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A Drawer is a partial content view that slides out from the side of the screen. It can be expanded by swiping left to right, and hidden again when it’s no longer needed. The Gmail app, for example, uses…

An ActivityIndicator informs the user to wait for some work to complete. The Widget shows a loading animation that should end when the job is done. The ActivityIndicator is one of the simpler widgets…

This widget allows you to implement a “pull-to-refresh” function and a “loading” indicator to visualize a long-running task. There is an option to disable the refresh component, so RefreshComposite…

This widget can switch between Tabs. It extends Composite class, and its child widgets can only be Tabs. TabFolder does not compute its size, meaning that its width and height must be defined by the respective…

It is time for the first release since our big 3.0 launch. Tabris.js 3.1 focuses on community requested features, stability, and performance. In particular, we have introduced support for native permission…

The ScrollView is a composite widget, meaning it can contain other widgets like text and images. For those familiar with web development, the ScrollView provides the functionality we are used to finding…

Tabs allow the user to toggle quickly between different sections of an app. This UI element (or widget) is very useful for navigation. The Tab is a Composite widget (the Tab class extends the Composite…

[UPDATE] Due to a regression in Tabris.js 2.8.0 we have released Tabris.js 2.8.1. The update fixes an Android issue in regards to fs.readFile() and an iOS issue in conjunction with gradient backgrounds. With…

The Action class represents an interactive entry in the navigation toolbar (NavigationView). Action can be imagined as something similar to tag in HTML or Tabris.js Button widget. The key difference is…