Hello Sebastian,
Please check the following link explaining how to use MVVM in Kendo UI Mobile application.
http://docs.kendoui.com/getting-started/mobile/mvvm
As for your question - you cannot bind view events directly to the viewModel. What you can do is access the function inside the viewModel and assign it to the view event. Please check the following example:
http://jsbin.com/ANonecU/1/edit
Regards,
Kiril Nikolov
Telerik
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