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I had received every response code imaginable, and tried every javascript syntax I could come up with. It turns out that a JSON header cannot be used to upload the file to Rails. Using a multipart header, it is pretty simple to configure once you get the...

Hey, So I just figured this out today and thought I would share my findings. I've been trying to figure out how to create my own c++ modules and use them within desktop for a while. Behold, python + ctypes. You can create your own dlls, or use shared dlls...

I am using the Ti+ Admob module. After successfully loading the module, the console is showing "Unable to fill ad request. This is a common situation." I tried it a couple of times, thinking it might be due to no ads being served at the moment,...

Hi, I'm wondering whether it's safe to upgrade to Xcode 4. Theoretically it should work - I realize that. But I haven't seen any forum comments from people stating that *it's actually worked for them to package, compile and distribute*. Any experiences to...

Hi, I have a main window that contain some text field and a send button, I want to pass the content of the text field to another window and show it when the button is clicked. I did'nt know how do make it :( can you suggest me some tips plz? thanks in...

What is the layout engine used in Titanium Mobile to parse DOM and render CCS3?

Hi, I am trying to set an image for a button which size is smaller than the image width and height. I would expect the image to be resized. It is resized in the emulator and on an iphone 4 but not on the iphone OS 3.2. Any clue ? example code I use...

db.execute('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS UTENTE (ID INTEGER, USER TEXT, PASSWORD TEXT, IDDISPOSITIVO TEXT)'); I use the code above to create a table in my database but it doesn't create all the fields i specify above... it creates a table with only the...

Hi guys! I make a part of my first aplicacion. My intention is to show a small tour with images to explain how does the aplicación.Will be 4 images, and the user must swipe to the right to see the images.I'm not sure how! ScrollView? swipe? I'm confused!...

I'm having a problem with the separator for a tableView on Android devices. Due to the scaling automatically done, the width of the separator fluctuates between 1 and 2px. I know I can change the anyDensity property in tiapp.xml to true like...

Hi All, In iPhone, there is this passcode window when you set to lock your phone. Is there a similar window or control in Titanium? I'd like to implement the same and was wondering if do I need to create it from scratch?

I don't know who wrote examples for Titanium.Process.Pipe or pipes implementation but they look like some kind of joke. Seriously. This one don't even compile and array is used as process object: ~~~ // Reading the output of a process using the read...

when i build my app and tested in my iphone in the starting of each windows the default iphone blue bar before my barImage png. How i can solve that ? Thanks

Hi All, Been scratching my head with this.. I have a table that I display in a TableView. The rows can be moved and rearranged. To persist the new arrangement, I need to save the changes back to the table. The table has a field named rank. Initially, the...

Here is a good tutorial to guide you through starting a desktop and mobile app if you're a Titanium Appcelerator beginner:...

My label text comes from a remote JSON feed, and I want the color of the text to be different based on whether the data contains a minus symbol or not. In particular how would I go about identifying if the '-' character is present. Thanks for your help !

I recently upgraded my iOS to 4.3 and my titanium to 1.6.2 now my app wont load. I get the following error ~~~ [INFO] Compiling JavaScript...one moment [INFO] No JavaScript errors detected. [INFO] One moment, building ... [INFO] Titanium SDK version:...

Dear all, I'm considering a project where people can take some specific data (Please forgive me for being cryptic) from their PC's to some random location on IPAD. Now, this should be simple for the user (for the record, I don't care how difficult it is...

I want to install KS on my phone for easy reference, but the iPhone registration screen doesn't come up (it does for my own app projects). Is installation prohibited or something?

Hi, I build with sucess my app in my iphone but barImage are invisible ( when i teste with simulator it's work well ) thanks advance

I am trying to display a simple TableView with two lines of text on each row using this code: ~~~ var row = Titanium.UI.createTableViewRow({ height:'auto', layout:'vertical' }); var title = Titanium.UI.createLabel({ ...

I have an app that works great on iPhone and also works perfectly in the emulator for Android. Unfortunately I don't have access to an Android phone right now to load it on for hardware testing. When I submit the .apk to the Android marketplace, I receive...

Hi everyone, Tibar , (Zbar integration for appcelerator) requires iOS4.1, so my question is: will that work under iOS4.2 devices (in product)? happy coding..

Hello everyone, does anyone know how can i remove the topbar that the webview element has in iOS (iPAD)

I have a 5 rows populating from a JSON feed : http://pastie.org/1850558 This is working. I have created a button to refresh the data from a different feed, but its adding the new data to 5 new rows giving a total of 10 rows instead of replacing the...

I am writing a small HTTP server socket in Titanium. The problem is I do not manage to read an image from file and send it through the socket. It always comes out some bytes short for an unknown reason. The image itself causes the iPhone simulator to beep...

