16.7. Summary

In this chapter, I described techniques for creating navigation interfaces in Flex applications. You learned the following:

• Classic Web applications handle navigation by requesting and loading individual Web pages into the browser one at a time.

• Flex applications contain all their views in the compiled application.

• The ViewStack container nests multiple view containers and displays only one at a time.

• You can manage navigation with ActionScript commands or with a navigator bar container.

• The navigator bar containers automate navigation when bound to a ViewStack.

• The menu controls can be used with event listeners and ActionScript to create a navigation interface.

• The TabNavigator and Accordion containers combine ViewStack functionality with their own navigation interfaces.