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Hi I want to know how to change the version of my code Because every time I upload it to Android market it ask to change the version The problem I have is that every time I upload it I need to change it one version up for example V1 then V2 then V3 But if...

I am putting an imageView over another by setting its zIndex high. I just want to drag the 2nd Image on first image. How do I use touchStart and touchMove methods?

Hi, I'm trying to resize and upload a photo taken from the phone's camera, but am coming up against a bug. In the code below, nothing is arrives in the $_FILES array on the server for some reason. If I send pic.media, instead resize.toImage(), it all...

I'm using a navigationGroup with two windows to show up on top of a tabGroup. In the first navgroup window I have a "CLOSE"-button which closes the navgroup. When first opening the navgroup the button appears as it should but moving to the next...

Almost two days am trying to make a project. But with no success. I receive the following error. "Project creation failed: Fatal python error: Py_initialize: cant initialize sys...". Here is also the screenshot...

titanium wont recognise by adhoc profile so i'm doing a dist build in titanium and then opening it in xcode in xcode in the simulator (& sim in titanium) it shows the results from the database but when i install it on my device it doesnt show them -...

Hello, Can any one tell me please that how can I come back from web view into local js file with same animation as per iphone (right to left). below code is working fine how ever the same close button I want to put on web view please advice. var b1 =...

Hi I used the code from the URL for enabling Camera feature and displaying it in Image View(Ref: http://developer.appcelerator.com/question/95431/imageview-load-photo-gallery--camera_. However it does not show Image in proper width and height, specially...

Hi I 'upgraded' my app from mobile sdk 1.5.x to 1.6.0 RC1 and converted my code to the new FB codes but when I clicked on the FB login button, it exit my app and goes to the FB web page for login. This is not what the kitchensink app is doing? What am I...

I am using evalJS to attempt to call a function in a webview and pass a parameter to that function. It will work perfectly if I pass a string but if I try to pass a variable nothing happens. ~~~ var calendarView = Ti.UI.createWebView(); ...

So I have a list. When I tap a row, a modal shows what I tapped and gives me two button options. I have scripted to have the "doh!" button open a new window that sources a info.js file. When I launch this app, it force closes. What am I doing...

Hello. I have problem with included files. Example: File: /Resources/CHIQ.init.js ~~~ alert('CHIQ.init.js') //.... Next me code ~~~ File: /app.js ~~~ // In this file i connect to remote server, and after connect, i used eval //... connect to...

How can I enable dragging feature of an Image over another Image? Kindly provide helping snippet.

The following code runs great in the iPhone emulator. The Android emulator will load the app but gives the following error message. I'm a two-day old newbie to Titanium. I'm on all the latest releases having just installed things a few days ago. Any...

Hi there. As the title says... is there a way to access the SMS database in iOS? - Simon

The standard iPhone apps use this look: [Addressbook](http://imgur.com/ZVcKv) ...and I'm wondering if it's possible to achieve the same thing here.

This should be simple. (1) app.js simply opens 4 tabs/windows. - Code for one of the tabs: var win2 = Titanium.UI.createWindow({ url:'main_windows/tab2.js', titleid:'tab_2' }); var tab2 = Titanium.UI.createTab({ title:'Tab 2', ...

Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to get fonts to come out like the Addressbook app: [screenshots](http://imgur.com/a/XfZdc) You can see that my text is fuzzy, but the Addressbook's is sharp and clear. Has anyone tackled this?

I get an error even with a full rebuild too..unrecognized selector sent to instance This happens when I use a Facebook GraphAPI and on the callback function. any ideA? is this a bug?

Hey everyone, So I'm still toying with Titanium and loving it. Now that I have these labels in the table rows, how do I use the alert dialog box to display the text? Currently what I have shows "Undefined". ~~~ var win =...

Hi, Is there a way to place the TabGroup at the bottom of the page instead of the top? No matter what I try, I can't change its position, or even its height/left/top parameters.. it seems like no matter what I try, it just stays at the same place. This...

Hi, Can you return longitude/latitude from a textField? I'm trying to allow the user to do radius based searches off our database, but need to pass long/lat to my php function to return the correct results. Thanks!

Hi, I am trying to extract a string from some XML that i get from a webservice. I am using the same code for other XML documents and it works fine, but for some reason i don't understand it doesn't work for this particular document. It works perfectly on...

Is there a way to change the splashscreen load from Default.png to Default.jpg? The size difference is 200kb vs. 20kb and I'd like to keep things minimal! Thanks in advance, Best, Walker

Hi How could i change mouse cursor(icon) in a desktop application using Titanium? for example when user move mouse over an image, i want to show a custom icon for mouse cursor. do i need use css or javascript to do that? thanks.

