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  • Titanium Dictionary Module

    What to use the native iOS5 Dictionary in your Titanium Mobile app? The new benCoding.Dictionary module that makes it easy to this functionality into any Titanium app that targets iOS5 or greater. Want to download the module? You can download the compile module here.  Please take a look at the… Read more ⇢

  • Adding HTML Documentation To Your Titanium Modules

    Over the last few weeks I’ve been working on creating several Titanium modules.  To make life easier for myself and my users I’m using html for all of my documentation. The current Titanium 1.8.X module build script doesn’t yet support html documentation., which isn’t a big deal since you can… Read more ⇢

  • TiNetworkHelpers : Titanium module for CarrierInfo, CurrentNetwork & more.

    I am happy to announce the first release of the TiNetworkHelpers project.  This module provides support for Carrier information, SSID, BSSID, and Apple’s Reachability utility class. Download the release – You can download the compiled release here. Before doing so, please read the “Getting Started” section below to make sure… Read more ⇢

  • Using DDMS To Set Your Android Emulator’s Location

    In an earlier post I covered how to use terminal to set the location for the Android Emulator.  A few people mentioned that it might be worth covering how to do the same using the Dalvik Debug Monitor Server (DDMS).  When building Android Apps I tend to have this app… Read more ⇢

  • Setting Your Location in the Android Emulator

    It seems almost all of the Apps I write these days are location aware in some regard.  I’ve written here about the new iOS Simulator’s location setting and wanted to show the same for the Android Emulator. There are several different ways to sent the emulator’s location information. Since I… Read more ⇢

  • Rotate Android Emulator

    The Android Emulator is extremely powerful, and has a configuration for almost everything.  Below are the keyboard shortcuts to rotate the emulator. On Mac: Or If you have use all function keys as standard keys enabled. This setting is under System Preferences –> Keyboard On Windows: Or Read more about… Read more ⇢

  • Adding BackgroundModes to your Titanium Project

    Since the introduction of iOS 4 Apple has supported background services for the below listed specific tasks. Audio – The application plays audible content to the user while in the background. Location – The application keeps users informed of their location, even while running in the background. VOIP – The… Read more ⇢

  • KitchenSink on the Kindle Fire

    With the popularity of the Kindle Fire, I thought it might be interesting to see how I could use Appcelerator’s Titanium to develop for this new device. The Fire is based off a heavily modified version of Android 2.3.3 so it was pretty easy to get my first app up… Read more ⇢

  • Titanium: Reading Files in the Private Documents Directory

    The 1.8 release of Titanium contains several iOS 5 compatibility updates.  One of the more interesting updates is the installation directory for database have changed. In prior versions you could access the database like below: With iOS 5, Apple has introduced new guidelines that have altered the database installation directory. … Read more ⇢