angji / navdrawer

Experimenting with the possibility of building a native java module that exposes Android's Navigation Drawer to Titanium

Proposal

The module should be attached to the app's main window in the open event, just like the ActionBar.

 var navdrawer = require('com.alcoapps.navigationdrawer');

 var win1 = Titanium.UI.createWindow({  
 	title:'Main Window',
	backgroundColor:'#fff',
	navBarHidden: false
 });

 // this is the menu
 var tv=Ti.UI.createTableView({
 	data:[{title:"row1"},{title:"row2"}]
 })

 win1.addEventListener('open',function(e){
 	// call the module sending the menu (tv)
    navdrawer.attach(tv);
 })

 win1.open();

The module should receive the TableView, which will then be added the the DrawerLayout.

I'm using this as a base.

Based on that code, here's some pseudo-code to implement the Drawer Layout Widget.

 // Within which the entire activity is enclosed
 private DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;

 // ActionBarDrawerToggle indicates the presence of Navigation Drawer in the action bar
 private ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;


 // Getting reference to the DrawerLayout
 mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);

 mDrawerList = // this is the tableview received in the attach method

 // Getting reference to the ActionBarDrawerToggle
 mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, mDrawerLayout,
            R.drawable.ic_drawer, R.string.drawer_open,
            R.string.drawer_close) {

    /** Called when drawer is closed */
    public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {
            getActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);
            invalidateOptionsMenu();

    }

    /** Called when a drawer is opened */
    public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
            getActionBar().setTitle("JAVATECHIG.COM");
            invalidateOptionsMenu();
    }

 };

 // Setting DrawerToggle on DrawerLayout
 mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);

 // Enabling Home button
 getActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);

 // Enabling Up navigation
 getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);