I want to add a functionality to my iPad app, now that the iPad2 has a camera I need to detect with the device has a camera and then offer a option to take pictures, like in the case of the iPad2. And for the iPad 1 I will offer only the upload from the...

I just don't get what I'm doing wrong. Testing on my phone or distributing all bails telling me my Entitlements are not valid. I'm working around the " Resources" bug by duplicating my "Resources" dir and making sure...

Hi, I am trying to use the following code to create a rounded box with a textField in it. When the text field is focused, I'd like the window to scroll up so the input field is visible - but not to scroll horizontally to center the input. I thought I...

This is on iPhone. I'm trying to create a custom tableView, so I use this: EDIT: not just for tableViewRow, *backgroundImage* isn't working for anything. window.backgroundImage, view.backgroundImage... ~~~ var data = []; var row =...

Not a question, just something you mind find useful. I had thought that network activity was not possible from a 'paused' app in the background. However, I'm happy to say that it does work. (For now) Think of it more like a 'pull' notification rather...

It's on iPhone. I am creating a window with this: ~~~ var w = Titanium.UI.createWindow({ url: '/Views/WinNewProj.js', backgroundImage:'/Images/Background.png' }); w.open({modal:true}); ~~~ But the new window comes with a...

It appears the latest Ti release is incomplete. (Mac OSX) I'm able to compile and run android apps on a device, sign and package them (following this sites instructions to the t.) and they fail to work when packaged for the android market. We've had...

Okay, I give up. I have had 4 different Google Adsense accounts disabled, and have narrowed it down to Appcelerator Titanium being the issue. This time they said it is because I am using IFrames, which I am not, but apparently when using WebViews, it is...

Hi, i have the first window with a tab group of 3 tabs. i read data from xml and display them in table row and when i click on item. ~~~ row.addEventListener('click',function(e) { var winArticle =...

I've made a TableView where I add 2 sections separately, but I want to style the sections and it won't let me. I've tried the documentet way and tried the solution in this question:...

Hello! I am rather new att Appcelerator and I am trying to develop an app that receives information from an API. On a page I want to make multiple calls to the API with the createHTTPClient and then display the results from these calls onto the page in...

I want to make a very simple desktop app that displays a list of files in the users document folder (OS X). I have made a html5 + css3 layout for the listing. Thats was the easy bit. Now I have to write some code that looks in the document folder and show...

Hi. Does anybody know how to implement fading while input element is focused? Almost any input element in Apple's applications generates this effect - background becomes dark if input is focused. I use ugly hack with changing transparency of additional...

~~~ var search = Titanium.UI.createSearchBar({ showCancel:false, }); search.addEventListener('focus', function(e) { Ti.API.info('focus'); }); ~~~ This works fine in 1.6.0 but not in 1.7.0

Hello, I currently have a UI.TableView with entries and the Editable flag set to true, this enables the swipe-to-delete function which I am fairly happy with. Is there any way to customise the label on the "Delete" button or add extra buttons...

Impossible to test on device from titanium, after installing xcode 4 have you the same pb ?

Anyone aware of - if Titanium Desktop is able to load external dynamic link libraries? (.so / dylib / dll) ? I've searched through the docs and Q&A's but can't seem to find anything.

I am trying to make an app that has an & in the locale files and the compiler pukes unless I html encode it with %26. Is this a bug?

This seems like a naive question, but how do I detect the class of a Titanium UI object? Let's say I have an event e and e.source is the UI element that triggered that event. How do I tell if e.source is a Ti.UI.Label or a Ti.UI.ImageView?

I have just implemented the Pull To Refresh feature in my app. The only problem I am seeing is that the new appended rows using `tableView.appendRow(row)` are showing up at the bottom on the tableView. I need them to append to the top of the tableView. Is...

I'm using python with jquery to output a loop to the dom using "append", but the output appears in one hit at the end, not incrementally during the loop. Here's a simple example ~~~ countdown = 10 while countdown...

Hello, Is it possible animate the movement of a slider? A simple mySlider.value = 123; yields the slider snapping to position - I'm looking to animate that process. I've tried several things without success. I wrote my own function and it works but it's...

Recently my app started crashing in the android emulator on two different computers and the kitchensink will not install with the error: Failed installing com.appcelerator.titanium: pkg: /data/local/tmp/app.apk This occured after I updated via SDK...

I'd like to offer a free version of my app with iAds and then offer another one for $.99 without iAds. How would you deploy this? Is this is what the Appstore toolkit does? New territory for me here so looking for someone who's done this and took the...

Installed, detected iOS SDK, and if i try to build it it shows this: ~~~ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Library/Application Support/Titanium/mobilesdk/osx/1.6.1/iphone/builder.py", line 1276, in <module> main(sys.argv) File...