="#f7941d" color.selected="#ed7f09" caps="none" weight="2" joints="miter" miterLimit="4"/>
</s:stroke>
</s:Rect>
<s:Label left="10" top="10"
fontStyle="italic"
fontWeight="bold"
color="#f7941d"
text="{dateTimeFormatter.format(data.date)}"/>
<s:Label left="10" top="25"
fontSize="16"
fontWeight="bold"
color="#ffffff"
text="{data.name}"/>
<s:Image id="previewImg" left="10" right="10" bottom="10" top="55" scaleMode="stretch" smooth="true"
source="http://localhost:5080/thumbs/{data.thumb}" />
<!-- source="assets/img.jpg"/> -->
<s:Image source="assets/play.png"
rollOver="img_rollOverHandler(event);"
rollOut="img1_rollOutHandler(event);"
x="136" y="102"
click="playClickHandler(event)"
complete="this.invalidateSize()"/>
</s:ItemRenderer>
I have found that there seems to be a problem with data binding and the Spark Image. Try adding this to the root tag:
dataChange="yourImage.validateNow();
If that doesn't work, set the whole path in dataChange.

rollover stops working

I have a small problem with rollover effects. First time after loading everything's fine. But after clicking the button twice (= going to studyState and then coming back to Sate1) the rollover effect on the bordercontainer stops working.
I don't have a clue what the reason could be. Please give me a hint.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" minWidth="955" minHeight="600">
<fx:Declarations>
<s:AnimateColor id="animateColorON" colorPropertyName="backgroundColor" colorFrom="#FFFFFF" colorTo="#e7eae4" duration="300"/>
<s:AnimateColor id="animateColorOFF" colorPropertyName="backgroundColor" colorFrom="#e7eae4" colorTo="#FFFFFF" duration="600"/>
</fx:Declarations>
<s:transitions>
<s:Transition id="t1" autoReverse="true">
<s:CrossFade
target="{this}"
duration="1500" />
</s:Transition>
</s:transitions>
<s:states>
<s:State name="State1" />
<s:State name="studyState" />
</s:states>
<s:VGroup id="globalGroup" includeIn="State1" width="100%">
<s:Button label="State1 to studyState" click="this.currentState = 'studyState'" />
<s:BorderContainer width="100%" height="30" cornerRadius="4" borderVisible="false" buttonMode="true" rollOverEffect="animateColorON" rollOutEffect="animateColorOFF">
<s:HGroup width="100%" height="30" verticalAlign="middle" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
<s:Label id="p_dob_label" text="text" width="55%"/>
<s:Label id="p_dob_value" text="text" width="40%" verticalAlign="top" textAlign="right" color="#8DA576"/>
</s:HGroup>
</s:BorderContainer>
</s:VGroup>
<s:VGroup id="studyGroup" includeIn="studyState" width="100%">
<s:Button label="studyState to State1" click="this.currentState = 'State1'" />
</s:VGroup>
</s:Application>
Here is a fix. add an event listener for when the state changes. I use the currentStateChangeevent:
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" minWidth="955" minHeight="600" currentStateChange="application1_currentStateChangeHandler(event)">
In the listener, manually set the rollOverEffect and rollOutEffect effects:
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.events.StateChangeEvent;
protected function application1_currentStateChangeHandler(event:StateChangeEvent):void
{
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
if(bc){
bc.setStyle('rollOverEffect',animateColorON);
bc.setStyle('rollOutEffect',animateColorOFF);
}
}
]]>
</fx:Script>
Be sure to give the BorderContainer an ID. I used bc:
<s:BorderContainer id="bc" width="100%" height="30" cornerRadius="4" borderVisible="false" buttonMode="true" rollOverEffect="animateColorON" rollOutEffect="animateColorOFF" >
I'm not sure why those effects are lost. My best theory is that this has something to do with how the ActionScript is generated behind the scenes. Even though the rollOverEffect and rollOutEffect appear to be properties on the component, they are actually implemented behind the scenes as styles. I bet, for some reason, when switching states the 'effect' styles are not reset. You'd have to look at the generated ActionScript to know for sure, though.

