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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

Integrating push notifications with Parse.com

A push notification is a constantly open IP connection used to forward notifications from servers of third-party applications to your iOS device. It is used as an alternative to always running applications, and allows your device to receive notifications from a specific app even when it is not running. If you have ever received an SMS on your iPhone, then you'll already know what Push Notifications look like. They are essentially notifications that typically appear at the top of the screen (although you can configure them to appear differently). The banner usually appears with an icon, message, and so on. Clicking on the banner notification will open the corresponding app, and in iOS 8, swiping down the banner will sometimes give additional options, such as an Action button. The Action button can be defined by your code, so your app can respond to the button when it is clicked on.

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