BackgroundStringElement

gistfile1.cs

// copied from StyledStringElement, I think.
// mostly just gets the cell, puts a background on it (which also gets rid of the default 
// rounded corners etc) and sets the colours on the _existing_ cell.TextLabel and cell.DetailTextLabel

public class BackgroundStringElement : StyledStringElement, IElementSizing 
	{
                //if you make a new element, you NEED to put in a unique identifier, and use it in the DequeueReusableCell.
		static NSString skey = new NSString("BackgroundStringElement");
		
		public BackgroundStringElement(string caption) : base(caption) {}
		public BackgroundStringElement(string caption, string @value) : base(caption, @value)
		{
			
		}
		
		readonly float cellHeight = 25f;
		
		public float GetHeight (UITableView tableView, NSIndexPath indexPath)
		{
			return cellHeight;
		}
		
		public UIFont DetailFont;
		public UIColor DetailTextColor;
		
		public override UITableViewCell GetCell (UITableView tv)
		{
			var cell = tv.DequeueReusableCell (skey);
			if (cell == null){
				cell = new UITableViewCell (Value == null ? UITableViewCellStyle.Default : UITableViewCellStyle.Value1, skey);
				cell.SelectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyle.None;
			}
			cell.BackgroundView = new UIImageView(Resources.InvoiceBackground);
			
			/*cell.BackgroundView = new UIView(cell.Frame) {
					BackgroundColor = UIColor.White
				};
			*/
			cell.Accessory = Accessory;
			var tl = cell.TextLabel;
			tl.Text = Caption;
			tl.TextAlignment = Alignment;
			tl.TextColor = TextColor == null ? UIColor.Black : TextColor;
			tl.BackgroundColor = BackgroundColor == null ? UIColor.Clear : BackgroundColor;
			tl.Font = Font == null ? UIFont.SystemFontOfSize (14) : Font;
			tl.LineBreakMode = LineBreakMode;
			tl.Lines = 0;			
			// The check is needed because the cell might have been recycled.
			if (cell.DetailTextLabel != null)
			{
				cell.DetailTextLabel.Text = Value == null ? "" : Value;
				cell.DetailTextLabel.Font = DetailFont == null ? UIFont.SystemFontOfSize(14) : DetailFont;
				cell.DetailTextLabel.TextColor = DetailTextColor == null ? UIColor.Black : DetailTextColor;
			}
			return cell;
		}	
		
		
			
		
			
	}