var.winAdd = Ti.UI.createWindow({
  url:'add.js'
});
winAdd.open();

...code for form here...
var btnSubmit = Ti.UI.createButton({
  ...
});
btnSubmit.addEventListener('click', function(e)
{
  if(api request is successful){
    var winAdded = Ti.UI.createWindow({
      url:'added.js'
    });
    winAdded.open();
  } else { 
    alert('error...');
  }
});



var btnBack = Ti.UI.createButton({
  ...
});
btnBack.addEventListener('click', function(e)
{
  Ti.UI.currentWindow.close();
});

... thank you text here ...

var btnBack = Ti.UI.createButton({
  ...
});
btnBack.addEventListener('click', function(e)
{
  Ti.UI.currentWindow.close();
});

3 Answers

• Mike

  Firstly, don't use the js alert() method, use the Ti view that was created for the purpose, which is Ti.UI.AlertDialog.

  Also, instead of using Ti.UI.currentWindow.close(), you can simply assign Ti.UI.currentWindow to a variable at the top of each script and perform the close() on that instead:

  var win = Ti.UI.currentWindow;
  win.close();
  

  So, with these suggestions in mind, rather than opening a new window, simply display an AlertDialog, and listen for the click event on a button, which I imagine would be an "OK" button. When it is clicked, (inside that eventListener) close the dialog and close the window. This will return you to the window underneath the current window.

  Hope this helps

• Hi,

  Thanks for the response. Although the code above is just to demonstrate what I'm doing, so I don't actually use an alert() anywhere. Having said that, I wasn't aware there was a Ti.UI.AlertDialog, so thanks.

  I've tried setting a variable to Ti.UI.currentWindow and then closing that, it has the exact same effect as using Ti.UI.currentWindow straight off, which you'd expect it to.

  I'm not sure replacing a window with an alertDialog is a viable solution at the moment. Although the window I'm showing only has text and a single button within it, it probably won't do in the future. Ideally I'll have a list of options for the user to select from, as most good UI's generally do.

  So, is there a way to close the current window and it's parent?

• In response to your answer, Mike (which, incidentally, as it is not truly an answer ought to have been posted as a comment response to my answer, to make it easier for people to follow the conversation in future), the approach is the same…

  Simply open the window within an event listener, and then on the next line, close the current window. Hence, in your code:

  var win = Ti.UI.currentWindow;
  var btnSubmit = Ti.UI.createButton({
    ...
  });
  btnSubmit.addEventListener('click', function(e)
  {
    if(api request is successful){
      var winAdded = Ti.UI.createWindow({
        url:'added.js'
      });
      winAdded.open();
    } else { 
      alert('error...');
    }
    //this is the important step:
    win.close();  
  });
  
  
  
  var btnBack = Ti.UI.createButton({
    ...
  });
  btnBack.addEventListener('click', function(e)
  {
    win.close();
  });
  

  Hope this clarifies my previous answer.