Flex - TileList Control
Introduction
The TileList control displays a number of items laid out in tiles.
Class declaration
Following is the declaration for mx.controls.TileList class:
public class TileList extends TileBase
Public methods
| S.N. | Method & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | TileList() Constructor. |
Methods inherited
This class inherits methods from the following classes:
mx.controls.listClasess.TileBase
mx.controls.listClasess.ListBase
mx.core.ScrollControlBase
mx.core.UIComponent
mx.core.FlexSprite
flash.display.Sprite
flash.display.DisplayObjectContainer
flash.display.InteractiveObject
flash.display.DisplayObject
flash.events.EventDispatcher
Object
Flex TileList Control Example
Let us follow the following steps to check usage of TileList control in a Flex application by creating a test application:
| Step | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Create a project with a name HelloWorld under a package com.tutorialspoint.client as explained in the Flex - Create Application chapter. |
| 2 | Add a folder images to src folder. And add sample images to it. |
| 3 | Modify HelloWorld.mxml as explained below. Keep rest of the files unchanged. |
| 4 | Compile and run the application to make sure business logic is working as per the requirements. |
Following is the way to embed an image in flex application.
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
//images folder should be in src folder
//and maven-mini-logo.png should reside inside images folder.
[Bindable]
[Embed(source="images/maven-mini-logo.png")]
public var image1:Class;
]]>
</fx:Script>
Following is the content of the modified mxml file src/com.tutorialspoint/HelloWorld.mxml.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
width="100%" height="100%" minWidth="500" minHeight="500"
>
<fx:Style source="/com/tutorialspoint/client/Style.css"/>
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
[Bindable]
[Embed(source="images/maven-mini-logo.png")]
public var image1:Class;
[Bindable]
[Embed(source="images/flex-mini.png")]
public var image2:Class;
[Bindable]
[Embed(source="images/gwt-mini.png")]
public var image3:Class;
[Bindable]
[Embed(source="images/junit-mini-logo.png")]
public var image4:Class;
[Bindable]
[Embed(source="images/cpp-mini-lib-logo.png")]
public var image5:Class;
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:BorderContainer width="630" height="480" id="mainContainer"
styleName="container">
<s:VGroup width="100%" height="100%" gap="50"
horizontalAlign="center" verticalAlign="middle">
<s:Label id="lblHeader" text="Complex Controls Demonstration"
fontSize="40" color="0x777777" styleName="heading"/>
<s:Panel id="tileListPanel" title="Using TileList"
width="500" height="300">
<s:layout>
<s:VerticalLayout gap="10" verticalAlign="middle"
horizontalAlign="center"/>
</s:layout>
<s:Label width="100%" textAlign="center" color="0x323232"
text="A TileList control displays items in rows and columns."/>
<mx:TileList id="tileList" height="200" width="350"
maxColumns="2" rowHeight="100" columnWidth="150">
<mx:dataProvider>
<fx:Array>
<fx:Object label="Maven" icon="{image1}"/>
<fx:Object label="Flex" icon="{image2}"/>
<fx:Object label="GWT" icon="{image3}"/>
<fx:Object label="JUnit" icon="{image4}"/>
<fx:Object label="C++" icon="{image5}"/>
</fx:Array>
</mx:dataProvider>
</mx:TileList>
</s:Panel>
</s:VGroup>
</s:BorderContainer>
</s:Application>
Once you are ready with all the changes done, let us compile and run the application in normal mode as we did in Flex - Create Application chapter. If everything is fine with your application, this will produce following result: [ Try it online ]
