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Appcelerator Titanium Application Development by Example Beginner's Guide

Appcelerator Titanium Application Development by Example Beginner's Guide

By : Darren Paul Cope
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Appcelerator Titanium Application Development by Example Beginner's Guide

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By: Darren Paul Cope
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Overview of this book

Appcelerator Titanium is the leading method for creating native cross-platform apps. This book guides you from the initial stages with the language right through to the submission of your app to the marketplace/app store. Specially crafted examples cover the most common requirements of an app programmer. This book will be your companion as you progress with the language."Appcelerator Titanium Application Development by Example Beginner's Guide" will guide you through the process of designing cross-platform apps using Titanium. It covers all areas of the language from installation through development to submission to the store. This book will take a hands-on approach in teaching you how to write cross-platform apps using Titanium, as well as exploring the new features of Titanium 3. Each chapter will show you how to overcome specific challenges using Titanium. You will learn how to design your apps using MVC principles and Alloy, use the cloud to your advantage, develop apps that work on tablets and phones, use the phone gadgets like the accelerometer, integrate social media, record usage using analytics, and monetise your app. All tasks from installation to deployment to the store are covered and backed by examples. The book will be your companion from your first steps with Titanium to successful live deployment.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
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Appcelerator Titanium Application Development by Example Beginner's Guide
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
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www.PacktPub.com
Preface
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Preface
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How to Get Up and Running with Titanium
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How to Get Up and Running with Titanium
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System requirements and restrictions
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Installing Titanium
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Time for action – installing Titanium Studio
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Setting up Titanium Studio
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Time for action – setting up Titanium Studio
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Installing the Android SDK
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Time for action – configuring the Android SDK
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Installing the iOS SDK
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Time for action – configuring the iOS SDK
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Installation problems – did something go wrong?
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Your first cross-platform app
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Time for action – creating an app from a template
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Time for action – running an app in the emulator
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A review of the first app
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tiapp.xml
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Summary
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How to Make an Interface
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How to Make an Interface
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What's in the toolkit?
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A recap
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Window
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Tab group and tabs
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Labels
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Views
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Time for action – adding a view to a window
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Time for action – adding a button to a view
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Time for action – making something happen when the button is pressed
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Adding a settings screen – a TableView masterclass
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Time for action – adding a new window
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Time for action – adding a styled TableViewRow object
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Platform-specific tools
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Time for action – adding an Android menu
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Time for action – running the Android menu changes on iOS
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Time for action – add an iOS fix for the Android menu
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Capturing debug messages
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Time for action – adding an info button to the navigation bar
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Summary
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How to Design Titanium Apps
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How to Design Titanium Apps
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JSON
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Extending your app over multiple files
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Time for action – creating an activity indicator
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Require
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Time for action – adding an Appcelerator marketplace module
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MVC
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Time for action – creating a better designed app using MVC
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Behind the scenes – a look at the code
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Alloy
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Time for action – creating an Alloy app
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Summary
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Gluing Your App Together with Events, Variables, and Callbacks
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Gluing Your App Together with Events, Variables, and Callbacks
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Sharing data
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Global variables
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Time for action – sharing information between windows
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Events

