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iDB Tutorial  (cont.)

'Diary' Application

'Diary' is a simple notes application. Currently it is only sorted by date on Record List screen. In Details, the last field at the bottom is for keywords. In near future record details will allow attachments, but currently all is one big text field.

Date field is filled-in with current date by default, however, it is attached to date-picker, so it would turn into a push-button in edit mode to modify:
 

   

'Notes' Application

Notes is the most generic template in all iDB databases. It mimics iPhone notes, with a few extras.

Sorting choices on the Record List screen are, alphabetical, by category, and from the most recent to the oldest:
 

      

Here is how a record detail looks like:
 

In the image above, the 'category' field looks like regular text. That is both true and false. 'Category' field is in fact a "text picker", and as such its text can be picked from an existing list, or the text can be entered manually.

We should give an actual example to demonstrate text pickers. Suppose we have a blank 'Notes' database. So far it has no records, no categories. When we want to insert the first record, the category field's title will turn into a push-button in 'edit' mode:
 

      

Pushing that button above will pop-up the text picker. However, there is nothing in the text-picker to pick!!!

That's because a text-picker content is populated by unique entries of that field within that database. Since there is no entry into any category field in any of the records (well, this *is* the first record), text-picker content is completely empty.

There is nothing to do but cancel the picker, and enter the first category entry by hand.

When we attempt to enter the second record, text-picker will have some content:
 

      

Pay attention to the second image above. Even if there is a single entry within the whole picker, it has not been picked yet! That's a bit of an odd behaviour of the O/S; we are hoping to address it in an upcoming version. But as it, that can be confusion. You need to at least touch or jiggle the picker entry (albeit the only one) to be able to 'select' it. Compare the third image to the second one: when a picker entry is touch or jiggled it shows up on the record field (category field), behind the smoky picker mask. No you can confirm by tapping on 'OK' or perhaps 'Cancel'.

Note that text-picker content is dynamic. Cancel this record and go back to the first one, modify its category field, and come back to this screen again. Text-picker will display the new category name.
 

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