Flex: Custom ProgressBar bar skin won't fill entire track

I'm trying to create a simple skin for the flex progressbar control. Both the track and the bar should have rounded corners, and the bar should fill the track completely in the parts where it is being shown.
Here is the bar skin I've created based off this example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:SparkSkin
xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
override protected function initializationComplete():void {
useChromeColor = true;
super.initializationComplete();
}
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:Rect radiusX="5" radiusY="5" top="0" left="0" right="0" bottom="0">
<s:fill>
<s:SolidColor color="#bb0203" />
</s:fill>
</s:Rect>
</s:SparkSkin>
Here is the progress bar declaration:
<mx:ProgressBar id="progressBar" name="progressBar" top="40" left="10" width="480" height="25"
label="" labelWidth="0"
trackSkin="Skins.ProgressBar.TrackSkin"
barSkin="Skins.ProgressBar.BarSkin" />
And here is the track skin:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:SparkSkin
xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
minHeight="25">
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
override protected function initializationComplete():void {
useChromeColor = true;
super.initializationComplete();
}
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:Rect width="100%" height="100%" radiusX="5" radiusY="5">
<s:fill>
<s:SolidColor color="#d1d3d4" />
</s:fill>
</s:Rect>
</s:SparkSkin>
Unfortunately, it doesn't have quite the desired effect:
Instead of the bar being flush with the track, there's a margin, and the rounded border gets cut off.
How do I fix this?
In addition to setting the barSkin property, set the maskSkin property to the same value as barSkin:
You can assign this skin the same way as others in your code:
<mx:ProgressBar id="progressBar" name="progressBar" top="40" left="10" width="480" height="25"
label="" labelWidth="0"
trackSkin="Skins.ProgressBar.TrackSkin"
maskSkin="Skins.ProgressBar.BarSkin"
barSkin="Skins.ProgressBar.BarSkin" />

Setting an <mx:Image> as a mask on a <s:Graphic> through <s:mask> doesn't work. but AS does

I'm having trouble setting up a Graphic object (a solid filled rectangle) to be masked with an image that gets loaded at runtime. I've managed to get it to work with the following code:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
creationComplete="init()"
>
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import spark.core.MaskType;
public function init():void {
rect.mask = circle;
}
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:Graphic id="rect" maskType="{MaskType.ALPHA}" cacheAsBitmap="true">
<s:Rect width="500" height="500">
<s:fill>
<s:SolidColor color="0xDDAAAA" />
</s:fill>
</s:Rect>
</s:Graphic>
<mx:Image
id="circle"
source="http://example.com/someimage.png" cacheAsBitmap="true" />
</s:Application>
What I don't understand is why it does not work with this other snippet, modified slightly from the O'Reilly Flex 4 Cookbook (Chapter 4 - Apply Bitmap Data to a Graphic Element as a Mask):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
>
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import spark.core.MaskType;
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:Graphic id="rect" maskType="{MaskType.ALPHA}" cacheAsBitmap="true">
<s:Rect width="500" height="500">
<s:fill>
<s:SolidColor color="0xDDAAAA" />
</s:fill>
</s:Rect>
<s:mask>
<mx:Image
id="circle"
source="http://example.com/someimage.png" cacheAsBitmap="true" />
</s:mask>
</s:Graphic>
</s:Application>
Setting the PNG inside the <s:mask> makes the stage render nothing, while adding the mask programatically in the init() method causes correct behaviour.
It took me quite a while to figure this out and I'd like to understand what it is that I'm doing incorrectly in the MXML approach, as that seems to be what is being done in the Cookbook (other than me using an Image and the example using a Group wrapped BitmapImage).
Thanks
Figured it out finally... The <mx:Image> in the <s:mask> needs to be wrapped in a <s:Group> (like the original code from the Cookbook indicated for the BitmapImage). I originally thought the Image did not require the Group tag because of what is mentioned earlier:
Likewise, any DisplayObject-based element, including the visual elements from the MX set, can be applied as a mask source for a Graphic element.
The final code looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
>
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import spark.core.MaskType;
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:Graphic id="rect" maskType="{MaskType.ALPHA}" cacheAsBitmap="true">
<s:Rect width="200" height="200">
<s:fill>
<s:SolidColor color="0xDDAAAA" />
</s:fill>
</s:Rect>
<s:mask>
<s:Group>
<mx:Image
id="circle"
source="http://example.com/triangle.png" cacheAsBitmap="true" />
</s:Group>
</s:mask>
</s:Graphic>
</s:Application>

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