Yup, thats what I do: inherit off Element (or something a little further down the stack) and add my own stuff into the view
yell for code. :) On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:31 AM, Phil Cockfield <p...@cockfield.net> wrote: > I just found this by Miguel: > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4028356/monotouch-dialogs-ownerdrawnelement-highlight-not-working > > The OwnerDrawnElement was a contribution from the community, and it is not > as sophisticated as it should be. I would not depend on it for anything > beyond the trivially basic. > > I strongly recommend that you create your own Element, if you want to > reuse some of the code for OwnerDrawElement, you could copy and paste that. > > > So perhaps I should be just deriving from *Element* and overriding * > GetCell*. Is that too low-level? > What's the best practice here? > > Thanks! > > > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Phil Cockfield <p...@cockfield.net>wrote: > >> When wanting to get in and totally control cell style rendering, is >> there a preferred approach between these two options: >> >> - OwnerDrawnElement >> - UIViewElement >> >> For [UIViewElement] the docs say : "Can we used to host a standard >> UIView as an element, in this case no cell reuse will take place." >> >> That sounds bad. What I'm not experienced enough to know. What are >> people preferring to do when they want to render custom stuff? >> UIViewElement sounds easier. Is it like doing a bargain with the >> devil? >> >> Thanks. >> -- >> Phil Cockfield >> > > > > -- > *Phil *Cockfield > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MonoTouch mailing list > MonoTouch@lists.ximian.com > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch > > -- Nic Wise t. +44 7788 592 806 | @fastchicken | http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicwise b. http://www.fastchicken.co.nz/ Earnest: Self-employed? Track your business expenses and income. http://earnestapp.com Nearest Bus: find when the next bus is coming to your stop. http://goo.gl/Vcz1p mobileAgent (for FreeAgent): get your accounts in your pocket. http://goo.gl/IuBU Trip Wallet: Keep track of your budget on the go: http://goo.gl/ePhKa London Bike App: Find the nearest Boris Bike, and get riding! http://goo.gl/Icp2
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