Community Questions & Answers

I've submitted this : https://appcelerator.lighthouseapp.com/projects/32238/tickets/2661-android-regression-with-responsexml-from-120-to-151-slow-xml-parsing is there a way to speed up XML(orJson) parsing ? on iPhone i have not this problem. Thanks

I have looked around trying to find this. Hopefully it's something simple that I've just overlooked. Is there an easy way to get this pop-up/lightbox-style window on iPad? Perhaps a modal window of some type? http://cl.ly/1Y3O1U1b0a3t0G0l3Z3v

Anyone have any idea why? I haven't changed anything in my code that would disable it or anything. I have hundreds of users so there should be activity. And, I even have custom events set up in my app as well. Nothing is updating. This is an iphone app...

Hi I am trying to use google jsapi in titanium desktop to provide google user authentication.. Unfortunately when I call the login()function on the google api, the user gets forwarded to google login, but when he signs in he is not getting sent back,...

Is audio recording in Android supported with Titanium 1.5.0?

My Titanium Desktop installation keeps on requesting to update to 1.2.2 everytime I launch the program. What happened?

I am using Ti.App.getArguments() to retrieve the query string in a custom URL called from Safari. If my app is not already running, this works fine. However, if the user switches apps and ultimately calls a URL from Safari again my app resumes by I can't...

I would like to trigger some code when the scroll is done. Can't seem to find a way.

I am a new developer and was trying create an app with the following: 1. Created a tabGroup with tabs 2. Added windows to each tab 3. The windows have webviews to external urls 4. Each window utilizes the url: property that points to a menu.js file 5. The...

trying to install the file after a download. it does not download with this error code.

In some objects such as TabbedBar and ButtonBar the properties of Font in iPad do not work. And the iPhone style (ex: Titanium.UI.iPhone.SystemButtonStyle.BAR) either. var bbtime = Titanium.UI.createTabbedBar({ labels:['Hola', 'Mundo'], font:{fontSize:8} });

I have two images taking up the full screen. I want to display 1st image for 10 secs then fade/transition into image 2, then repeat. Here's the code I am using but no idea how to get it to animate. ~~~ var images = []; for (var i=1;i<3;i++) { ...

Hi, everyone. Is there a bug that headerView and search doesn't work together in tableView? In tableView I have a search field. It worked fine before I added a headerView to tableView. After this search has disappeared and there is only...

I am not sure I am doing this right so would love some help/guidance. I have 4 images on the screen that when clicked individually a webview will open showing some content. When the user clicks the image for the first time a button appears on the screen...

Disregard, double post.

I'm generating some JavaScript using GWT (google web toolkit). Lots of good wrapping of the Titanium SDK going on. Lots of excitement from corporate types for reusing their Java code on a variety of platforms. This used to work great when it ran in a...

Since asking this question several months ago others have also stated they wish to be able to play Shoutcast style aac format streams. However the current TI AudioPlayer API is unable to oblige. We then learned that John McKnight had solved the problem...

Is it possible in iOS to overlay text on top of a playing video?

Since the move to Titanium Mobile 1.5.1 i cant seem to package my android app for deployment to the android market anymore. I get the following error message; http://pastie.org/1402799 . Anyone have any idea how i can fix it?

Hi, I was just about to try out Titanium but seem to have got stuck at the first hurdle. I have installed the latest version of XCode which has the SDK plus I have installed the latest version of Titanium all on the latest version of Snow Leopard. As...

I'm not sure if this is a bug, but I have a textarea that is 35 high and when i focus onto the element, the text is not visible. Its being pushed a line higher and out of view. Is there a bottom padding setting on a text area?

Hi, I download pictures from a webservice (as TIBlob) to display them in a grid. All pictures are 128 pixels max size (width or height depending of pictures). I have to display them in a imageview of 64x64 pixels. the problem is tht for now the picture...

Im trying to style a back button. I cant seem to find a way to do it.

I can't pass the "New Project" form because my (sub)domain uses a dash, and Titanium Developer doesn't validate the App Id field because of it. (ie. cc.co.**name-name**.appid doesn't work). Any help on this, please?

Hi, is there a way to pick a photo with openPhotoGallery and get not only the image but also the PATH of the image file. I'm trying to not duplicate the image after selecting it.

Hi, I am using Titanium 1.2.2, I have downloaded KitchenSink and tried to launch on Android Emulator, it says it got deployed but I couldnt see KitchenSink on Android emulator. Can anybody suggest where I am going wrong. The following is the Titanuim...

i want to store the key value pairs in a properties file for my application.How can we do. Pleaze help me ASAP. Regards, Kishore

Hi. I'm new to Appcelerator and Javascript in general but I've been picking up as much as I can. I have a data set of images that I have working in coverflow. When I click on one though I want to open a specific URL in a modal. If i hard code the...

