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Hi, I'm implementing an RSS reader with a tableView. Clikking a row open (modal transition) a new window with a browserView pointing at the RSS row's url. When closing it come back to table view. But, if I click again in a row the App crash: ~~~ [DEBUG]...

Is it possible to create "Get Direction" option in Titanium to function in following way: 1. - User click on "Get Direction" button 2. - Intent dialog is opened, and user can choose if directions are calculated via google maps or iGo...

Hello, I read a lot of stuffs concerning cookeis / authentication, but I cannot figure how I could open a webpage with a webbrowser from titanium, log me in and retrieve the cookie in the app. That is the last point that I miss. It is so much easier to...

Is there any documentation or thoughts on how one could go about implementing the sidebar navigation UI that we see in tools like DropBox or Mail, where you can click on an element and then go to a deeper level? An example can be seen at the following...

Hi, I am new to appcelerator and need help on Forward navigation in Android. I have a "Next button" where in i have to navigate to the next page. I want this to be done generically. How best can i do this ? Appreciate your help !

Hi, on today's app that should work on IOS and Android, I see more and more same Navigation bar and same multicolored TabGroup on both platform. Are those things done in HML5 or do you think that they are done natively ? Is it easy to do such thing keeping...

iPhone , 3.1SDK how do i create a view at the bottom of navigation group that acts like a footer and keeps at the bottom even when i navigate to other windows/views? ~~~ navGroup.open(win); ~~~ the first window in navigation group will hold the footer...

//Application window function ApplicationWindow(title) { var self = Ti.UI.createWindow({ title : title, backgroundImage : '/iPhone_Normal/splash_bg.png', navBarHidden:true }); var view = Ti.UI.createView({ height : 100, width : 278, bottom...

I am starting to get familiar with appcelerator and I can't seem to find anything in the kitchensink app on how to do a specific function. I am trying to set up a table that is similar to how iOS sets up settings. Where a tableViewRow is clicked and it...

I have a a navigation group of a series of 5 windows, for steps in an instructional app. I have a button to "start over" which should return to the root screen, but so far the only way I can do it is this: ~~~ function startOver(){ ...

Hi everyone, I am in strange problem. I have used the navGroup for screens navigation in my App . But In signup window back button is not shown, don't know where I am doing mistake. Following is my code: That is where I am opening the window which...

Is there an equivalent navigation UI control to the jQuery slider (I am actually not sure of the true control name, but it is the navigation control as used in www.hulu.com where a user can left/right scroll elements or click the underlying dot to navigate...

can any one point me how to create app that has navigation like Facebook app when you press on the button with (3 lines- top left ) you will find menu under the main window please help me to achive this thank you

I have posted this twice, googled it, and searched the kitchen sink for insights. Can someone please give me an example of a working 3-level navigation group? I am looking for something just like kitchen sink: choose an item, get another list of items...

Hi I came across this error by accident and I'm wondering anyone else has seen it. (Using Titanium 3.0.2, iOS 6, Mac OSX Mountain Lion, Titanium Alloy). I have the following code: ~~~ function addMeals(meal, food, target, index) { var foodRow =...

I'm having a little problem when I run into my nav windows... when I return to my second nav window the title of this second window change their position... it's like it goes 30px to the left... and I don't know why... because in my code I didn't have...

Hello everyone, My question here, is about tips and other methods to test an iPhone app as fast as possible. I've been using Titanium for a year now. I am currently using Navigation Group system on my App and to save and test changes , I have to build the...

var win = Titanium.UI.currentWindow; win.backgroundColor = 'white'; win.title = "New"; var data = [{ title : 'Birds' }, { title : 'Animals' }]; var tbl = Ti.UI.createTableView({ height : 480, width : 320, data : data, top :...

Hello everyone, I have used Titanium sdk 1.8.2 using simulator 4.3. I have used tab group and i i want migrate from one screen to another. Ti.UI.currentTab.open(win); Ti.UI.activeTab.open(win); These both are not working for me. Please help me Thanks...

Hi I've just switched to using Alloy and am trying to check whether the user is already logged in. I had done this in app.js previously using the "traditional" Titanium methods like so: ~~~ if ( Ti.App.Properties.hasProperty('loggedIn') { var...

I've tried a KitchenSink example and used some of the code in the Cloud Services documentation but I can't get this to work. I have photos I've uploaded to ACS and now I want them to show small versions on a tableview screen or better yet some sort of...

I have found several examples of slide menus on github, and have been playing around with them. How can I open a window after a clicking on a table row that is one of the main windows....

Hi All, My first window is a login page(Here i created navigation object in app.js). After user select login button it will navigate in to Home page.Home page contains some buttons with respective their events. After that if user select one of the...

How i use the hard-button back on android to go back on the navigation between screens? I'm using Alloy to make screens. Thx!!

I know that TabGroup and NavGroup are top level containers in iOS. However, would it possible to switch back and forth between a TabGroup and NavGroup in an app? What I am trying to do is to open the app with a TabGroup, then if I click on a button, it...

