Communication to app container

The widget is a Dojo Dijit widget; therefore, when a widget instantiates, it goes through the full life cycle of a Dijit widget, such as constructor, postCreate, and startup. For more information, see http://dojotoolkit.org/documentation/tutorials/1.9/understanding_widgetbase/.

In addition to the Dojo Dijit life cycle functions, the widget has other callback functions that you can use:

Attribute	Description
onOpen	Called each time the widget opens. When a widget instantiates, this method is called after startup.
onMaximize	Called when the widget is maximized. This method may never be called in some panels that do not have a maximize/minimize state.
onMinimize	Called when the widget is minimized. This method may never be called in some panels that do not have a maximize/minimize state.
onClose	Called when the widget closes.
onSignIn	Called when a user signs in to their ArcGIS Enterprise portal or ArcGIS Online.
onSignOut	Called when a user signs out from their ArcGIS Enterprise portal or ArcGIS Online.
onPositionChange	Called when the widget's position (left, right, top, bottom, width, height) changes. The widget's position may be changed when the user changes the layout in the builder.
resize	Called when the window resizes.
onNormalize	Called when the widget is normalized.
onActive	Called when the widget is active. A widget is active when users click it.
onDeActive	Called when the widget is not active. Other widgets are not active when users click a widget.
setPosition	Called before the on-screen widget opens. By default, the widget is placed at the configured position, which can be overridden.
getPanel	Returns the widgets' panel. For an off-panel widget, it is null.