abap2UI5

Notification List Group with max number of notifications reached

Notification List Group with max number of notifications reached. The group will render the max amount of notificatons, depending on device type allowed and then show a warning messge.

Z2UI5_CL_SMPC_APP_444

Controls sap.m UI5 1.71

The facts

Repository
abap2UI5/samples-controls
Class
Z2UI5_CL_SMPC_APP_444
Source file
z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_444.clas.abap
Library
sap.m
UI5 entity
sap.m.NotificationListGroup
Demo kit sample
sap.m.sample.MaxNumberOfNotificationsReached
SAP's own sample
running at sdk.openui5.org ↗
Minimum UI5
1.71 — the floor abap2UI5 holds its samples to
In the playground
runs in the browser, with no system and nothing installed

Keywords: notificationlistgroup, notification, list, group, sap.m, maxnumberofnotificationsreached, vbox, flexitemdata, button, notificationlistitem

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Libraries

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The ABAP

z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_444.clas.abap — 165 lines Read it on GitHub ↗
" @keywords notificationlistgroup notification list group sap.m maxnumberofnotificationsreached vbox flexitemdata button notificationlistitem
" @summary Notification List Group with max number of notifications reached. The group will render the max amount of notificatons, depending on device type allowed and then show a warning messge.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_444 DEFINITION PUBLIC.

  PUBLIC SECTION.
    INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.

    TYPES: BEGIN OF ty_s_notification,
             id       TYPE i,
             title    TYPE string,
             datetime TYPE string,
             priority TYPE string,
             unread   TYPE abap_bool,
           END OF ty_s_notification.
    TYPES ty_t_notification TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_s_notification WITH EMPTY KEY.

    DATA t_notifications TYPE ty_t_notification.
    DATA group_visible   TYPE abap_bool VALUE abap_true.

  PROTECTED SECTION.
    DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.

    METHODS view_display.
    METHODS on_event.
    METHODS notifications_load.

  PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.


CLASS z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_444 IMPLEMENTATION.

  METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.

    me->client = client.
    IF client->check_on_navigated( ).
      view_display( ).
    ELSEIF client->check_on_event( ).
      on_event( ).
    ENDIF.

  ENDMETHOD.


  METHOD view_display.

    DATA(view) = z2ui5_cl_ui5_view_builder=>factory( ).

    view->ele( n = `View` ns = `mvc`
        )->a( n = `xmlns:mvc` v = `sap.ui.core.mvc`
        )->a( n = `xmlns`     v = `sap.m`
        )->a( n = `class`     v = `sapContrastPlus sapContrast`

        )->ele( `VBox`
            )->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin`

            )->ele( `List`

                )->ele( `layoutData`
                    )->tag( `FlexItemData`
                        )->a( n = `maxWidth` v = `600px`

                )->end(

                " onItemClose removes the group from the List and toasts its title -
                " the group is bound visible instead, the row set stays untouched
                )->ele( `NotificationListGroup`
                    )->a( n = `title`                         v = `Notification Group`
                    )->a( n = `showCloseButton`               v = `true`
                    )->a( n = `collapsed`                     v = `false`
                    )->a( n = `close`                         v = client->_event( `GROUP_CLOSE` )
                    )->a( n = `showEmptyGroup`                v = `true`
                    )->a( n = `enableCollapseButtonWhenEmpty` v = `true`
                    " NOT `b = <field>`: that parameter writes the LITERAL 'true' or
                    " 'false' into the attribute at render time (view_builder->a),
                    " so a field the event handler changes never reaches the
                    " control - none of these apps re-renders after an event
                    " (e2e-caught on app 505, 2026-08-22)
                    )->a( n = `visible`                       v = client->_bind( group_visible )
                    )->a( n = `items`                         v = client->_bind( t_notifications )

                    )->ele( `buttons`
                        )->tag( `Button`
                            )->a( n = `text`  v = `Load notifications`
                            )->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( `LOAD_NOTIFICATIONS` )

                    )->end(

                    " the items the controller creates in _createNotification; each one
                    " destroys itself on close, which here deletes its row
                    )->tag( `NotificationListItem`
                        )->a( n = `title`           v = `{TITLE}`
                        )->a( n = `showCloseButton` v = `true`
                        )->a( n = `datetime`        v = `{DATETIME}`
                        )->a( n = `unread`          v = `{UNREAD}`
                        )->a( n = `priority`        v = `{PRIORITY}`
                        )->a( n = `close`           v = client->_event( val = `ITEM_CLOSE` arg = `${ID}` ) ).

    client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).

  ENDMETHOD.


  METHOD on_event.

    CASE client->get_event( ).

      WHEN `LOAD_NOTIFICATIONS`.
        notifications_load( ).
        " 400 rows is the whole point of this sample, and without this only 100
        " of them render: sap.ui.model.Model's constructor sets iSizeLimit = 100
        " and abap2UI5 leaves it there unless an app asks for more. The original
        " never meets that limit because it does not use a model at all -
        " onLoadNotificationsPress calls addItem( ) 400 times with real control
        " instances, and a size limit applies to a bound aggregation, not to
        " added children. Bound here, so the limit has to be raised explicitly
        " (the app-252 / app-094 idiom).
        client->follow_up_action( val   = client->cs_event-set_size_limit
                                  t_arg = VALUE #( ( `400` ) ( client->cs_view-main ) ) ).

      WHEN `ITEM_CLOSE`.
        DATA(closed_id) = CONV i( client->get_event_arg( ) ).
        DELETE t_notifications WHERE id = closed_id.

      WHEN `GROUP_CLOSE`.
        group_visible = abap_false.
        client->message_toast_display( `Item Closed: Notification Group` ).
        view_display( ).

    ENDCASE.

  ENDMETHOD.


  METHOD notifications_load.

    " onLoadNotificationsPress fills the group once, with the maximum number of
    " notifications the device takes (400 on desktop, 100 otherwise). The titles,
    " times and priorities are picked at RANDOM there; a backend cannot repeat a
    " client-side Math.random, so the port walks the same three lists in order -
    " same four titles, three times and four priorities, deterministically
    IF t_notifications IS NOT INITIAL.
      RETURN.
    ENDIF.

    DATA(titles) = VALUE string_table( ( `New order request` )
                                       ( `Your vacation has been approved` )
                                       ( `New transaction in queue` )
                                       ( `An new request await your action` ) ).
    DATA(times) = VALUE string_table( ( `3 days` ) ( `5 minutes` ) ( `1 hour` ) ).
    DATA(priorities) = VALUE string_table( ( `None` ) ( `Low` ) ( `Medium` ) ( `High` ) ).

    DO 400 TIMES.
      DATA(index) = sy-index.
      INSERT VALUE #( id       = index
                      title    = |{ titles[ index MOD 4 + 1 ] } { index }|
                      datetime = times[ index MOD 3 + 1 ]
                      priority = priorities[ index MOD 4 + 1 ]
                      unread   = abap_true )
             INTO TABLE t_notifications.
    ENDDO.

  ENDMETHOD.

ENDCLASS.

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