Listview

Using a ListView control inside Angular app requires some special attention due to the complexity of the NativeScript ListView control, with custom item templates, bindings and so on.

The NativeScript-angular plugin provides a custom Angular component which simplifies the way native ListView is used.

Note: Using the ListView component inside a ScrollView or ScrollView inside the ListView's items can lead to a poor user interface performance and can reflect the user experience. For avoiding those issues, we should specify the height explicitly for the ListView in the scenario when the ListView is nested in ScrollView and the ScrollView's height - when the component is used inside the ListView. Example 1 (ListView in ScrollView):

<ScrollView>
    <StackLayout>
        <ListView height="150" [items]="countries">
            <ng-template let-country="item" let-i="index" let-odd="odd" let-even="even">
                <!-- ....... -->
            </ng-template>
        </ListView>
    </StackLayout>
</ScrollView>

Example 2 (ScrollView in ListView):

<ListView [items]="countries">
    <ng-template let-country="item" let-i="index" let-odd="odd" let-even="even">
        <StackLayout>
            <ScrollView height="150" >
                <!-- ....... -->
            </ScrollView>
        </StackLayout>
    </ng-template>
</ListView>

Usage

<ListView [items]="items" (itemTap)="onItemTap($event)" class="list-group">
    <ng-template let-item="item" let-i="index" let-odd="odd" let-even="even">
        <!-- The item template can only have a single root view container (e.g. GridLayout, StackLayout, etc.)-->
        <GridLayout>
            <Label [text]="item.name" class="list-group-item"></Label>
        </GridLayout>
    </ng-template>
</ListView>

import { Component, OnInit } from "@angular/core";
import { ItemService, Item } from "./usage.service";
import { ItemEventData } from "tns-core-modules/ui/list-view";

@Component({
    moduleId: module.id,
    templateUrl: "./usage.component.html"
})
export class ListViewUsageComponent implements OnInit {
    items: Array<Item>;

    constructor(private _itemService: ItemService) { }

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.items = this._itemService.getItems();
    }

    onItemTap(args: ItemEventData) {
        console.log(`Index: ${args.index}; View: ${args.view} ; Item: ${this.items[args.index]}`);
    }
}

import { Injectable } from "@angular/core";
import { ListViewExamplesModule } from "../listview-examples.module";

@Injectable({
    providedIn: "root"
})
export class ItemService {
    private items = new Array<Item>(
        { id: 1, name: "Ter Stegen", role: "Goalkeeper" },
        { id: 3, name: "Piqué", role: "Defender" },
        { id: 4, name: "I. Rakitic", role: "Midfielder" },
        { id: 5, name: "Sergio", role: "Midfielder" },
        { id: 6, name: "Denis Suárez", role: "Midfielder" },
        { id: 7, name: "Arda", role: "Midfielder" },
        { id: 8, name: "A. Iniesta", role: "Midfielder" },
        { id: 9, name: "Suárez", role: "Forward" },
        { id: 10, name: "Messi", role: "Forward" },
        { id: 11, name: "Neymar", role: "Forward" },
        { id: 12, name: "Rafinha", role: "Midfielder" },
        { id: 13, name: "Cillessen", role: "Goalkeeper" },
        { id: 14, name: "Mascherano", role: "Defender" },
        { id: 17, name: "Paco Alcácer", role: "Forward" },
        { id: 18, name: "Jordi Alba", role: "Defender" },
        { id: 19, name: "Digne", role: "Defender" },
        { id: 20, name: "Sergi Roberto", role: "Midfielder" },
        { id: 21, name: "André Gomes", role: "Midfielder" },
        { id: 22, name: "Aleix Vidal", role: "Midfielder" },
        { id: 23, name: "Umtiti", role: "Defender" },
        { id: 24, name: "Mathieu", role: "Defender" },
        { id: 25, name: "Masip", role: "Goalkeeper" }
    );

    getItems(): Array<Item> {
        return this.items;
    }

    getItem(id: number): Item {
        return this.items.filter((item) => item.id === id)[0];
    }
}

export class Item {
    constructor(public id: number, public name: string, public role: string) { }
}

Styling

The ListView supports the common CSS styling (e.g., padding, margin, background-color, etc.). Additionally, you can use separatorColor, rowHeight and iosEstimatedRowHeight to further customize the ListView's styles.

