Preventing the dialog from closing

[pliablepixels]

Hello, what is the best way to not close the dialog if the Pin is wrong? It doesn't pass an event handle so I can't call preventDefault

[bau720123]

hi @pliablepixels
you can set

window.plugins.pinDialog.prompt("message", callback, "title", ["OK","Cancel"]);

function callback(results)
{
    if(results.buttonIndex == 1)
    {
     //suppose wrong value
     if(results.input1 == 'wrong')
     {
     window.plugins.pinDialog.prompt("message", callback, "title", ["OK","Cancel"]); //call again
     }

     //suppose right value
     if(results.input1 == 'right')
     {
     //do your magic
     }
    }
    if(results.buttonIndex == 2)
    {
    // Cancel clicked
    }
};

[pliablepixels]

Hello, thanks! does this not keep adding to the function stack? If I keep entering wrong values, the callback function will keep calling itself and will (eventually) run out of stack space?.

[bau720123]

hi @pliablepixels
run out of stack space ?
I don't know what the sentence true meaning
if you mean "memory" ?

[pliablepixels]

Hello @bau720123 , yes - the code basically calls the callback function from within itself, so if you keep pressing OK repeatedly, the function stack will keep increasing and exhaust stack memory of the browser - which I would prefer to avoid. Thank you.

[bau720123]

hi @pliablepixels
if you have "memory" issue
how about made a "Counter" function
for example 10 times

window.plugins.pinDialog.prompt("message", callback, "title", ["OK","Cancel"]);
var counter = 0;
function callback(results)
{
    if(results.buttonIndex == 1)
    {
     //suppose wrong value
     if(results.input1 == 'wrong')
     {
      if(counter <= 10)
      {
      window.plugins.pinDialog.prompt("message", callback, "title", ["OK","Cancel"]); //call again
      }
    counter += 1;
     }

     //suppose right value
     if(results.input1 == 'right')
     {
     //do your magic
     }
    }
    if(results.buttonIndex == 2)
    {
    // Cancel clicked
    }
};

I think that is just javascript callback function，it won't cause any memory issues (or maybe you can try how manys times will cause your memory issue)

[Jatapiaro]

How do you do this using typescript?

[Jatapiaro]

I used this for typescript and works fine
showPinDialog(){ return this.pinDialog.prompt('Enter your PIN', 'Verify PIN', ['OK', 'Cancel']) .then( (result: any) => { if (result.buttonIndex == 1){ if(this.validationService.validPinCode(result.input1)){ this.toTabs(); }else{ this.showPinDialog(); } } } );