Why is MenuFlyout.Items always null in Closing event? - xaml

Question

I can successfully add a MenuFlyoutItem to a MenuFlyout dynamically in the ContextMenuFlyout_Opening event, but when I try to remove it in ContextMenuFlyout_Closing the MenuFlyout.Items is always null and the MFI isnt found and removed.
Any ideas why this is so?
<Page.Resources>
<MenuFlyout
x:Key="ListViewContextMenu"
Closing="{x:Bind ViewModel.ContextMenuFlyout_Closing}"
Opening="{x:Bind ViewModel.ContextMenuFlyout_Opening}">
<MenuFlyoutItem
Click="{x:Bind ViewModel.EditParty}"
Icon="Edit"
Text="Edit" />
<MenuFlyoutItem Text="Open in new window">
<MenuFlyoutItem.Icon>
<FontIcon
FontFamily="Segoe MDL2 Assets"
FontSize="40"
Glyph="" />
</MenuFlyoutItem.Icon>
</MenuFlyoutItem>
<MenuFlyoutSeparator />
<MenuFlyoutItem
Click="MenuFlyoutItem_Click"
Icon="Delete"
Text="Delete" />
</MenuFlyout>
</Page.Resources>
ViewModel event handlers
public void ContextMenuFlyout_Opening(object sender, object e)
{
MenuFlyout flyout = sender as MenuFlyout;
if (flyout != null)
{
// If party.IsConflict = true then add the MFI
if (SelectedTalent.IsConflict)
{
flyout.Items.Add(new MenuFlyoutItem()
{
Icon = new FontIcon() { Glyph = "\uEC4F" },
Text = "Resolve Conflict"
});
}
}
}
public void ContextMenuFlyout_Closing(object sender, object e)
{
// Remove 'Resolve Conflict' MFI if its found
MenuFlyout flyout = sender as MenuFlyout;
if (flyout != null)
{
var rc = flyout.Items.FirstOrDefault(o => o.Name == "Resolve Conflict");
if (rc != null)
{
flyout.Items.Remove(rc);
}
}
}
ListView that uses the MenuFlyout
<ListView
ContextFlyout="{StaticResource ListViewContextMenu}"

Answer 1

Based on your code, it seems that you are trying to get the MenuFlyoutItem object by name. But you forget to give the MenuFlyoutItem object a Name when you add it to the MenuFlyout, you just added a Text property.
flyout.Items.Add(new MenuFlyoutItem()
{
Icon = new FontIcon() { Glyph = "\uEC4F" },
Text = "Resolve Conflict",
Name = "Resolve Conflict",
});