Rhomobile back function

Question

I'm having a problem getting the back button function to work in Rhomobile.

I've tried various methods of url_for(:index, :back => ....) etc etc and nothing seems to work. The problem with this method is (even if it worked) that it only allows navigation to a set place, rather than a dynamic history/back navigation.

The closest I've come to a working solution is by using this in the application_helper:

def page_back
    WebView.navigate_back
end

and then <a href="page_back">Back</a> in the view.

This works, and i can navigate across views and even controllers. However, it generates a "Error loading page" error, even though it does actually render the right page...

Does anybody have any ideas?

Same issue Chris. And one more problem comes. Two consecutive Back do not occur. i.e if I try to try to Back navigate twice, there is no back navigation for the second time. — Nitish, Oct 21 '11 at 09:37

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 21 '11 at 10:16

Ok this is what I did in the end. I've decided against using rhodes now but here is what I came up with for this problem:

Added data-add-back-btn="true" to:

<div data-role="page" data-add-back-btn="true">

Then:

<div data-role="header" data-position="inline">
    <h1>Title</h1>
    <a href="page_back" class="ui-btn-left" data-theme="a" data-icon="arrow-l" data-rel="back" data-direction="reverse">Back</a>
</div>

Rhomobile back function

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