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Template Text

Template Text

You can easily display text, images, and buttons using the SDLScreenManager. To update the UI, simply give the manager your new data and (optionally) sandwich the update between the manager's beginUpdates and endUpdatesWithCompletionHandler methods.

Text Fields

SDLScreenManager Parameter Name Description
textField1 The text displayed in a single-line display, or in the upper display line of a multi-line display
textField2 The text displayed on the second display line of a multi-line display
textField3 The text displayed on the third display line of a multi-line display
textField4 The text displayed on the bottom display line of a multi-line display
mediaTrackTextField The text displayed in the in the track field; this field is only valid for media applications
textAlignment The text justification for the text fields; the text alignment can be left, center, or right
textField1Type The type of data provided in textField1
textField2Type The type of data provided in textField2
textField3Type The type of data provided in textField3
textField4Type The type of data provided in textField4
title The title of the displayed template

Showing Text 

[self.sdlManager.screenManager beginUpdates];
self.sdlManager.screenManager.textField1 = @"<#Line 1 of Text#>";
self.sdlManager.screenManager.textField2 = @"<#Line 2 of Text#>";
[self.sdlManager.screenManager endUpdatesWithCompletionHandler:^(NSError * _Nullable error) {
    if (error != nil) {
        <#Error Updating UI#>
    } else {
        <#Update to UI was Successful#>
    }
}];

sdlManager.screenManager.beginUpdates()
sdlManager.screenManager.textField1 = "<#Line 1 of Text#>"
sdlManager.screenManager.textField2 = "<#Line 2 of Text#>"
sdlManager.screenManager.endUpdates { (error) in
    if error != nil {
        <#Error Updating UI#>
    } else {
        <#Update to UI was Successful#>
    }
}

Removing Text

To remove text from the screen simply set the screen manager property to nil.

self.sdlManager.screenManager.textField1 = nil;
self.sdlManager.screenManager.textField2 = nil;

sdlManager.screenManager.textField1 = nil
sdlManager.screenManager.textField2 = nil
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