MonoTouch Message Element opes page with string elements - xamarin.ios

Question

I have the following code:
Section _section = new Section ("Test");
foreach (ExampleData data in Example.data) {
MessageElement Item = new MessageElement (){
Sender = data.Name,
Subject = data.Value,
Body = data.Description,
Date = data.Modified
} ;
_section.Add(Item);
var root = new RootElement("Item Expanded"){
new Section ("test2"){
new StringElement("Field Name", data.FieldName),
new StringElement("Value", data.Value),
new StringElement("Description", data.Description)
}
} ;
_section.Add(root);
} ;
var _rootElement = new RootElement ("Items") {
_section
} ;
I would like this to work in such a way that when a Message Element is tapped it shows the section with ("test2") that has the same data (e.g. the data was added during the same run of the loop.) I realize this will not happen currently, as it seems the Message Element
requires an Action delegate to do anything on a tap event, plus I'm adding everything to the same section. However, is there any way to replicate the behavior of multiple nested root elements and sections with a Message Element? If I create new pages/screens and try to transition that way, it rests the navigation controller and I lose the use of the back button, even if "push" is set to true.

Answer 1

Not sure what you want exactly. Replace your "Item Expanded" root element code with this to push a dialog viewcontoller on the navigation stack with a backbutton. Ofcourse your DialogViewcontroller should be in a UINavigation controller in the first place for this to work
Item.Tapped += delegate(DialogViewController arg1, UITableView arg2, NSIndexPath arg3)
{
var newDialogVC = new DialogViewController(
UITableViewStyle.Grouped,
new RootElement("Item Expanded")
{
new Section ("test2"){
new StringElement("Field Name", "test"),
new StringElement("Value", "test"),
new StringElement("Description", "test")
}
}
, true);
arg1.NavigationController.PushViewController(newDialogVC,true);
};