Object “tabris”

Object > NativeObject > Tabris

The main object exported by the tabris module hosting all the classes and singletons it provides (not listed here). It also provides low-level framework API required for bootstrapping and for some extensions/plug-ins. Caution!: These APIs interact with the internals of the framework. Only use them if you know what you are doing.

This object is also available in the global namespace as tabris. For technical reasons the low-level API is available in TypeScript only when the object is explicitly imported.

Type: Tabris extends NativeObject
Constructor: private
Singleton: tabris
Namespace: tabris
Direct subclasses: None
JSX Support: No

See also:

Modules

Methods

_defineModule(id, loaderFunction)

Adds a module to the internal module registry with an id relative to the app directory.

Parameter Type Description
id string  
loaderFunction ModuleLoader  

Returns: Module

_init(client, options?)

Initializes the framework and triggers the ‘start’ event.

Parameter Type Description
client any The client bridge provided by the native client.
options {
  headless: boolean // optional
}
Optional.

Returns: undefined

_notify(cid, eventType, eventData)

Callback for the native client to issue JavaScript events to the NativeObject with the given cid. Triggers a flush event afterwards. Errors are caught and logged to the console. Returns true if the event object has a defaultPrevented field set to true.

Parameter Type Description
cid string  
eventType string  
eventData object  

Returns: boolean

flush()

Sends all queued native operations to the native client and triggers the ‘flush’ event.

Returns: undefined

Properties

logPushInterval

Set this property to a positive number to see the log output from the current worker on a connected CLI. Has no effect in the main UI thread.

Defines the maximum delay (in milliseconds) between the call of a Console function (e.g. console.log()) from inside a Worker and the matching log event in the parent thread. Since this interrupts the UI thread smaller values could impact UI responsiveness.

The feature is disabled by default (value -1), except for debug builds, where the default is 2000.

Note: You do not need to set this property to see the console output on the built-in developer console, this is only for the CLI, or in cases where you record the log events in the UI thread. It also has no effect on the log output of the main thread.

Type: number
Default: -1
Settable: Yes
Change Event: Not supported

started

Indicates that the framework has been fully initialized. This happens before the main application module is parsed and executed, so it is only relevant for framework and plug-in developers.

Type: boolean
Default: false
Settable: No
Change Event: Not supported

symbols

Type: {[symbol]: Symbol}
Settable: By Constructor or JSX
Change Event: Not supported

version

The version of the tabris module.

Type: string
Settable: No
Change Event: Not supported

Events

start

Fired after the client bridge has been installed but before started has been set to true.

EventObject Type: EventObject<Tabris>

This event has no additional parameter.

flush

Fired after a native event has been processed.

EventObject Type: EventObject<Tabris>

This event has no additional parameter.

log

Fired when a message is about to be printed to the console.

EventObject Type: TabrisLogEvent<Tabris>

Property Type Description
level 'debug'
| 'info'
| 'log'
| 'warn'
| 'error'
 
message string  

layout

Fired before certain native operations to render all modified layoutData objects.

EventObject Type: EventObject<Tabris>

This event has no additional parameter.