Show view from non-view/viewmodel in mvvmcross - mvvm

Question

What is the correct way to open a View in mvvmcross from a non-view? From within a viewmodel we would use ShowViewModel<>(..).
Specifically we are responding to a push notification opening the app (with a custom payload) which dictates a view that should be loaded.
We have a hackety workaround just for proof of concept, just wanted to get an idea of the correct MVX approach

Answer 1

I don't think there is a 'correct way' - I think it depends on your app and what you need it to do.
For some specific cases - e.g. ViewModel->ViewModel and AppStart - MvvmCross provides some convenient methods:
you can call ShowViewModel in MvxViewModel
the app start can be overridden to use a hint object - see https://speakerdeck.com/cirrious/appstart-in-mvvmcross
But overall, any class can request a ShowViewModel by calling:
var viewDispatcher = Mvx.Resolve<IMvxViewDispatcher>();
viewDispatcher.ShowViewModel(new MvxViewModelRequest(
viewModelType,
parameterBundle,
presentationBundle,
requestedBy));
Further, there is a base class - MvxNavigatingObject.cs - which can help with this (it's a base class of MvxViewModel and MvxAppStart) - so you can easily provide one or more services like INavigateMyselfService who's implementations inherit from MvxNavigatingObject.
public interface INavigateMyselfService
{
void GoWild(string side);
}
public class NavigateMyselfService
: MvxNavigatingObject
, INavigateMyselfService
{
public void GoWild(string side)
{
ShowViewModel<WildViewModel>(new { side = side });
}
}

Answer 2

http://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/4694/conditionally-call-registerappstart-with-mvvmcross
Check the above link and you will get idea
In my case,I want to launch the app from secondary tile.For this,I have to launch specific page for Secondary tile.
My Initial App Start view model is LoginViewModel and my custom app start view model is HomeViewModel.
I controlled this from App.cs (Core) to MyCustomAppStart class.
Refer the above link