Building on Android fails with false syntax errors

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Perfect valid code, runs in emulators and on devices when building to device, but not when packaging for Google Play

It barfs on M.long = function(flt){ // some valid code here }

"Missing name after . operator"

and all sorts of similar nonsense-errors

Anyone seen this before and have a fix?

==================== [ERROR] /home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:161: ERROR - Parse error. missing name after . operator M.long = function(flt) { ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:166: ERROR - Parse error. missing name after . operator M.short = function(flt) { ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:168: ERROR - Parse error. syntax error } ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:171: ERROR - Parse error. syntax error M.grid = require(M.path.m + 'grid').create(M, ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:174: ERROR - Parse error. missing ; before statement width : M.screen.getWidth(), ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:175: ERROR - Parse error. syntax error }) ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:177: ERROR - Parse error. syntax error M.showGrid = function(parent) { ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:178: ERROR - Parse error. syntax error parent = parent || M.currentWindow ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:179: ERROR - Parse error. syntax error M.grid.createGrid(parent) ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:324: ERROR - Parse error. invalid return return M ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:325: ERROR - Parse error. syntax error } ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:327: ERROR - Parse error. missing ; before statement function getTiViewDefaultValues(key) { ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:328: ERROR - Parse error. missing ; before statement switch(key) { ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:329: ERROR - Parse error. missing ; before statement case 'borderColor': ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:330: ERROR - Parse error. missing ; before statement case 'color': ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:331: ERROR - Parse error. missing ; before statement case 'backgroundColor': ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:334: ERROR - Parse error. unlabelled break must be inside loop or switch case 'backgroundImage': ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:334: ERROR - Parse error. missing ; before statement case 'backgroundImage': ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:335: ERROR - Parse error. missing ; before statement case 'image': ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:336: ERROR - Parse error. missing ; before statement case 'html': ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:337: ERROR - Parse error. missing ; before statement case 'text': ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:338: ERROR - Parse error. missing ; before statement case 'title': ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:339: ERROR - Parse error. missing ; before statement case 'url': ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:340: ERROR - Parse error. missing ; before statement case 'value': ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:343: ERROR - Parse error. unlabelled break must be inside loop or switch case 'borderWidth': ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:343: ERROR - Parse error. missing ; before statement case 'borderWidth': ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:346: ERROR - Parse error. syntax error default: ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:346: ERROR - Parse error. unlabelled break must be inside loop or switch default: ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:347: ERROR - Parse error. syntax error Ti.API.error('trying to set viewproperty ' + key + ' to undefined (m.js line 195)') ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:350: ERROR - Parse error. unlabelled break must be inside loop or switch } ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:352: ERROR - Parse error. syntax error } ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:354: ERROR - Parse error. missing ; before statement function setPaths() { ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:368: ERROR - Parse error. invalid return return path ^

/home/esm/Documents/Dropbox/Titanium Studio Workspace/BuddyShop/build/android/bin/assets/Resources/m/m.js:369: ERROR - Parse error. syntax error

34 error(s), 0 warning(s)

1 Answer

long is a reserved word in js. Try to change it.

http://www.javascripter.net/faq/reserved.htm

— answered 10 months ago by Dan Tamas
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13 Comments

  • yep - you're right. Apparantly compilation for the emulator runs at a different strictness level than when you compile for distribution. I never thought of long being a reserved word.

    Renaming the function removes that particular error, same goes for function M.short. This is code that has compiled fine in TiSDK2.0.1 ...

    I guess I have to comb my way through it and rewrite where necessary, or indeed possible, some of those errors look dodgy

    — commented 10 months ago by Esben Maaløe

  • forgot to say thnks :)

    — commented 10 months ago by Esben Maaløe

  • I always try to avoid all the var names that might conflict with the reserved words (obviously) OR with some names Titanium might have ( like parent for example).

    A good way would be (imho) to name the vars including maybe a shortened name of the app, like 

    // app name is NewsReader
 
var nr_long  =  something;
    just an idea :)

    PS - u're welcome :)

    — commented 10 months ago by Dan Tamas

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