The Ti.mely project provides Titanium access to iOS and Android native timers.  The native nature of these timers can be advantageous for background or long interval poling.

Using Ti.mely

The usage is straightforward, you simply create a new timer object

var timer = timerMod.createTimer();

Attach a listener to listen for the onIntervalChange event as shown below

    function showUpdate(d){
        var msg = "interval changed - interval set to " + d.interval;
            msg += " interval count = " + d.intervalCount;
        Ti.API.info(msg);
    }

    timer.addEventListener('onIntervalChange',showUpdate);

Initialize the timer by calling the start method.  This method takes the interval in milliseconds and an optional debug flag which will print timer information to your console window.

    timer.start({
        interval:2000,
        debug:true
    });

To stop the timer, simply call the stop method as shown below.

timer.stop();

Native Consideration, ie Side Effects

Each time an interval elapses the onIntervalChange event will be fired.  The firing of this event will cause a trip over the Kroll JavaScript bridge.  For this reason using Ti.mely to implement high speed timers of 500 milliseconds or less could negatively impact app performance.

Get the module

The Ti.mely source code and compiled modules are available on Github(https://github.com/benbahrenburg/ti.mely) under the MIT license.

You can download the compiled modules using the following links

• Android Dist
• iOS Dist

Example app.js

The below sample demonstrates how to use the Ti.mely module.  This app.js is include within the module’s example folder or available for iOS here and Android here.

var timer =  require('ti.mely').createTimer();

var win = Ti.UI.createWindow({
	backgroundColor:'#fff'
});

var how2Label = Ti.UI.createLabel({
	text:"Enter Duration in milliseconds",
	top:20, left:7, right:7, height:20,color:"#000"
});
win.add(how2Label);

var durationText = Ti.UI.createTextField({
	value:1000, top:50, left:7, right:7, height:40, color:"#000"
});
win.add(durationText);

var counterLabel = Ti.UI.createLabel({
	top:100, width:Ti.UI.FILL, height:40,left:7, right:7,color:"#000"
});
win.add(counterLabel);

function showUpdate(d){
	var msg = "interval changed - interval set to " + d.interval;
            msg += " interval count = " + d.intervalCount;
	Ti.API.info(msg);
	counterLabel.text = "Updated " + d.intervalCount  + " times.";
};

var startButton = Ti.UI.createButton({
	title:"Start", top:200, left:7, height:40, width:125
});
win.add(startButton);

startButton.addEventListener('click',function(e){
	counterLabel.text ="Starting Timer";
	timer.addEventListener('onIntervalChange',showUpdate);
	timer.start({
		interval:durationText.value,
		debug:true
	});
});

var stopButton = Ti.UI.createButton({
	title:"Stop", top:200,
	right:7, height:40, width:125
});
win.add(stopButton);

stopButton.addEventListener('click',function(e){
	timer.stop();
	timer.removeEventListener('onIntervalChange',showUpdate);
	counterLabel.text ="Press the Start button to test again";
});

win.open();

The first release of Securely the Titanium security module is now available on Github.  The goal of this project is to provide the tools and components needed to build secure Titanium apps.  Securely provides a comprehensive set of methods designed to easily handle your most common security requirements.

Features include

• Secure Properties
• Key Generators
• String Encryption
• File Encryption
• PDF Protection

Get the module

The source and compiled module are both available on Github under the Apache 2 license.

• Download the compiled Android or iOS module.
• Get the source for Android or iOS

Learn more

Learn more about this module by visiting the following links on Github:

•  Documentation : Complete method level documentation with examples
•  Samples : Example app.js files demonstrating how to use each proxy type

The Square TimeSquare project provides a rich and unique full featured Calendar Picker.  The cross-platform nature of this project makes it a perfect candidate for Titanium.

I’m happy to announce, the Ti.SQ modules for iOS and Android which allows you to use this excellent component in your Titanium projects.

The following provides all the details needed to get starting using this module in your projects today.

See it in action

iOS

Android

Get the module

All of the modules code, assets, documentation, and examples are available on github.

Before you start – Please make sure you read the project readme file before starting.  The readme file outlines all API differences and project dependences.

Documentation – Project documentation can be found here.

Examples – The iOS and Android APIs are almost.  A majority of the examples should work cross-platform with only minor updates.  Please make sure you read the documentation regarding the differences between iOS and Android.  The examples can be found for iOS here and Android here.

What to contribute– Pull Requests and other contributions are welcome.  Examples, and documentation are also encouraged.

Show me the Example

The following snippet outlines a basic usage scenario for the Ti.SQ module.

var sq = require('ti.sq');
Ti.API.info("module is => " + sq);

var win = Ti.UI.createWindow({
	backgroundColor:'#fff'
});

var calendarView = sq.createView({
	height:Ti.UI.FILL,
	top:0, bottom:'40dp',
	pagingEnabled:true,
	value:{
		month:6,day:10,year:2013
	},	
	min:{
		month:2,day:15,year:2013
	},
	max:{
		month:10,day:15,year:2013
	}
});
win.add(calendarView);

calendarView.addEventListener('dateChanged',function(d){
truei.API.info(JSON.stringify(d));
	Ti.API.info(JSON.stringify(d.dateValue));
	Ti.API.info(JSON.stringify(d.value));
	Ti.API.info(JSON.stringify(calendarView.value));	
})	

var button = Ti.UI.createButton({
	title:'Click to get selected value',
	height:'40dp', width:Ti.UI.FILL, bottom:0
});	
win.add(button);

button.addEventListener('click',function(d){
	Ti.API.info(JSON.stringify(calendarView.value));
	alert(String.formatDate(calendarView.value,"long"));
})	

win.open();