View XML Format

Note: See Views Overview for a high-level overview of how views work.

Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<view title="New Asset">
    <param name="room" type="room" />

    <var name="asset" type="asset"/>

    <link name="proceed" path="next_step" />

    <textinput label="Make" bind="asset.make" required="true"/>
    <textinput label="Model" bind="asset.model" required="false"/>

    <selectbox label="Condition" bind="asset.condition"/>

    <button id="proceed" label="Save" link="proceed"/>
</view>

view

Represents a single screen on a mobile device.

Contains parameters and variables, as well as visual components.

Options

title - required - A Format String representing the title displayed in the screen.

Nested Tags

Please note that the order of these is important - must be <param> , <var> , <link>, then all the view items.

param View parameter. See Attribute & Variable Types for a list of possible types.
var View variable. See Attribute & Variable Types for a list of possible types.
link A link. See Links for details.
Any of the following items: (see View Components in the sidebar)
- button - a pressable button
- heading - a heading
- info - text displayed to the user
- table - layout info fields in two columns
- textinput - a text field
- selectbox - dropdown list or radio button, for selecting an enum
- checklist - checkboxes for selecting options from an enum_set
- date - date field
- datetime - datetime field
- list - list of objects - dropdown or sequential
- object-table - table of objects
- picture - button to take and view a picture
- viewpicture - view a picture
- signature - capture a signature
- barcode - button to scan a barcode
- gps - capture gps location
- html - HTML page
- menu - layout buttons as a menu
- columns - split the view up into multiple columns (tablet apps)
- sidebar - left sidebar menu (tablet apps)