Hi, i am trying to use decompose. I have 2 screen...

# decompose

[Abdul Basit]

Hi, i am trying to use decompose.
I have 2 screens
1. Dashboard
2. Details
In details Screen, I have a button, once clicked it will show a player view at the bottom and it should be visibile on both Screen (Dashbaord and Details).
Any idea how i can achieve that ?

[s3rius]

Sounds like the parent component which holds Dashboard/Details should handle the player and show the player UI alongside the active child. When the parent creates any of the child components, it passes a callback that allows the child to show the player.

You can see a similar thing in this example where the main component passes onArticleSelected to the list component. Similarly, you probably want a onShowPlayer.

[Arkadii Ivanov]

Also, if the player has some logic, then it might be reasonable to extract it to a separate component. Then you can use Child Overlay in the parent to show/hide the player.

[Abdul Basit]

@Arkadii Ivanov i think the overlay works like a dialog in android. I want the whole screen to be enabled.
The play will be at the bottom and use can interact with Dashboard and Details Screens.

[Arkadii Ivanov]

No, Overlay is just a child component that can be activated/deactivated.

[Arkadii Ivanov]

It doesn't stop the hosting component.

[s3rius]

I've had the same misconception about Child Overlay at first. Doesn't help that the documentation's example is creating a dialog with it. So when you're scanning the docs to get an overview of the library and its tools, you think that's what it's for.

[Abdul Basit]

@Arkadii Ivanov @s3rius I have attached a dialog like

dialogNavigation.activate(DialogConfig(output.playlist))

and it is working fine.
Now i have a usecase to send data to the dialog once it is active.
Like i have activated it, now if there is any out from others screens, i want to update it.

[Arkadii Ivanov]

There are two ways.

1. You should be able to get the instance of the dialog from the state Value returned by the childOverlay/childSlot function. Then just call a method on that instance.

2. You can create PublishSubject/SharedFlow in the parent component, and pass it as an Observable/Flow to the dialog component. Then just send data in there.

[Abdul Basit]

Best, thanks