Hello guys, I wonder if there is a way of importing xib files inside a bt_screen and how we call it? for example a button menu from the home screen that can show the xib file?

Hey Georgios! Here is a great tutorial from David. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJrMVTn8z0s Also, have you tried these plugins? https://www.buzztouch.com/plugins/plugin.php?pid=756018AE630034228B5B874 https://www.buzztouch.com/plugins/plugin.php?pid=4107CBF4144F2B545876745

There's at least a couple ways of doing this, but here's how I did it in my latest plugin: In the .m file, override the init method and also implement the initwithnib method. From the init method send a return value equal to the initwithnib method

thank you guys…No I haven't tried these plugins but I'll sure do now. I see there is a .xib file in them so I'll learn how to deal with them, form their code… I'll definitely watch David's video @chris I don't fully understand what you say, I'm not too familiar obviously :(

Sorry - that's what I get for trying to answer questions on my phone! Next time I'm at my computer I'll try to draft some code if you haven't figured it out by then

plz do it whenever you can…An don't ask for sorry…Are you kidding? If there weren't guys like you, we possibly couldn't have done anything!!!

Well thanks-I was totally clueless last August when I joined Buzztouch. Find some of my early posts and you'll see what I mean!

hehehehe this gives me hopes for the best

I was in the same boat as you a few months ago, wanted to create my own xib screens. The video Sheri posted is a great place to start! I've since made several plugins using xib but most aren't really useful to others. I did turn one into a plugin for others... the XIB button menu plugin. I am not a coder my any means, actually I spend most of my days in the emergency room, so took awhile for me to figure out how to make buttons click, connect them to other screens, etc. This plugin takes care of it for you. Even if you want the buttons to do something other than open other BT screens it'll give you an idea of how the code works. Hope that helps! josh

thanks josh for the help…I'm planning of purchasing your plugin in the coming days, that's for sure…my only thought is that it can be used only once… anyway thanks for the support…I'll let you know when I'm going to need your help…Keep up the good work! :)

Okay - here's some code to try out. In your .m file that you want to load the xib file, add these two methods: - (id)initWithScreenData:(BT_item *)theScreenData { [super initWithScreenData:theScreenData]; NSLog(@"initializing"); BT_appDelegate *appDelegate = [[BT_appDelegate alloc]init]; if ([appDelegate.rootApp.rootDevice isIPad]) { return [self initWithNibName:@"Cr_voteCandidate~ipad" bundle:nil]; } else { return [self initWithNibName:@"Cr_voteCandidate" bundle:nil]; } } - (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil { self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil]; NSLog(@"setting up nib file"); if (self) { // Custom initialization } return self; }

You could probably even combine those two methods, but that makes it a little more clear to other developers what is going on. Also, if you're entering this into a current project (and not a plugin source code), you'll need to change the two "BT_appDelegate" references to "[yourAppName]_appDelegate"

oh yeah - also, change the "Cr_voteCandidate" and "Cr_voteCandidate~ipad" entries to the names of your xib files

ok…should I put the rest of the code as it is? just copy and paste? and only change "Cr_voteCandidate" and "Cr_voteCandidate~ipad" entries to the names of my xib files?

Yep - and maybe the appDelegate like I mentioned

thank you chris…your help is so appreciated!!!

no prob - hope it works for you :)

Sorry, I'm late to this post, but is this code that Chris has supplied, best suited to the blank screen plugin?

You could do it that way, or just create a new class file