Appcelerator Titanium Smartphone App Development Cookbook [eBook]

HttpRequest items 47
used, for uploading image 150-153 iTunes store 73

IJ

image JSON
uploading, HttpRequest used 150-153 used, for speeding up remote data access
uploading, PHP used 150-153 54-57

image property 107 K
ImageView
keyboards
dragging, touch events used 178, 179 working with 21, 23
scaling, Slider control used 180, 181
ImageView component 10 keyboard styles
imageViewFace control 178 experimenting with 24
imageViewMe control 179
ImageViews keyboard toolbars
about 168 working with 21, 23
animation-curve constants 174, 175
index property 105 L
information
gathering, about device 254-256 labels
INSERT 42 creating 16-18
intents formatting 16-18
about 200
used, for displaying Android notifications 200- latitude and longitude locations
addresses, converting to 80-84
202
iOS LoanCalc 8
local notification
versus Android APIs 262-264
iOS application displaying, on iPhone 198-200
parameters 200
building, Titanium Studio used 275-278 local notification, parameters
iOS Developer Certificate alertAction 200
alertBody 200
installing 272 date 200
setting up 273, 274 userInfo 200
iOS Developer Program
joining 270-272 M
iOS module development environment
setting up 240, 241 maps 74
iPhone MapView
about 97
background service, creating on 196, 197 adding, to application 74-77
local notifications, displaying on 198-200 annotations, adding to 84-86
iPhone 4 257 events,adding to 86, 87
iPhone applications 80 routes, drawing on 89-92
iPhone/iPod Touch 7 style, modifying 77
iPhone module mediaType property 105, 107
developing, XCode used 242, 243 media types
about 108

288

MEDIA_TYPE_PHOTO 108 P
MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO 108
menu icon sizes, Android devices 189 paypalEnvironment property 239
messageBody parameter 136 PayPal Mobile Payment Library
Module architecture
about 243 about 236
components 243 integrating 236-238
Module architecture, components phone call
Module 243 attempting, with device 265, 266
Proxy 243 photo library
View 243 photos, selecting from 105-107
ViewProxy 243 photos
modules capturing, from camera 102-105
packaging 249-251 displaying, ScrollableView used 109, 110
packaging, for distribution and sale 251, 252 selecting, from photo library 105-107
testing, test harness used 249-251 PhotoShare app 132
MyRecipes app 51 PHP
used, for uploading image 150-153
N push notifications, testing 232-234
Pie Chart
newDir object 113 URL, for implementing 36
Notepad 9 pinColor property 85
PlatformDiffs 254
O postToEmail function 138
postToFacebook() function 144
OAuth postToTwitter function 152
about 214 Provisioning Profiles
tweet, sending through 153, 154 creating 274, 275
Twitter connection, acquiring 147-150 installing 272
used, for connection to FourSquare 214-219 public API method
creating 243-247
object types, app properties 156 pull and release refresh mechanism
onload event 31 creating 67-70
Open Authorization. See  OAuth Push Certificate 232
open() method 10, 12, 137 push notifications
openPhotoGallery() method 107 about 198, 227
openPhotoLibrary() method 105 integrating, with UrbanAirship.com 211, 212,
OptionDialog
227-232
about 32, 34, 98, 107, 161 key factors 232
creating 33 testing, PHP and HTTP POST used 232-234
used, for selecting capture device 98-102
Option menus Q
about 186
creating, for Android 186-188 QWERTY keys 23
orientation modes, for device 260-262

289

R SelectedProperty function 192
send() method 44, 207
Raphael setChosenImage function 175
about 38 setInterval() method 92
URL, for documentation 39 setText() method 195
showCamera() method 102, 105
Raphael JS showContacts() method 192
used, for creating charts 36-38 show() method 34
Slider control
Raphael JS library
URL, for downloading 36 used, for scaling ImageView 180, 181
Sliders
Recipe Finder app 67
recordCurrentLocation() method 92 about 24
regionFit property 77 Titanium applications , enhancing with 25-27
region property 77 SQL
remote data access reference link 42
SQLite 183
speeding up, Yahoo YQL and JSON used 54- SQLite database
57 creating 58, 59
creating ways 58
remote XML data, retrieving from 64-66
data, reading from 42-44 pre-populated database file, attaching 59
used, for saving data 59-62
rename() method 129 SQLite Database Browser tool 59
request header 213 SQL statements
Resources directory 36 CREATE 42
resultSet method 64, 66 DELETE 42
resultSet.close() method 66 INSERT 42
resultSet.next() method 66 SELECT 42
routes Structured Query Language. See  SQL
subject parameter 136
drawing, on MapView 89-92 success event 105
RSS feeds Switches
about 24
about 132 Titanium applications , enhancing with 25-27
combining 58
T
S
TabGroup
sale about 12
modules, packaging for 251, 252 adding, to Titanium applications 12-15

saved files TableRow objects
deleting, from file system 127-130 creating 48-50

save to photos option 108 TableView
screen dimension about 45
enhancing, with custom rows 48-50
obtaining, for device 257-259 filtering, SearchBar component used 51-53
ScrollableView used, for displaying data 45-47

about 108
used, for displaying photos 109, 110
SearchBar component
about 51
used, for filtering TableView 51-53
searchYQL() function 226
SELECT 42
SelectedPerson function 192

