Thanks for the comprehensive reply Jonathan.
Since the need to use a wrapper object seems to be a common problem, I think
that the framework should provide a standard class for this.
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Interesting use of extension methods - I'm not sure I would ever have thought
of that.
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On Jul 11, 2012, at 7:02 AM, andyjohnson0 wrote:
> In a recent MfA project I needed to link UI elements (derived from View) to
> their corresponding data model object (derived from System.Object). The most
> natural way to do this was to use the View.Tag property. Since this is a
> java.lang.Obj
Have a look at this thread:
http://mono-for-android.1047100.n5.nabble.com/Convert-net-type-to-Java-Lang-Object-how-td5710021.html#a5710144
It seems that a few people are doing this already.
Maybe the mono guys could include it in the main set?
Matthew
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:02 PM, andyjohns
