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  • Using Circle Layouts in your Titanium MapView

    In my last post, I outlined how you can add Polygon support to your Titanium MapView.  Continuing with this topic, I have added Circle Overlay support (MKCircle) to the Titanium MapView module. To avoid any namespace collisions I forked the native Titanium MapView implementation and create the benCoding.Map module. To… Read more ⇢

  • Using Polygons in your Ti.Map.View

    For a recent project, I needed to add Polygon support to Titanium’s MapView.  To avoid any namespace collisions I forked the native Titanium MapView implementation and create the benCoding.Map module. To show how this works, I’ve put together a sample showing Polygon’s for all of the US States, and a… Read more ⇢

  • Using Local Notifications in Titanium

    A recent Titanium project called for the use of Local Notifications.  I wanted to share my experience implementing this feature in hopes it will help others. Tips / Questions 1. Tips on using Ti.App.iOS.scheduleLocalNotification The current (version 2.0.2 ) implementation of the Ti.App.scheduleLocalNotification API requires that you call this method… Read more ⇢

  • Android AlarmManager for Titanium

    Looking for access to Android’s native AlarmManager in your Titanium project? Using the new benCoding.AlarmManager you can now schedule alarms and services easily. Want To Download The Module? You can download the compile module here.  Before getting started please take a look at the “Before You Start” section in the… Read more ⇢

  • Add UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities to your Titanium Project

    Need to see the UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities for your Titanium mobile project?  This has been easy in the past through using a custom Info.plist file. The latest release of Titanium makes this even easier by allow you to device your UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities directly in your tiapp.xml file.  For many projects this removes the… Read more ⇢

  • Using Titanium’s Transport.py

    The Titanium Mobile SDK comes with the powerful transport.py script that allows you to generate stand alone XCode projects for your existing Titanium Mobile Projects. The transport.py script allows you to share your XCode project with clients, third parties, or others that do not have the Titanium SDK installed.  You… Read more ⇢

  • Android Emulator Snapshots

    Want to make any mobile developer flinch?  All you have to do is mention the Android Emulator.  Even with Google’s recent updates this is still a pain point for many developers. It looks like some relief is here.  Last night on twitter Tony Lukasavage posted a tip on using snapshots.… Read more ⇢

  • Titanium Stepper Module

    Want to use the iOS UIStepper in your Titanium App? Use the native iOS UIStepper in your Titanium application. This module provides Titanium accessibility to Apple’s native UIStepper introduced in iOS5. See the below on how to get started using this in your Titanium apps today. Want To Download The… Read more ⇢

  • Titanium SMS Module

    Need a SMS Dialog in your Titanium app? The benCoding.SMS module makes it easy to add SMS functionality into your iOS Titanium apps. We unleash the power of Apple’s native Apple SMS component to Titanium with an API fashioned after the Titanium EmailDialog to make it familiar to use.  See… Read more ⇢