Tutorial 1: Add new Navigation menu item into native app
Tutorial 1: Add a new Navigation menu item into the Native Mobile App
New table name "mobile_api_menu_item" added when installing the API app. We need to add a row as following to add a new menu to the Native Mobile App
Column |
Type |
Value |
Description |
section_id |
int |
2 |
Set value to 2 to make appear in the main menu |
name |
string |
"Posts" |
The display text of the menu item |
item_type |
string |
"item" |
Set value to "item" to show as a menu item on the app |
icon_name |
string |
|
|
icon_family |
string |
|
|
icon_color |
string |
|
|
module_id |
string |
"post" |
The App's alias name |
path |
string |
"post" |
The path of API URL to the main page. It's should be the name of the Main resource name of the app |
ordering |
int |
|
The ordering number of the menu Item. After added, Site's admin can manage the menu via the App's control panel. |
Sample SQL
We can use a database query to insert the new menu item. Run below MySQL script then clear Phpfox's cache and re-open Native Mobile App
INSERT INTO `phpfox_mobile_api_menu_item` (`section_id`, `name`, `item_type`, `is_active`, `icon_name`, `icon_family`, `icon_color`, `path`, `is_system`, `module_id`, `ordering`)
VALUES ('2', 'Posts', 1, '1', 'newspaper-alt', 'Lineficon', '#0097fc', 'post', '0', 'post', '11');
New post menu item appeared