Using the following code to open a popover which contains a webview with a local url. Works fine the first time the popover appears but when the popover is closed and re-opened the content of the webview fails to load (I just get blank content). ~~~ var...

Hi there, I am building a basic WebBrowser in my iPad app, I would like to display the Title of the webpage being rendered in the WebView. Is there a way/method to retrieve a page's title from a WebView?

I am running Titanium Developer Mobile with the 1.4.2 SDK. When I test my app in the Emulator, I get a message from Little Snitch that the app is trying to contact ec2-75-101-138-225.compute-1.amazonaws.com I Googled this and it appears to be...

Since upgrading to mobile sdk 1.5, I'm losing backgrounds on windows that are closed and then re-opened. Here are definitions of some of the windows I'm using: ~~~ var loadingWindow =...

Hi, I'm doing a multi language app and i found that when I create a password field using `passwordMask:true` the 'globe' button on the keyboard is not available which prevents the user from selecting a keyboard in a different language. The code I'm using...

Seriously. to use the exists method, you first have to have a file or directory object, right? And to do that you use Titanium.Filesystem.getFile, right? `var file = Titanium.Filesystem.getFile('foo.txt');` But if 'foo.txt' doesn't exist it throws an...

I started this app by developing for and testing it on the iPhone. Now I'd like to make it run on Android, and the new 1.5.1 SDK was supposed to help with making that happen. With the 1.4.2 SDK I couldn't even get the app to install on Android, with 1.5.1...

Downloaded the new 1.5.1 sdk, now when I try to compile my app for the iPhone it does the following: [INFO] iPhone SDK version: loading... [ERROR] Error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Library/Application...

my app uses the local notifications. But, when a user set up a notification, then he closes the application.. how do i do to edit or delete this notification once he re opens the application ? I think more code examples could pleased a lot of people...

Hey, I am trying to get custom fonts work on android. I got it working on iPhone following the post and the video in the post. http://developer.appcelerator.com/question/49151/custom-font-solution I know Kitchen Sink does not support custom fonts for...

Does anyone know if its possible to get videos to play using the TV out function? When ever I try to get it to work it will not work with the native video player. I think I could get it to work by doing the video player through a web-view but I would...

I'm having the same issue described in [this](http://developer.appcelerator.com/question/77051/imageview-scaling-in-android) post but i'm using Titanium SDK 1.5.1 over Android 2.2. Here's my code: ~~~ //Contenedor de imagenes var imageView =...

We are building a slide-show-like app for android tablets and iPad devices which cycles a playlist of images and videos. but for android this code raises an error : ~~~ imageView.hide(); //hide the imageview win1.add(activeMovie); // add the...

Please shed some tips on how to force portrait orientation on all of my windows for an Android app. I've read that you need to create a AndroidManifest.custom.xml and add the orientation to the activities, but I'm using 1.5.1 SDK and it says that's been...

Hi guys, Is it possible to make a function which gets every gps update and not one based on distance. I have tried using GetCurrentLocation with a 1 second timer. But that turns off the gps after every try and it doesnt get very good signal. Any ideas?

and you get the error "cant find adb.exe in tools dir" http://www.flickr.com/photos/osde-info/5285287379/  apparently the workaround is to manually copy...

Hi All, Currently working on an app idea and was playing around with the Platform battery methods. My code looks something like this ~~~ Titanium.Platform.batteryMonitoring =...

How to I reference a button variable and window from a different javascript file (from test.js to app.js)? ~~~ Titanium.Gesture.addEventListener('orientationchange',function(e) { navigationBar.width =...

downloading image from remote to specific folder of my app. if anyone has the code please provide it Thanks in advance.

I am trying to use an external XML file to populate a coverflow. Then, once an item gets clicked in the coverflow, I am wanting it to open different webview pages. I am using the Titanium object Titanium.UI.createCoverFlowView to call the CoverFlowView...

Hi, I have an array like that : var collections = []; and ~~~ for (var c=0;c < jsonResponse.members.length;c++) { var members = jsonResponse.members[c]; Titanium.API.info('members: ' + members); var entry = new...

We are creating about 850 rows for display in a table that users can search. var rows = []; for (i = 0; i < 850; i++) { var row = {title:'test'}; rows[i] = row; } Titanium.UI.createTableView({ top: 0, height:...