MobileCaddy App Addon - Recent Items

Overview

AngularJS service used to add, retrieve and update recent items that the user has viewed within a MobileCaddy application.

Roadmap

• Encrypted DB support
• Updating recent item objects following devUtils.updateRecords() and sync completion processes.
• Remove recent item entries when they are deleted from localDB, or maked as deleted following sync completion processes.

Installation

npm install mobilecaddy-app-addon-recent-items

The installation will include the tasks of moving the relevant scripts into the correct place of your MobileCaddy application project structure. The relevant unit tests will also be included.

Configuring

You can set the configuration information of the recent items, such as the maximum number of items, if they will be saved in localStorage or encrypted in the database, the type of items, among other details. This can be run in the .run in the app.js file, thus it can be updated by the developer easily.

RecentItemsService.setConfig({
    maxItems: 50,
    encrypted: false,
    tables: [
      {
        name: 'Account',
        icon: 'ion-folder',
        href: '/accounts/:Id'
      },
      {
        name: 'Contact',
        icon: 'ion-person',
        href: '/accounts/:AccountId/contacts/:Id'
      }
    ]
  });

Syntax

setConfig( { maxItems, encrypted, tables } );

Parameters

maxItems Optional

How many recent items to store. Defaults to 10.

encrypted Optional

Whether or not to use the encrypted database to store the recent items. If false, stored in localStorage. Defaults to false. Note: Not yet supported.

tables

Array of objects configuring each table to be included in the global search, thus;

[{
  name,   // string:
  icon,   // string: Ionicon to be used in enriched output
  href    // string: State URL to be used for direct record access in enriched output.
}]

Calls Available

addRecentItem

Adds an item to the recent items list.

Syntax

addRecentItem( type, object );

Parameters

type : String. Represents the type of the new item, e.g. "Account".

object : Object. It is the object that will be added to the recent items list.

Example

var object = {
	Id: 'acc1',
	Name: 'MobileCaddy'
};

RecentItemsService.addRecentItem( 'Account', object );

getRecentItems

Retrieves an array of recent items.

Syntax

getRecentItems( type, amount, config );

Parameters

type : String | NULL . Represents the type of the items, e.g. "Account". NULL can be supplied.

amount : Number. Refers to the number of recent items that the controller wants to receive. It's optional.

config : Boolean. Defines if the user wants to get config information about the recent items. It's optional.

Returns

An array of recent item objects.

Examples

Get the two most recent items of type Account that don't include configuration information, such as icon and href.

var recentItems = RecentItemsService.getRecentItems( 'Account', 2 );

Get all recentItems for all types, and include configuration information, such as icon and href.

var recentItems = RecentItemsService.getRecentItems( null, null true );

clearRecentItems

Syntax

clearRecentItems( type );

Parameters

type : String. Represents the type of the items, e.g. "Account". Optional.

Examples

RecentItemsService.clearRecentItems();

RecentItemsService.clearRecentItems( 'Account' );

contains

Looks for an object in the recentItems store for a specific Id. Returns the object if it exists, else returns false.

Syntax

contains( id );

Parameters

id : String. Represents the Id of the object being searched for.

Returns

The matching object, or false if not found.

Examples

RecentItemsService.contains( 'AB123CD456EF789' );

removeItem

Removes an item from the recentItems for a specific Id

Syntax

removeItem( id );

Parameters

id : String. Represents the Id of the object being searched for.

Returns

true if object was found, false if not.

Examples

RecentItemsService.removeItem( 'AB123CD456EF789' );