We've tried to make XAF an extensible/highly customizable business application platform. Developers can customize or replace nearly all built-in application UI elements or behaviors. To help those of you who require this level of customization, we've created dozens of examples in our support database and within our documentation. Additionally, numerous extensions created by members of the XAF community are available.
Please remember that XAF ships with full source code - you can research, debug and modify the framework as needed. The availability of source code is not an incidental benefit. It helps reduce the risks associated with vendor lock-in. It also helps those who wish to extend the platform as needs dictate.
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In this post, I'll highlight recent updates to mobile-related help topics and documentation related to UI customization. If you are familiar with XAF 's WinForms and ASP.NET development processes, many things will look familiar. For future updates, be sure to bookmark the following help topic: Ways to Customize a Mobile Application.
How to customize existing UI elements
XAF Mobile applications use DevExtreme widgets and provide a set of wrappers that allow you to customize a widget from your C# or VB.NET code. Take a moment to review the following topics:
How to use a custom control that is not integrated by default
Do you want to extend a Mobile application with your own, fancy DevExtreme or some third-party widget? The following help articles should help you get started:
How to implement client-side logic
The following topics demonstrate how to write and register your custom JavaScript using the ActionBaseExtensions.RegisterClientScriptOnExecute, MobileApplication’s RegisterClientScriptXXX and MobileWindowTemplate’s RegisterClientScriptXXX APIs:
How to access mobile device functions
To learn more about adding PhoneGap Plugins to your Mobile application, refer to the following help topics:
Miscellaneous
These customizations will also interest any XAF Mobile developer sooner or later:
Your feedback counts
We would love your thoughts on these help topics materials and would love to learn more about customizations you've made to XAF Mobile UI.
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