Life Cycle of an ASP.NET Mobile Web Page
The life cycle of a Microsoft ASP.NET mobile Web page and its controls is similar to the life cycle of a standard ASP.NET Web page. The following section describes similarities and differences between them. For more information about the life cycle of an ASP.NET Web page, see ASP.NET Life Cycle.
Note
The life cycle of an ASP.NET mobile control is the same as the life cycle of a mobile Web page.
For information about the life cycle and interaction between controls and their associated adapters, see Control and Adapter Interaction, Types of Adapters, and Adapter Interaction with ASP.NET.
Life Cycle Stages for a Mobile Web Page
The following table lists life-cycle stages of a mobile Web page and information about its controls. This information primarily describes the differences in the life cycle of a mobile Web page or mobile control from those described for a non-mobile ASP.NET page. For complete documentation about the ASP.NET life-cycle stages, see ASP.NET Life Cycle.
ASP.NET page life-cycle stage |
Mobile page life-cycle stage |
Methods or events to override |
|---|---|---|
Initialize |
Device adapters are chosen using the mobileControls element in the Web.config file. Device-specific customizations are applied. |
OnInit method OnInit method |
Load view state |
Same as non-mobile ASP.NET pages. |
LoadViewState method |
Process postback data |
Same as non-mobile ASP.NET pages. |
LoadPostData method |
Load |
The MobileControl base class instance calls the control's OnLoad method to load device adapter–specific information. |
OnLoad method OnLoad method |
Send postback change notifications |
Same as non-mobile ASP.NET pages. |
RaisePostDataChangedEvent method |
Handle postback events |
Same as non-mobile ASP.NET pages. |
RaisePostBackEvent method |
Pre-render |
Pagination is performed. The number of items on the page is determined, unless a virtual count is specified through the ItemCount property. |
ItemWeight property OnPreRender method |
Save state |
Same as non-mobile ASP.NET pages. |
SaveViewState method |
Render |
The adapter accesses and renders child controls in the appropriate order. The ASP.NET page framework renders each control by calling the Render method of its adapter. |
Render method Render method |
Unload (Dispose) |
Device adapter-specific cleanup and unloading is performed. |
Dispose method OnUnload method |
See Also
Concepts
Control and Adapter Interaction