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Time for action – creating a progress bar game
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Summary
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It's All About Data
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It's All About Data
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External data
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Time for action – creating an HTTP request
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RSS reader
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Time for action – fetching RSS
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Time for action – parsing and displaying the RSS
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Storing data on the device
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Storing data in files
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Storing settings in Ti.App.Properties
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Time for action – comparing the speed of database, file, and application properties
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YQL
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Time for action – creating a foreign exchange list
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Summary
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Cloud-enabling Your Apps
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Cloud-enabling Your Apps
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Before the cloud
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Which cloud services can you use with Titanium?
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Appcelerator Cloud Services
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Time for action – creating ACS custom objects
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Uploading pictures
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Time for action – uploading a photo to the cloud
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Fetching ACS stored content
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Time for action – creating a panel to show commentary entries
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Parse
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Time for action – storing custom objects using Parse
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StackMob
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Other cloud offerings
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Choosing your cloud service
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Summary
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Putting the Phone Gadgets to Good Use
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Putting the Phone Gadgets to Good Use
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The camera
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Time for action – using the camera
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Time for action – selecting a photo from the photo library
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The accelerometer
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Time for action – showing the accelerometer on a slider
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Time for action – smoothing the accelerometer response
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The compass
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Time for action – displaying the compass heading
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Augmented reality
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Time for action – creating a simple augmented reality app
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Maps
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Time for action – adding a map
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Time for action – adding annotations to a map
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Directions
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Time for action – adding directions to a map
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Geolocation
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Accuracy and battery life
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Time for action – getting the current location
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Computing the distance from a coordinate
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Time for action – getting the distance from a coordinate
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Showing the user's current location on a map
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Time for action – showing the user's location on the map
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Summary
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Creating Beautiful Interfaces
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Creating Beautiful Interfaces
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How to position and size items on a window?
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Time for action - making DIPs the default unit for your app
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Orientation
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Time for action – restricting the orientation of your app (iPhone)
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Time for action – restricting the orientation of your app [Android]
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Time for action – forcing an orientation change (all platforms)
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Creating layouts for phones and tablets
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Time for action – creating a multiplatform interface
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Time for action – creating a phone layout for your app
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Summary
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Spread the Word with Social Media
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Spread the Word with Social Media
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Facebook
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Time for action – registering your app with Facebook
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Time for action – sending a screenshot to Facebook
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Sending tweets
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Time for action – registering your app with Twitter
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Time for action – sending a tweet
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Sharing and social media on Android
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Time for action – sharing an update using intents
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Summary
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Sending Notifications
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Sending Notifications
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How push notifications work
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Setting up notifications - the prerequisites
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Time for action – getting a push certificate
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Push notifications using Appcelerator Cloud
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Time for action – registering for push notifications with Appcelerator Cloud
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Push notifications using Urban Airship
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Time for action – registering for push notifications with Urban Airship
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Time for action – registering a device for push notifications
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Summary
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Testing and Deploying
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Testing and Deploying
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Registering your app with Apple
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Time for action – registering your app with Apple
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Time for action – installing a development certificate
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Running the app on devices
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Time for action – running the app on an iOS device
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Time for action – configuring your Android device
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Debug your app
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Publishing your app
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Time for action – deploying the app to the Apple App Store
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Time for action – deploying the app to Google Play
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Summary
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Analytics
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Analytics
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Comparing the providers
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Flurry
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Time for action – setting up Flurry
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Time for action – registering a page view
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Time for action – registering a custom event
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Google Analytics
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Time for action – setting up Google Analytics
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Time for action – registering a page view
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Time for action – registering a custom event
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Analytics using Appcelerator
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Time for action – setting up Appcelerator Analytics
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Time for action – registering a custom event
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Other suppliers
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Summary
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Making Money from Your App
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Making Money from Your App
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Displaying adverts in your app
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Time for action – configuring Google AdMob
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Time for action – incorporating AdMob into your app
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In-app purchases
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Time for action – adding in-app purchases for iOS
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Time for action – adding in-app purchases for Android
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Summary
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Git Integration
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Git Integration
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Importing a project
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Time for action – importing an existing GitHub project
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Time for action – uploading a project to GitHub
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Summary
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Glossary
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Glossary
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Pop Quiz Answers
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Pop Quiz Answers
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Chapter 1, How to Get Up and Running with Titanium
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Chapter 3, How to Design Titanium Apps
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Chapter 4, Gluing Your App Together with Events, Variables, and Callbacks
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Chapter 5, It’s All About Data
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Chapter 6, Cloud-enabling Your Apps
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Chapter 7, Putting the Phone Gadgets to Good Use
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Chapter 8, Creating Beautiful Interfaces
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Chapter 9, Spread the Word with Social Media
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Chapter 10, Sending Notifications
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Chapter 11, Testing and Deploying
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Chapter 12, Analytics
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Chapter 13, Making Money from Your App
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Index
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Index

Chapter 3. How to Design Titanium Apps

In the last chapter we created an app based on a single file. We also introduced the concept of splitting the executing path of the code to handle platform differences using the Ti.Platform.name property. This worked for the small app but would be no way to design something larger. The single file approach would get very messy and the code would get more and more complex when new platforms were added. It was a good start but what we need to do now is to lay down the proper principles of Titanium design that will enable us to create complex apps that support many devices without the code getting tied up in knots.

Towards the end of the chapter we will be touching on the very latest in Titanium design trends. This may be a step too far for a first time Titanium user. If you find it's a bit heavy, skip it; it's not a problem, you can revisit that part of the chapter at a later date.

Expect to read about the following in this chapter:

  • How to pass data cleanly...

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