290

TableViews 168 touch events, used for dragging ImageView
test harness 178, 179

used, for testing module 249-251 tweet, sending through Birdhouse 153, 154
text tweet, sending through OAuth 153, 154
View, animating with 2D matrix and 3D matrix
retrieving 20
textAlign property 18 transforms 175-177
TextFields View, animating with animate method 168-

about 19 174
border styles, experimenting 20 Titanium App
creating, for user input 19, 20
text, retrieving 20 Facebook, integrating into 142-144
TextMate 9 Titanium applications
Ti.include() method 65
Ti.Platform.openURL() method 62 AlertDialog 32
Titanium building 7, 8
about 7, 73, 98, 235 building, with Windows and Views 8-12
app properties, reading 156-160 buttons, creating 29-32
app properties, writing 156-160 charts, creating with Raphael JS 36-38
app, submitting to Android marketplace 281- click events, capturing 29-32
custom variables, passing between windows
283
attachments, adding to e-mail 138, 139 28, 29
custom Facebook application, setting up 140, enhancing, with Sliders and Switches 25-27
keyboard toolbars, creating 20-23
141 labels, creating 16-18
distribution key, creating for application 281 labels, formatting 16-18
e-mail, composing 132-137 OptionDialog 32
e-mail, sending 132-137 requisites 8
events, capturing 160-163 TabGroup, adding 12-15
events firing 160-163 TextFields, creating 19, 20
existing module, integrating 236-238 Titanium.App namespace 163
Google Android Developer Program, joining Titanium.App.Properties namespace 156
Titanium.App.Properties.remove() method
280
ImageView, scaling with Slider control 180, 160
Titanium + Commerce program 236
181 Titanium Developer 8
iOS Developer Certificates, setting up 273, Titanium.Filesystem.File namespace 127
Titanium.FileSystem namespace 113
274 Titanium.Geolocation namespace 80
iOS Developer Program, joining 270-272 Titanium.Map.createAnnotation() method 86
iOS module development environment, setting Titanium.Media namespace 102, 105
Titanium.Platform namespace 254
up 240, 241 Titanium Studio
iPhone module, developing with XCode 242,
about 9, 41
243 used, for building iOS application 275-279
modules, packaging 249-251 Titanium.UI.ANIMATION_CURVE_EASE_IN
modules, packaging for distribution and sale
constant 174
251, 252 Titanium.UI.ANIMATION_CURVE_EASE_IN_
PayPal Mobile Payment Library, integrating
OUT constant 175
236-238
Provisioning profile, setting up 274, 275
public API method, creating 243-247

291

Titanium.UI.ANIMATION_CURVE_EASE_OUT video recorder
constant 174 video, capturing via 121-124

Titanium.UI.ANIMATION_CURVE_LINEAR con- View
stant 175 about 168
animating, 2D matrix transforms used 175-
Titanium.UI.createTableView() function 47 177
Titanium.UI.currentTab.open() method 62 animating, 3D matrix transforms used 175-
titleOff property 26 177
titleOn property 26 animating, animate method used 168-174
title parameter 101
title property 26 W
TiUtils 248
toBlob method 183 website cookie 155
toImage() method width property 18
windows
about 111, 113, 168, 183
used, for saving 182, 183 custom variables, passing between 28, 29
toRecipients parameter 136 Windows and Views
touch events
used, for dragging ImageView 178, 179 Titanium applications, building with 8-12
touchstart event 179
transactionType property 240 X
tweet
sending, through Birdhouse 153, 154 XCode
sending, through OAuth 153, 154 used, for displaying iPhone module 242, 243
Tweetie 67
TwitPic 150 XHR object 45
Twitter 67, 131 xhr.onload() function 55
Twitter connection xhr.open() method 55
acquiring, OAuth used 147-150 xhr.send() method 44
XML data
U
retrieving, via XHR object 45
UrbanAirship.com
push notifications, integrating with 211, 212, Y
227-232
Yahoo! Network 222
user Yahoo! YQL
contacts address book, accessing 189, 192
used, for speeding up remote data access
userInfo parameter 200 54-57
user input
Yahoo! YQL console 54
TextFields, creating for 19, 20 yfrog 150
userLocation property 77 YQL

V about 222
data, retrieving 223-226
validiOSPlatform() function 197 data, searching 223-226
video
Z
capturing, via video recorder 121-124
video files zIndex parameter 129
zoomSlider component 180
playing, from file system 125, 126

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