B4J Question Sender not set in WebView_LocationChanged event

[Sandman]

I have a layout with several WebViews, each containing html with a link. Clicking a link triggers the LocationChanged event just fine. However, I can't figure out how to get which WebView the click happened in, as Sender is Null. Is this expected behaviour on B4J or have I misunderstood something?

Public Sub webContent_LocationChanged (Location As String)
    Log("Location changed: " & Location)
    Sleep(0)
    Log(Sender)
    Sender.As(WebView).LoadHtml("<h1>Beep boop</h1>")
End Sub

Logging the Sender shows it's Null.

And casting as WebView obviously then gives error

java.lang.RuntimeException: Object should first be initialized (WebView).

 

[drgottjr]

this way:

Sub wv_LocationChanged (Location As String)
    Dim webview As WebView = Sender
    Log("sender " & webview.Tag)
End Sub

 

[Sandman]

this way

Doesn't work for me. It's not the method of casting that is the issue, it's that Sender is Null.

In your case it's obviously not Null, but in my case it is. I can't understand what would make an event not have a Sender, as it's the cause for the event even happening. Any ideas for that?

 

[drgottjr]

sleep() kills the sender. if i add sleep() to my example, sender becomes null. sender is only valid within the sub (see erel's documentation). sleep() alters that situation.

 

[Sandman]

Oh wow, I don't think I knew that! I'll report back when I've tested.

 

[Sandman]

Tested, and verified - it worked fine!

For future forum members, I simply did this, which stores a local variable containing the Sender (as a WebView) before the Sleep.

Public Sub webContent_LocationChanged (Location As String)
    Dim tmpWebView As WebView = Sender
    Log("Location changed: " & Location)
    Sleep(0)
    Log(tmpWebView)
    tmpWebView.LoadHtml("<h1>Hello</h1>")
End Sub

sleep() kills the sender. (...) sender is only valid within the sub (see erel's documentation).

Yes, I think it's fairly well known that Sender only is available in the sub, but I can't remember seeing anything about Sleep killing it. You mention Erel's documentation of Sender, but even though I've searched all over I can't seem to find anything that mentions the Sleep-killer. Can you please post a link?