Hi: I have a navgroup that has 2 detail level windows. From ROOT Window I open window STATES and from sstates i open CITIES ... The problem is that when I click a object in CITIES I want to return to the root window and I can't close STATES... so I have...

Hi I'm trying to build a facebook style navigation menu for iOS 6 in Titanium 3.0.2. I'm using the iOS simulator on a mac, OS X Mountain Lion. I've read through the tutorials for this and am now adding in the code for actually changing windows. It works...

I'm using `barImage` to set a image to my navBar but when I click to open a new window with navgroup the back button to my first window shows with a blue background and a "Back" title in it someone knows how can I change the title of this back...

Hi, We're re-designing the UI in our Titanium app and I was curious if we could accomplish this with Titanium: We're currently using a tab group navigation at the bottom of our apps screen (our app is only deployed to iPads). As we continue to add new...

Alloy: 1.0 Titanium SDK: 3.0 iOS: 6.0 iOS iPad Simulator: 6.0 I am fairly new to alloy and I have a simple question. I am trying to create custom navigation for an iPad app using the <NavigationGroup>. I can move forward okay using...

I can close all windows currently in the "stack" of the navGroup using a similar technique as described in many other threads, but I get each window closed to be displayed for a short time. ~~~ var numWindowsToClose =...

Hi I want to create the navigational button for Iphone the code is runing pefectly without the naviagational group now just want to add the navigation to make it more appealing can somebody help me here is my code: app.js ~~~ Ti.UI.backgroundColor =...

Hi, In one of my apps i want to create a navigation between some windows without using a tabgroup. - What is the difference between navigating in tabgroup or from window to window and closing on back button click ? - Do an opened window will be closed...

I'm using a custom view and assigning it as a window's `titleControl` in order to customize the window's title. It works fine, even when the window is the `window` property on a Ti.UI.iPad.NavigationGroup, except when I go to open a new window in the...

Right now i've got a regular window with a navigation group opening inside a popover but it just doesn't look very good and was wondering if it was possible to put that nav group functionality up in the popover navbar...basically, i need the back button...

Hi everyone I stalled latest version of titanium and just made some updates to my app before resubmitting to the app store. However, I have lost the back button of my createWindow! I thought it came as standard? ~~~ if (shortURL){ websiteTxt.text =...

Hi All I am trying to create a custom nav/tab group with titanium so i can style the group with custom styles. Here is how i am calling the group ~~~ var winStack = [{ title : 'one', image : '/todo.png', win :...

hi, i have a problem when pressing back button on android device.. the problem is that, i have many windows aka many js file , window1, window2, window2.1,window2.2,window2.3 i also have tableview, which is clickable , where i use to link the window by...

Hey Guys, I have recently started development with Alloy and search for a cross platform navigation controller like this: http://sunfishempire.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/complex-navigation-titanium-part1/ Is there such a thing? Thanks in advance!

Hi, I added a nav group with 2 windows into a tab. Now my navbar, which is a custom image, moved up by a few pixels. It is noticeable because it covers the shine on the top of the bar. If I change the top property, it moves the window below the...

hi i have a navigation style app. goes like this select city>select area>get list> get details of listing. the issue is that once i select area and go into seeing the list and i click on the back button and click on some other option. then the...

Hi everybody! I'm having a weird issue while using a DashboardView inside a Window which is managed with a NavigationGroup (of course we are talking about iPhone platform here). The issue is about the positioning of the custom view I have used inside the...

Just wondering if it is possible to have a rounded header bar in titanium similar to what is discussed in this stackoverflow post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5575821/custom-nav-bar-styling-ios/6389991#6389991

I have window navigation like A-->B--->C-->D. can any one give me sample code for popToRootViewContoller(window) Navigation(From D to A) and pop to required window in navigation( from D to B)..(ios)

This is an Appcelerator Titanium Question just for ANDROID. I already wrote the app in iOS, so I am only interested in making this work in ANDROID. I want to write an app with Buttons that will display a new screen. Each screen will have a question, and...

Hi, I have some images rapresenting how a new application should be... Please take a look at the image and tell me wich is the better way to implement it. The problem is the...

I'm trying to write a navigation controller that works on both iOS and Android. So I would like to open en close windows with this controller. But apparently this doesn't work in Android. This is the method in my module that I'm calling from a Ti.UI.Window...

I have a mobile web navigation group. SDK 2.1.1 fixed the bar color and right nav button issue, but how about the title in the bar:  How can I change the...

I seem to remember there is a way to NOT have a standard navigation group bar in a mobile web app, however I've forgotten and can't locate. Anyone? I'd prefer to add my own previous/next buttons. ------ SDK 2.14

According to every online resource, the Nav Bar height should be 44pts (88px on Retina screens). Indeed, when I take a screenshot of my iPhone (see below), the Status bar's height is 20pts, and the NavBar's height is 44pts, but that's split into a 1pt...