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Programmatically set options in an OptionDialog

Given the code below, how do I set a default option (selected when the dialog is opened)? Based on users' previous selections, it won't always be the first or last or whatever.

var units_dialog = Titanium.UI.createOptionDialog({
    options:['English', 'Metric'],
    title:'Units'
});

I tried things like default:0 or selected:0 and that didn't work.

Thanks,
Tim

— asked June 17th 2010 by Tim Poulsen
  • optiondialog
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  • Well okay then, I guess you can't. So, what UI element do I use in its place? I need something for a preferences screen with multiple values for things like the units shown in my code sample. Something I can programmatically set (from saved preference info).

    — commented June 22nd 2010 by Tim Poulsen

3 Answers

  • Accepted Answer

    It's been raised here for a future release.

    — answered July 29th 2010 by Matt Collinge
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  • Yes, I agree that this is an important feature. Does anyone know how to do it?
    If you look at some of the default Android apps, such as the alarm clock, they have this.

    — answered July 15th 2010 by Paul Dowsett
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  • Now we have the version 1.9.* and there are a method setOptions(). But it doesnt work: 

    var optionsDialogOpts = {
    options : ['CENTER TO ME', 'Start Monitor', 'Start Recording','Cancel'],
    cancel : 3,
    destructive : 1,
    title : 'Tides map:'
};
var dialog = Ti.UI.createOptionDialog(optionsDialogOpts);
dialog.show();
dialog.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
    switch(e.index) {
        case 0:
            // do something
        case 1:
            optionsDialogOpts.options[1] = 'Monitor beenden';
            dialog.setOptions(optionsDialogOpts);   
        break;  
    }
});

    Why? Mistake of me?

    — answered April 2nd 2012 by Rainer Schleevoigt
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