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<concept id="GUID-1A26BD9E-5B8E-4E6D-904E-B8354B14E111" xml:lang="en"><title>Constructing

views in the view architecture</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>The call on the first phase constructor method of the view occurs in <xref href="GUID-FD2CDEB8-0784-4BE5-A775-170F57D71BBC.dita">UI controller</xref>. The

view serves as the top-level window under the UI controller.</p>

<p>The methods you need to implement for your <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Control_Environment/CCoeControlClass.html" format="application/java-archive"><parmname>CCoeControl</parmname></xref>-derived

view are as follows:</p>

<ul>

<li><p>C++ default constructor, which cannot contain code that leaves.

A common implementation is:</p>

<itemgroup>

<codeblock id="GUID-7A108F7C-AD2E-4CDA-9758-5FD6ED477917" xml:space="preserve">

CMyAppView* CMyAppView::NewL( const TRect& aRect )

    {

    CMyAppView* self = CMyAppView::NewLC( aRect );

    CleanupStack::Pop( self );

    return self;

    }

CMyAppView* CMyAppView::NewLC( const TRect& aRect )

    {

    CMyAppView* self = new ( ELeave ) CMyAppView;

    CleanupStack::PushL( self );

    self->ConstructL( aRect );

    return self;

    }

CMyAppView::CMyAppView()

    {

    // No implementation required

    }</codeblock>

<p>The declarations for <parmname>CMyAppView::NewL</parmname> and <parmname>CMyAppView::NewLC</parmname> in

the class header file needs to be public to support the construction method

required.</p>

<p>In this approach, <parmname>CMyAppView::NewL</parmname> is called from

the UI controller. It creates a view object by calling <parmname>CMyAppView::NewLC</parmname>. <parmname>CMyAppView::NewLC</parmname> calls

new (ELeave) on the C++ default constructor <parmname>CMyAppView</parmname> to

create the object (and leave if it cannot), <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Kernel_Architecture_2/CCleanupClass.html#%3a%3aCCleanup%3a%3aPushL%28CBase%20%2a%29" format="application/java-archive">pushes</xref> a pointer to the clean-up stack in case the second phase construction method

leaves, and then calls the second phase construction method of the object.

When it returns to <parmname>CMyAppView::NewL</parmname>, the pointer pushed

to the cleanup stack is <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Kernel_Architecture_2/CCleanupClass.html#%3a%3aCCleanup%3a%3aPop%28%29" format="application/java-archive">removed</xref>.</p>

</itemgroup>

</li>

<li><p>Symbian 2nd phase constructor with code that might leave.

A common implementation is:</p>

<itemgroup>

<codeblock id="GUID-32125111-6ACB-4539-8CD0-39ED5629789F" xml:space="preserve">

void CMyAppView::ConstructL( const TRect& aRect )

    {

    // Create a window for this application view

    CreateWindowL();

     //add construction for other controls if required

	   // Set the windows size

    SetRect( aRect );

    // Activate the window, which makes it ready to be drawn

    ActivateL();

    }</codeblock>

<p><parmname>CMyAppView::ConstructL</parmname> is a private class providing

the second phase construction that accepts the rectangle the view is drawn

to.</p>

<p><xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Control_Environment/CCoeControlClass.html#%3a%3aCCoeControl%3a%3aCreateWindowL%28%29" format="application/java-archive"><parmname>CCoeControl::CreateWindowL</parmname></xref> creates a window

for the control. Note that this window is a child of the UI controller. This

method makes the control a <xref href="GUID-352850A9-227F-45DB-8DCD-C6268954B4ED.dita">window-owning

control</xref>. While, the use of window-owning controls is discouraged to

prevent the taxing of run-time resources, this is the top-level window for

the UI controller.</p>

<p>While this is a simple control that does not contain other controls,

other controls could be added to the control between <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Control_Environment/CCoeControlClass.html#%3a%3aCCoeControl%3a%3aCreateWindowL%28%29" format="application/java-archive"><parmname>CCoeControl::CreateWindowL</parmname></xref> and <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Control_Environment/CCoeControlClass.html#%3a%3aCCoeControl%3a%3aSetRect%28const%20TRect%20%26amp%3b%29" format="application/java-archive"><parmname>CCoeControl::SetRect(aRect)</parmname></xref>. For more information,

see <xref href="GUID-57CA8A13-05C6-4AFE-9804-E2EA2453143A.dita">Compound

controls in the view architecture</xref>.</p>

<p><xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Control_Environment/CCoeControlClass.html#%3a%3aCCoeControl%3a%3aSetRect%28const%20TRect%20%26amp%3b%29" format="application/java-archive"><parmname>CCoeControl::SetRect(aRect)</parmname></xref> sets the window

size according to the requirements of the mobile device. The top-level control

rectangle is set to the area that the framework provides for the application.

Calling <parmname>SetRect</parmname> calls the <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Control_Environment/CCoeControlClass.html#%3a%3aCCoeControl%3a%3aSizeChanged%28%29" format="application/java-archive"><parmname>CCoeControl::SizeChanged</parmname></xref> method, where the control should set the position and size

for any child controls and thus adjust the control layout to the UI.</p>

<p><xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Control_Environment/CCoeControlClass.html#%3a%3aCCoeControl%3a%3aActivateL%28%29" format="application/java-archive"><parmname>CCoeControl::ActivateL</parmname></xref> sets the control

as ready to be drawn.</p>

</itemgroup>

</li>

</ul>

<p>If required for your application, you may need to implement other methods

for your control. For top-level windows, you would need to implement <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Control_Environment/CCoeControlClass.html#%3a%3aCCoeControl%3a%3aSizeChanged%28%29" format="application/java-archive"><parmname>CCoeControl::SizeChanged</parmname></xref> to respond to

changes to the size and position of the contents of this control. This is

called by the Symbian platform when a change occurs. A typical implementation

for a compound control is:</p>

<codeblock id="GUID-6F100E69-F0BB-4637-A1AA-57024AF20CF4" xml:space="preserve">void CMyAppView::SizeChanged()

    {

    // Control resize code

    iControl->SetExtent( const TPoint &aPosition, const TSize &aSize);

    }</codeblock>

</conbody></concept>