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Appcelerator Titanium Smartphone App Development Cookbook Second Edition

By : Jason Kneen
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Appcelerator Titanium Smartphone App Development Cookbook Second Edition

By: Jason Kneen

Overview of this book

This book will take you through the process of building cross-platform, native UI applications for the mobile from scratch. You will learn how to develop apps, how to use GPS, cameras and photos and how to build socially connected apps. You will also learn how to package them for submission to the App Store and Google Play. This cookbook takes a pragmatic approach to creating applications in JavaScript from putting together basic UIs, to handling events and implementation of third party services such as Twitter, Facebook and Push notifications. The book shows you how to integrate datasources and server APIs, and how to use local databases. The topics covered will guide you to use Appcelerator Studio tools for all the mobile features such as Geolocation, Accelerometer, animation and more. You’ll also learn about Alloy, the Appcelerator MVC framework for rapid app development, and how to transfer data between applications using URLSchemes, enabling other developers to access and launch specific parts of your app. Finally, you will learn how to register developer accounts and publish your very own applications on the App Store and Google Play.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
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Index

Joining the Google Android developer program

In order to submit applications to the Google Play Store, you must first register a Google account and then register an Android Developer account. Both of these accounts utilize the same username-password combination, and the process is quite straightforward. Membership is paid and starts from $25 (or equivalent). It is a one-time payment.

How to do it…

To register, first open a web browser and navigate to https://play.google.com/apps/publish/signup/. You'll be asked to log in to your Google account. If you don't have one, then this is the stage at which you need to create it. After you sign in you'll be presented with the developer agreement which you need to agree to in order to continue:

How to do it…

Once you've completed the sign-in or registration process, you'll be asked to provide your developer/publisher details, and after that, you'll be required to pay the US $25 registration fee. That's it—simple and...