beginning custom version of 03d4

custom-03d4-tilelist/TileListApp.as

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+package
+{
+    import mx.core.Application;
+    import mx.controls.TextInput;
+    import mx.controls.Text;
+    import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
+    import mx.events.ListEvent;
+    import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
+    import mx.rpc.http.HTTPService;
+
+    public class TileListApp extends Application
+    {
+        [Bindable]
+        public var photoFeed:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection();
+        public var searchTerms:TextInput;
+        public var photoService:HTTPService;
+        public var textMessage:Text;
+
+        public function requestPhotos():void {
+            var params:Object = new Object();
+            params.format = 'rss_200_enc';
+            params.tags = searchTerms.text;
+            photoService.send(params);
+        }
+
+        public function photoHandler(event:ResultEvent):void {
+            photoFeed = event.result.rss.channel.item as ArrayCollection;
+        }
+
+        //show text message when user selects image
+        public function showMessage(event:Event):void {
+            textMessage.text = "You selected: " +
+                event.currentTarget.selectedItem.title + "\nUploaded by: " +
+                event.currentTarget.selectedItem.credit;
+        }
+    }
+}

custom-03d4-tilelist/TileListExample.mxml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<loc:TileListApp xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
+    xmlns:loc="*"
+    backgroundColor="#FFFFFF"
+    backgroundAlpha="0"
+    horizontalAlign="left"
+    verticalGap="15" horizontalGap="15">
+
+    <!-- photo service -->
+     <mx:HTTPService id="photoService"
+        url="http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne"
+        result="photoHandler(event)" />
+
+    <!-- search -->
+    <mx:Form>
+        <mx:FormItem label="Search Term"
+            direction="horizontal">
+            <mx:TextInput id="searchTerms" />
+            <mx:Button label="Search"
+                click="requestPhotos()" />
+        </mx:FormItem>
+    </mx:Form>
+
+    <!-- result, data is passed to the itemRenderer by Flex
+         through the data property -->
+    <mx:TileList id="mylist"
+        labelField="thumbnail"
+        dataProvider="{photoFeed}"
+        width="600" height="200"
+        paddingTop="25" left="5"
+        itemClick="showMessage(event)">
+        <mx:itemRenderer>
+            <mx:Component>
+                <mx:VBox width="125" height="125"
+                    paddingRight="5" paddingLeft="5"
+                    horizontalAlign="center">
+                    <mx:Image
+                        height="75" width="75"
+                        source="{data.thumbnail.url}"/>
+                </mx:VBox>
+            </mx:Component>
+        </mx:itemRenderer>
+    </mx:TileList>
+
+    <mx:Text id="textMessage" paddingTop="20" />
+
+</loc:TileListApp>