Appcelerator Titanium Smartphone App Development Cookbook: Over 80 recipes for creating native mobile applications specifically for iPhone and Android smartphones - no Objective-C or Java required

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 3
Credits......Page 4
About the Author......Page 5
About the Reviewers......Page 6
www.PacktPub.com......Page 8
Table of Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Introduction......Page 20
Building with Windows and Views......Page 21
Adding a TabGroup to your app......Page 25
Creating and formatting Labels......Page 29
Creating TextFields for user input......Page 32
Working with keyboards and keyboard \ntoolbars......Page 33
Enhancing your App with Sliders & Switches......Page 37
Passing custom variables between windows......Page 41
Creating buttons and capturing click events......Page 42
Informing your users with dialogs and alerts......Page 45
Creating charts using Raphael JS......Page 49
Introduction......Page 54
Reading data from remote XML through \nHTTPClient......Page 55
Displaying data using a TableView......Page 58
Enhancing your TableViews with \ncustom rows......Page 61
Filtering the TableView using a SearchBar component......Page 64
Speeding up your remote data access using JSON and Yahoo YQL!......Page 67
Creating an SQLite database......Page 71
Saving data locally using an SQLite \ndatabase......Page 72
Retrieving data from an SQLite database......Page 77
Creating a \"pull and release\" refresh \nmechanism......Page 80
Introduction......Page 86
Adding a MapView to your application......Page 87
Getting your current position using \nGeoLocation......Page 91
Converting addresses to latitude and \nlongitude positions......Page 93
Adding annotations to your MapView......Page 97
Customizing annotations and capturing MapView events......Page 99
Drawing routes on your MapView......Page 101
Monitoring your heading using the device compass......Page 106
Introduction......Page 110
Choosing your capture device using \nan OptionDialog......Page 111
Capturing photos from the camera......Page 115
Choosing existing photos from \nthe photo library......Page 118
Displaying photos using ScrollableView......Page 121
Saving your captured photo to the device \nfilesystem......Page 124
Capturing and playing audio via the audio recorder......Page 127
Capturing video via the video recorder......Page 134
Playing video files from the filesystem......Page 138
Safely deleting saved files from the \nfilesystem......Page 140
Introduction......Page 144
Composing and sending an e-mail......Page 145
Adding attachments to an e-mail......Page 151
Setting up a custom Facebook application......Page 153
Integrating Facebook into your Titanium App......Page 155
Posting on your Facebook wall......Page 157
Connecting to Twitter using OAuth......Page 160
Uploading an image using PHP and \nHttpRequest......Page 163
Sending a tweet through Birdhouse and OAuth......Page 166
Introduction......Page 168
Reading and writing app properties......Page 169
Firing and capturing events......Page 173
Passing event data between your app and \na Webview using custom events......Page 176
Introduction......Page 180
Animating a View using the \"animate\" \nmethod......Page 181
Animating a View using 2D matrix and 3D matrix transforms......Page 188
Dragging an ImageView using touch events......Page 191
Scaling an ImageView using a Slider control......Page 193
Saving our \"Funny Face\" image using the toImage() method......Page 195
Introduction......Page 198
Creating an Android Options menu......Page 199
Accessing the contacts address book......Page 202
Storing and retrieving data via the clipboard......Page 206
Creating a background service on the iPhone......Page 209
Displaying local notifications on the iPhone......Page 211
Displaying Android notifications using \nintents......Page 213
Storing your Android app on the device\'s \nSD card......Page 216
Introduction......Page 218
Connecting to APIs that use basic \nauthentication......Page 219
Fetching data from the Google Places API......Page 222
Connecting to FourSquare using OAuth......Page 227
Posting a check-in to FourSquare......Page 233
Searching and retrieving data via Yahoo YQL......Page 235
Integrating push notifications with \nUrbanAirship.com......Page 240
Testing push notifications using PHP and HTTP POST......Page 245
Introduction......Page 248
Integrating an existing module—the PayPal Mobile Payment Library......Page 249
Preparing your iOS module development \nenvironment......Page 253
Developing a new iPhone module using XCode......Page 255
Creating a public API method......Page 256
Packaging and testing your module using the test harness......Page 261
Packaging your module for distribution \nand sale......Page 264
Introduction......Page 266
Gathering information about your device......Page 267
Obtaining the device\'s screen dimensions......Page 270
Understanding device orientation modes......Page 273
Coding around differences between the \niOS and Android APIs......Page 275
Ensuring your device can make phone calls......Page 278
Introduction......Page 282
Joining the iOS Developer Program......Page 283
Installing iOS Developer Certificates and Provisioning Profiles......Page 285
Build your app for iOS using Titanium Studio......Page 288
Joining the Google Android Developer \nProgram......Page 292
Creating your application\'s distribution key......Page 293
Building and submitting your app to the \nAndroid Marketplace......Page 294
Index......Page 298