Appending to list not updating on pull to refresh - model-view-controller

Question

I am still new to ST so I am probably doing several things wrong here but I can't figure out where the problems are.
Problem 1
when I use the pull to refresh plug-in, I get double the data instead of it just refreshing the data. I have seen to use a propertyId and so I did to no avail. This should be simple so probably something silly I'm doing wrong.
Problem 2
I am trying to figure out the most efficient way to use the MVC architecture and I have read through the documentation and many examples. So, I don't know if I am just not understanding clearly or need a better example. I am trying to create a simple app for now with a list that I can tap on an item and get a detailed view of that item. I will later evolve it into a more robust monster but for now I am trying to understand the basics. I finally got my close button to close the detail view when I click a list item but then I can no longer get a detail view when tapping another item. I have read that this is due to 'autoDestroy: off' not being present but I tried that, also with no luck. I want to be able to create certain buttons like 'close' that I can put in multiple views and just have to have the logic in the controllers.
Main View
Ext.define('SenchaFirstApp.view.DistributorView', {
// extend: 'Ext.form.Panel',
extend: 'Ext.Container',
requires: ['SenchaFirstApp.store.DistributorStore', 'Ext.dataview.List', 'Ext.Toolbar', 'Ext.form.Panel'],
model: 'SenchaFirstApp.model.Distributors',
alias: 'widget.mainlist',
xtype: 'mainlist',
config:
{
layout: 'fit',
border: 5,
title: 'Distributors',
html: 'My datalist',
autoDestroy: false,
items:[{
xtype: 'toolbar',
docked: 'top',
title: 'Distributor List',
height: 40,
centered: true,
items: [
{
xtype: 'button',
text: 'Close',
width: 100,
height: 20,
name: 'close',
// iconCls: 'delete',
}]
},
{
autoLoad: true,
html: ['<div class="distr"><table><tr><th>Type</th><th>Distributor</th><th>Site</th><th>Status</th><th>Active</th><th>Assigned</th><th>State </th><th>Schedule</th><th>Finished</th></tr></table></div>'],
itemTpl: [ '<div class="distr"><table><tr><td>{t}</td><td>{distr}</td><td colspan="2">{site}</td><td>{status}</td> <td>{active}</td><td>{assigned}</td> <td>{state}</td><td>{schedule}</td><td>{finished}</td></tr></table></div>' ],
xtype: 'list',
store: 'DistrID',
plugins: [
{
xclass: 'Ext.plugin.PullRefresh',
pullRefreshText: 'Pull down to refresh Distributor List'
}],
ui: 'showDetails',
id: 'mainlist',
autoDestroy: false,
}
]
},
});
Detailed View
Ext.define('SenchaFirstApp.view.DetailView',{
extend: 'Ext.Panel',
requires: ['Ext.Toolbar'],
model: 'SenchaFirstApp.model.Distributors',
alias: 'widget.detailview',
xtype: 'detailview',
name: 'detail',
config:{
html: 'This will contain detailed information',
xtype: 'panel',
// fullscreen: false,
centered: true,
modal: false,
scrollable: true,
width: 300,
height: 200,
},
});
Store
Ext.define('SenchaFirstApp.store.DistributorStore', {
extend: 'Ext.data.Store',
requires: ['SenchaFirstApp.model.Distributors'],
config: {
// xtype: 'distrlist',
storeId: 'DistrID',
model: 'SenchaFirstApp.model.Distributors',
autoLoad: true,
proxy: {
type: 'jsonp',
url:'https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/feed/load?v=1.0&q=http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/hobbitin5/uploads&num=4',
reader: {
type: 'json',
rootProperty: 'responseData.feed.entries'
}
}
}
Controller to get detailed view
Ext.define('SenchaFirstApp.controller.DistributorsController',{
extend: 'Ext.app.Controller',
config:
{
refs:
{
mainlist: '#mainlist',
},
control:
{
mainlist: {
itemtap: 'dispDetail'
},
},
//when item is tapped
listeners: {
itemtap: function(list, index, items, record)
{