Hi All, How do I change the default color of a TableView row when clicked/selected? UPDATE: Found it. Set (any of) the following properties of the TableViewRow object: selectedBackgroundColor selectedBackgroundImage selectedColor selectionStyle

SUBJECT: Howto implement "fly-in from right" transition? As soon as a menu button is clicked, the view on top should transition to the next view with a "fly in from right" transition in my app. On the bottom is a menu with buttons,...

I want to know what code i can write in tableview event listener from that "hascheck" property appear in row of table while click on tablerow.

In the Desktop API Docs: Titanium.UI.createWindow: http://developer.appcelerator.com/apidoc/desktop/latest/Titanium.UI.createWindow-method.html EDIT: Guess I can't post links: it states: > If this function is called outside of the context of a...

I have built a form and on submit (button click) if wifi is not visible/available I would like an alert to pop up to say it is not available which prevents the data being sent to a server. If wifi is available and connected I would like it to continue with...

My team and I have been trying for weeks to get background gps on the iphone to work and we just can not figure it out. We do not know how to have the app continue gps tracking when the phone falls asleep or goes into the background. The apps starts...

Searched the forum, but didn't find anything about this: I want to open a map and have it center on the user's current location. But when I use setLocation, it triggers a NSException error and crashes if I use a variable to define the long/lat in the...

I've just installed Titanium on my Mac, and it wants me to tell it the path to the android sdk in the Profile page. I navigate to the sdk folder, but Titanium complains that it can't find adb or android. android is in the Tools folder where it is...

How do I use SQlite SUM? Or more specifically, how do I access the sum. What I have tried is: ~~~ var itemRS = itemdb.execute('SELECT * ,SUM(qty) FROM items'); var itemQty = itemRS.fieldByName('qty'); ~~~ The items table has the 'qty' that I want to...

Hi All! I'm trying to learn Titanium and have followed some of the basic online courses and want to try using samples in the kitchen sink, but I feel like I'm missing something. I keep hearing about "pulling examples out of the Kitchen Sink project...

I have a simple button which is added to the title bar of the tab group, in order to load an "About" page. The code is as follows for the button click... ~~~ aboutBut.addEventListener('click', function() { var aboutWin =...

Hi I am willing to restrict Image Dragging area. on Touchend event I am trying to reset the coordinates of imageView but they are not resetting at all. Do I need to some refresh or some other function? Thanks

I'm using Titanium Desktop and am downloading a file from a website that requires authentication. I'm using HttpClient, and I have it working just fine. The problem I have is if I'm downloading the file from an SSL encrypted website. If the site has a CA...

I downloaded the trial for the Urban Airship Plus Module and I am I can't seem to find any documentation whatso ever on implementation. I looked on the wiki and they have a few push notification guides but they are not for the Module, only for the...

I know I can make HTTPClient requests in desktop and set the useragent, but is there anyway to set the useragent that the default desktop view will use? Worst case I assume I can re-build the Titanium fork of WebKit? Thanks. Shaun

I'm just getting started with Titanium, and wanted to add a button to the left of my title bar. I found the answer via these forums (use setLeftNavButton) but when I searched on setLeftNavButton in the API docs I could find no reference to it. Are there...

Hello, I have a big issue with my current project. I can launch it in the iphone simulator and everything is OK. But when i try in android simulator i just have the splash screen and then in log mod i can't see a lot of message like: [TRACE] D/dalvikvm(...

I'm working on a problem where calling Titanium.UI.getMainWindow().setContextMenu is causing my application to crash. Here's the scenario: 1. User right-clicks on an element. 2. I create a new context menu via Titanium.UI.createMenu() and add a few items...

Hi, I'm very new to appcelerator and mobile development and would appreciate any help you can give me. I've just tried to follow the workshop example to make a very basic app with register and login screens...

Hi everyone, i hope you can help me with this. I'm trying to do an insert in my database SQLite rescued by JSON data like this: ~~~ for( pos=0; pos < json.length; pos++){ theData = db.execute('INSERT INTO information (cat_id, stock,...

Hi, I have found a strange problem (tested on simulator (french) with sdk 1.6.2) ~~~ var d = new Date(); var curr_date = d.getDate(); var curr_month = d.getMonth(); var curr_year = d.getFullYear(); Ti.App.date2use = curr_year + '-' + curr_month + '-' +...

Hello Since twitter's authentication screen has changed a few apps have crashed. I have worked a bit on fixing the oauth adaptor to get it working. I thought to help some people out I would post my working code: I used...

Hi, I have started learning titanium framework.I was making application into iphone.I have made application and assigned breakpoints to it for debug, but somehow debug was not working.... I have downloaded titanium developer tool and started launching of...

Having trouble making this json call work. Totally new to json is probably the answer but perhaps someone can help me out? --- // Create variable "win" to refer to current window var win = Titanium.UI.currentWindow; // Function...