How to pass arguments to NSAction?

Question

Well, everyone knows that in ObjC we have

+ (void)animateWithDuration:(NSTimeInterval)duration delay:(NSTimeInterval)delay options:(UIViewAnimationOptions)options animations:(void (^)(void))animations completion:(void (^)(BOOL finished))completion

Notice that completion block has a BOOL argument. Now let's look at Monotouch:

public static void Animate (double duration, double delay, UIViewAnimationOptions options, NSAction animation, NSAction completion)

NSAction is:

public delegate void NSAction ();

Just the delegate without any arguments. Moreover, in Monotouch "internals" we can see:

public static void Animate (double duration, double delay, UIViewAnimationOptions options, 
NSAction animation, NSAction completion)
{
    UIView.AnimateNotify (duration, delay, options, animation, delegate (bool x)
    {
        if (completion != null)
        {
            completion ();
        }
    });
}

Notice delegate (bool x), It calls the function just like I need. Now, how can I pass Action<bool> as completion to UIView.Animate ?

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 04 '12 at 16:05

8

That was an old binding bug (wrong type) and, for compatibility reason, Animate still use a NSAction completion handler.

To fix this a new method AnimateNotify was added to MonoTouch. This version accept a UICompletionHandler which is defined like this:

public delegate void UICompletionHandler (bool finished);

So the solution to your problem is to use the newer AnimateNotify API.

answered Sep 04 '12 at 16:05

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Don't you think it's time to remove old wrapper? – Maxim Korobov Aug 23 '13 at 19:16
@Maxim: I imagine it would be overkill to remove it overnight. But obsoleting it sounds like a good idea to me. (I'm not a MT dev, just a user.) – Dan Abramov Aug 27 '13 at 19:29

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 29 '13 at 07:43

So that should look like:

UIView.AnimateNotify(duration, 0, UIViewAnimationOptions.CurveEaseInOut, delegate () {

}, delegate (bool finished) {

});

Or with lambda syntax:

UIView.AnimateNotify(duration, 0, UIViewAnimationOptions.CurveEaseInOut, () => {

}, (finished) => {

});

How to pass arguments to NSAction?

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