Opening a new View or window on top of the window

[Aaron Downing]

What if i want to open a window over top of the map. i am unable to add a window to the screen or anything

[Joseph]

I don't think anything would prevent from doing that. You're issue is not in the module.

[Aaron Downing]

Im not saying its the module per say maybe its the way the module works and interacts with windows. For example I cannot add the map to a view. It can only be added to a window. When i add it to a view it does not work. If i add a secondary window in the app.js it will not work. however, if i fire an app event inside the postlayout listener the window opens with no issues. If i try to add any "views" to that window it will not work. I did not start having these kind of issues until i added the module. Does that make sense?

[Aaron Downing]

/*

• Single Window Application Template:
• A basic starting point for your application. Mostly a blank canvas.
• In app.js, we generally take care of a few things:
• • Bootstrap the application with any data we need
• • Check for dependencies like device type, platform version or network connection
• • Require and open our top-level UI component

*/
Ti.App.currentHeight ="0";
Ti.App.currentWidth = "0";
//bootstrap and check dependencies
if (Ti.version < 1.8) {
alert('Sorry - this application template requires Titanium Mobile SDK 1.8 or later');
}

// This is a single context application with multiple windows in a stack
(function() {
//render appropriate components based on the platform and form factor
var osname = Ti.Platform.osname,
version = Ti.Platform.version,
height = Ti.Platform.displayCaps.platformHeight,
width = Ti.Platform.displayCaps.platformWidth;

//considering tablets to have width over 720px and height over 600px - you can define your own
function checkTablet() {
var platform = Ti.Platform.osname;

switch (platform) {
  case 'ipad':
    return true;
  case 'android':
    var psc = Ti.Platform.Android.physicalSizeCategory;
    var tiAndroid = Ti.Platform.Android;
    return psc === tiAndroid.PHYSICAL_SIZE_CATEGORY_LARGE || psc === tiAndroid.PHYSICAL_SIZE_CATEGORY_XLARGE;
  default:
    return Math.min(
      Ti.Platform.displayCaps.platformHeight,
      Ti.Platform.displayCaps.platformWidth
    ) >= 400
}

}

var isTablet = checkTablet();
console.log(isTablet);

var Window,Window2;
if (isTablet) {
Window = require('ui/tablet/ApplicationWindow');
} else {
// Android uses platform-specific properties to create windows.
// All other platforms follow a similar UI pattern.
if (osname === 'android') {
Window = require('ui/handheld/android/ApplicationWindow');
} else {
Window = require('ui/handheld/ApplicationWindow');
}
}

Window2 = require('ui/handheld/TableViewWindow');

new Window().open();
// new Window2().open(); Will not work this way

Ti.App.addEventListener('done',function(e){
Ti.API.info(e);
new Window2().open(); // now will open howver now views show inside.

});

})();

[Aaron Downing]

I mean "no views will show inside the 2nd window now."

[Aaron Downing]

Nevermind. Weirdest thing started a whole new project and it started working again!