SAPUI5 - Demo App Tutorial - Need help understanding API documentation

[BenedictV]

Hi,

I wanted to get to know the basics of SAPUI5 and was trying the demo app @ Initialize the App

//
create a mobile app and display page1 initially
var app = new sap.m.App("myApp", { initialPage:
"page1"
});

The API reference for sap.m.App has two inputs, an ID and Settings. But here we pass a variable "initialPage". How does this work? How should I relate this with the API reference?

[BenedictV]

I couldn't select a relevant secondary tag and just selected out of frustration after multiple tries 😐

[BenedictV]

yeah, on hindsight..I should have not done that 🙂

[junwu · Accepted solution]

https://sapui5.hana.ondemand.com/#docs/api/symbols/sap.m.NavContainer.html#constructor

it is from the parent.

[Sharathmg]

The App class extends the parent class NavContainer. The association property of Nav container is "initialpage". This initial page property tells which should be the initial page to be loaded.

https://sapui5.hana.ondemand.com/#docs/api/symbols/sap.m.NavContainer.html#constructor

Regards,

Sharath

[vineet_gupta3]

Here is how I understand this:

Like you said the API reference for sap.m.App describes two Parameters. Their types are:

Parameters:

string sId? id for the new control, generated automatically if no id is given

object mSettings? initial settings for the new control

In the call

sId(string) = "myApp"

mSettings(Object) = { initialPage:"page1"}