<!-- 
    The @nativescript/theme provides ListView CSS classes (`list-group` & `list-group-item`) for setting recommended paddings & margins for ListView items.
    These class names adds a bit of spacing and the theme’s color scheme. 
-->
<ListView [items]="items" class="list-group" 
          backgroundColor="red" separatorColor="blue">
    <ng-template let-item="item">
        <GridLayout height="60">
            <Label [text]="item.name" class="list-group-item" color="white"></Label>
        </GridLayout>
    </ng-template>
</ListView>

Tips And Tricks

Item Templates

Use itemTemplateSelector property to create multiple item templates. The itemTemplateSelector accepts a function that returns a value for nsTemplateKey.

<ListView [items]="items" class="list-group" [itemTemplateSelector]="templateSelector" row="0">
    <ng-template nsTemplateKey="red" let-item="item" let-i="index">
        <GridLayout>
            <Label [text]="item.name" backgroundColor="red" color="white"></Label>
        </GridLayout>
    </ng-template>

    <ng-template nsTemplateKey="green" let-item="item" let-i="index">
        <GridLayout>
            <Label [text]="item.name" backgroundColor="green" color="yellow"></Label>
        </GridLayout>
    </ng-template>
</ListView> 

import { Component, Input, OnChanges, SimpleChanges, OnInit } from "@angular/core";
import { ItemService, Item } from "../usage/usage.service";
import { ItemEventData } from "tns-core-modules/ui/list-view";

@Component({
    moduleId: module.id,
    templateUrl: "./tips-and-tricks.component.html"
})
export class ListViewTipsComponent implements OnInit {
    items: Array<Item>;

    constructor(private _itemService: ItemService) { }

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.items = this._itemService.getItems();
    }

    onItemTap(args: ItemEventData) {
        console.log(`Index: ${args.index}; View: ${args.view} ; Name: ${this.items[args.index].name}`);
    }

    templateSelector(item: Item, index: number, items: any) {
        return index % 2 === 0 ? "red" : "green";
    }
}

Custom Component Template

Common scenario in Angular is to reuse given component via its selector name (e.g., sdk-child-component). The below scenario demonstrates how to pass data from the parent ListView to its children components (which are used as template).

<ListView [items]="items" class="list-group" [itemTemplateSelector]="templateSelector" row="0">
    <ng-template nsTemplateKey="red" let-item="item" let-i="index">
        <GridLayout>
            <Label [text]="item.name" backgroundColor="red" color="white"></Label>
        </GridLayout>
    </ng-template>

    <ng-template nsTemplateKey="green" let-item="item" let-i="index">
        <GridLayout>
            <Label [text]="item.name" backgroundColor="green" color="yellow"></Label>
        </GridLayout>
    </ng-template>
</ListView> 

import { Component, Input, OnChanges, SimpleChanges, OnInit } from "@angular/core";
import { ItemService, Item } from "../usage/usage.service";
import { ItemEventData } from "tns-core-modules/ui/list-view";

@Component({
    moduleId: module.id,
    templateUrl: "./tips-and-tricks.component.html"
})
export class ListViewTipsComponent implements OnInit {
    items: Array<Item>;

    constructor(private _itemService: ItemService) { }

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.items = this._itemService.getItems();
    }

    onItemTap(args: ItemEventData) {
        console.log(`Index: ${args.index}; View: ${args.view} ; Name: ${this.items[args.index].name}`);
    }

    templateSelector(item: Item, index: number, items: any) {
        return index % 2 === 0 ? "red" : "green";
    }
}

Properties

Methods

| refresh() | Forces the ListView to reload all its items. | | scrollToIndex(index: number) | Scrolls the specified item with index into view. | | scrollToIndexAnimated(index: number) | Scrolls the specified item with index into view with animation. | | isItemAtIndexVisible(index: number): boolean | Checks if specified item with index is visible. |

Events

API References

Native Component