Updating flat listview by using jQuery.html()?

[Jack]

Is it possible to update a listview by just using HTML, instead of the dataSource (which I think is a very inefficient method)? For instance, if I had a ul called "output," could I just update that from HTML fetched via AJAX via jQuery.html()?

This kind of worked before, but sometimes the listview wasn't refreshing.  Please add something like jQuery mobile's listview.refresh().

Also, when I switched to the flat listview as opposed to native, it updated, but I got this Javascript error:

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected string

(anonymous function) st.extend.globalEval st.fn.extend.domManip st.fn.extend.append S.extend._createRemoteView

(anonymous function) f p.fireWith r r

[Alexander Valchev]

Hello Jack,

Direct replacement of widget's HTML mark-up is not supported. The correct way to refresh ListView is by changing its data/DataSource. In this way the component will automatically be notified and forced to re-render with the new data.

May I know what are your reasons for not using the standard approach? What problems you encountered with it? Probably I will be able to suggest alternative solution if such is possible of course.

Regards,
Alexander Valchev
Telerik