In my app i have an XML view that consists of a smartform. I have a need to access an input element(via sap.ui.getCore().byId()
) that becomes available after the smartform is parsed and rendered.
The onAfterRendering
in the controller for my view triggers as soon as the view is rendered(i get all my non-smartform elements like title etc.), but before the smartform is parsed and rendered. A rudimentary test via an alert
also proved this visually.
Is there any event that is triggered after the smartform has rendered which i can hook into to access my input element?
The developer guide walkthrough is extending the smartform and thus has its init
method, but in my case i am extending the basecontroller and my init is for the page view.
Thanks for any pointers.
My View:
<mvc:View
controllerName="myns.controller.Add"
xmlns:mvc="sap.ui.core.mvc"
xmlns:semantic="sap.m.semantic"
xmlns:smartfield="sap.ui.comp.smartfield"
xmlns:smartform="sap.ui.comp.smartform"
xmlns="sap.m">
<semantic:FullscreenPage
id="page"
title="{i18n>addPageTitle}"
showNavButton="true"
navButtonPress="onNavBack">
<semantic:content>
<smartform:SmartForm
id="form"
editable="true"
title="{i18n>formTitle}"
class="sapUiResponsiveMargin" >
<smartform:Group
id="formGroup"
label="{i18n>formGroupLabel}">
<smartform:GroupElement>
<smartfield:SmartField
id="nameField"
value="{Name}" />
</smartform:GroupElement>
</smartform:Group>
</smartform:SmartForm>
</semantic:content>
<semantic:saveAction>
<semantic:SaveAction id="save" press="onSave"/>
</semantic:saveAction>
<semantic:cancelAction>
<semantic:CancelAction id="cancel" press="onCancel"/>
</semantic:cancelAction>
</semantic:FullscreenPage>
My Controller:
sap.ui.define([
"myns/controller/BaseController",
"sap/ui/core/routing/History",
"sap/m/MessageToast"
],function(BaseController, History, MessageToast){
"use strict";
return BaseController.extend("myns.controller.Add",{
onInit: function(){
this.getRouter().getRoute("add").attachPatternMatched(this._onRouteMatched, this);
},
onAfterRendering: function(){
//I tried my sap.ui.getCore().byId() here but does not work
//An alert shows me this triggers before the smartform is rendered but
//after all the other non-smartform elements have rendered
},
_onRouteMatched: function(){
// register for metadata loaded events
var oModel = this.getModel();
oModel.metadataLoaded().then(this._onMetadataLoaded.bind(this));
},
_onMetadataLoaded:function(){
//code here....
},
onNavBack: function(){
//code here....
}
});
});