console.log('An item was tapped and the listener heard it');
}
}
},
dispDetail: function(view, record) {
console.log('Item was tapped on the Data View');
var oldView = this.getMainlist();
var curRecord = oldView.getStore(record);
var newView = Ext.create('SenchaFirstApp.view.DetailView');
console.log(curRecord);
curRecord += 'other stuff';
newView.setHtml(curRecord);
newView.add(
{
xtype: 'toolbar',
docked: 'top',
title: 'Details',
height: 40,
items: [
{
xtype: 'button',
text: 'Close',
width: 100,
height: 20,
name: 'close',
}]
}
)
oldView.add(newView);
// Ext.Viewport.add(newView)
// Ext.Viewport.setActiveItem(newView)
}
});
Controller for buttons (just close for now)
Ext.define('SenchaFirstApp.controller.NavController', {
extend: 'Ext.app.Controller',
config:
{
refs:
{
mainlist: 'mainlist',
main: '#mainlist',
closeBtn: 'button[name=close]',
detaillist: {
selector: 'panel panel[name=detail] deetaillist',
xtype: 'detailview',
}
},
control:
{
closeBtn: {
tap: 'closeView',
},
mainlist: {
tap: 'closeView',
},
detaillist: {
tap: 'closeView',
}
}
},
closeView: function(){
var newView = this.getMainlist();
// var child = Ext.Viewport.getActiveItem();
var child = this.getDetaillist();
var instance = Ext.getCmp('mainlist');
var activeIndex = instance.indexOf(instance.getActiveItem());
var curIndex = activeIndex+1;
var closeView = this.getDetaillist();
console.log('Close btn clicked' + ' child: ' + this.child + ' activeIndex: ' + activeIndex);
// Ext.Viewport.destroy(closeView); //(child);
newView.remove(child);
newView.destroy();
Ext.Viewport.add(Ext.create('SenchaFirstApp.view.DistributorView'));
` }
})`;
Model
Ext.define('SenchaFirstApp.model.Distributors', {
extend: 'Ext.data.Model',
config: {
idProperty: 'DistrID',
fields: [
{name: 'DistrID'},
{name: 't', type: 'string'},
{name: 'distr', type: 'string'},
{name: 'group', type: 'string'},
{name: 'site', type: 'string'},
{name: 'status', type: 'string'},
{name: 'active', type: 'string'},
{name: 'assigned', type: 'string'},
{name: 'state', type: 'string'},
{name: 'schedule', type: 'string'},
{name: 'finished', type: 'string'},
//{mapping: 't',
// name: 'DistrID'}
],
}
});
I understand that is a lot but any help is appreciated...even a nudge in the right direction. Thanks in advance! Also, I'm sure there is stuff in there that doesn't need to be as I've had trouble locating good examples for what I am trying to accomplish so I have pieces here and there from different examples that I've tried to get to play nice together :(

Answer 1

I solved the refresh issue by changing the idProperty to 'id' and put that in my model field list. I'm still not sure why the 'DistrID wasn't working but I had an 'id' field in my script that held the server response that I didn't know about as I didn't write that part. So, I would have to guess that is why it wasn't working.
I had read that 'autoDestroy: false' is what was needed to allow clicking a second time but that was wrong. When I took that property out it allowed me to continue to open and close details of list items.
Now I just have to work on passing id's of list items clicked to get a detailed view of that particular item. If anyone can help with that it would be great or I will post a new question. Thanks!
I figured out how to get the list item id in case it can help anyone...
Iny my DistributorController I simply get the store and the record id
var store = Ext.getStore('NodeStore');
var id = record.get('id');
Then set the params and load the store
store.getProxy().setExtraParams({id: id});
store.load();
I did also find that you can't reference your store through the controller with refs. Instead get the store as I did above with var store = Ext.getStore('StoreName');
This is all pretty simple stuff but I'm still very knew so maybe it can help out another n00b