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I'm trying to convert an already-built iOS app to android but having issues trying to hide a tabbar which appeared at the top of the screen. It doesn't appear on iOS. Do tabbars have to appear on android for some reason? It's too big of a job to rebuild...

Hi, I'm building a crossplatform mobile app -iPhone & Android- with SDK 3.1. I'm using a TabGroup. Tabs use icons and title, and it works as expected. Now if I _remove_ the icons and keep only the title on Android devices, the title displays...

Hello everyone, I've created a tab, in wich I've added this code: ~~~ var tab1 = Titanium.UI.createTab({ icon:'KS_nav_views.png', title:'Tab 1', window:win1 }); ~~~ This is the code of win1: ~~~ var win1 = Titanium.UI.createWindow({ ...

Hi! I'm currently developing a cross-platform mobile App. I'm using a tabbed interface using tabgroup. Now my problem is that on Android the icons i use on my tabs seems to display using exact pixel size instead of the "virtual" pixel...

Hello, has anyone had the chance to solve this : http://support.appcelerator.net/discussions/titanium-mobile-discussion/1606-possible-to-change-main-tabbars-color it looks like there is a way to do it in objective C http://silentmac.com/?p=386 thanks...

Hello all, As far as I read, the `getCurrentTab()` function of the TabGroup Object returns a Tab Object representing the current tab. I'd live to ask if there is a way to get the index instead of the actual current tab?

If i remove the mapview.It can open a new window.Can anyone help me with this? Here is my code ~~~ var win = Titanium.UI.currentWindow; var b6 = Titanium.UI.createButton({ title:'Open...

I am trying to change icons of my tab group's tab, but it doesn't show the image. For **iOS** I've used below code: ~~~ var win1 = Titanium.UI.createWindow ({ url:'Tab1.js' }); var tab1 = Titanium.UI.createTab ({ ...

Hi, I am trying to place tab bar at bottom for android but I am unable to do that. I have tried with titanium SDK 2.1.4 and SDK 3.0.2 both but nothing worked for me. I have also created titanium_tabgroup.xml file inside platform/android/res/layout...

In my solution I have more than 5 tabs so 4 tabs are visible on home screen and rest tabs ar visible inside more tab window. now I would like to customize more tab window to set its background. please tell me any available options. thanks in advance.

Can someone please tell me how to get a background gradient in a tab on Android? I've tried backgroundImage backgroundSelectedImage, backgroundGradient but none of them worked.

I'm trying to replace the window on current tab by clicking on button, but I can't figure out how to do this. Before I just tries to open window in tab without animation and hiding back button, but the problem was when you clicking on tab icon the first...

i have tried the tabsBackgroundColor and tabsBackgroundImage with TabGroup, but nothing happen, how can i change the tabs's style? i mean change the bottom tab's background not just set it's icon. thanks~~

Hi, I want to create a custom tab bar, with custom images (normal and selected), and other way to open the windows asociated to this tabs. For example... I have 4 tabs: Tab1, Tab2, Tab3, Tab4 For example, if I open the Tab2... this tab open with...

I have 4 tabs and need to change the font size on the tab titles, is this possible.

Hi everyone. I have an app where one tab will open up a web page within the app. At the top of this web page, there's a few links that if you click on them, ruin the whole functionality of the app. What I'd like to do is place an image running along the...

Hi, I have a two tabbed alloy app. Login button that triggers authorization on webservice and if successfull trigers an event defined in the index.js. Content of both tabs are reuired like this: ~~~ <Alloy> <TabGroup...

Ti 3.0.2, Mac OSX: I am trying to open a Window in Tab myVehicles, and when I do, nothing happens to that Tab, but gets open in Tab assistance? ~~~ // Has Account show Tab Group var tabgroup = Ti.UI.createTabGroup(); var...

I have an application with a basic tabgroup - 5 tabs to be exact - Inside those tabs i have the need to sometimes open a subwindow and still stay on the tab or at least still have the tabbar showing. So whenever i need to open a window from a tab i use...

For an Android build, I set the Holo theme, setTargetSdkVersion="14", minSdkVersion="8", and there is a nice action bar tab group for Android 3.0+ and the fallback standard tab group for Android 2.x. However, the tab icons don't show up...

I want to display tab bar in bottom of the phone in android. Also want to reduce the size of the tab bar.

Hi there, When I create a single tab inside a tab group and create some windows in it, the windows are stacked and I get a 'back' navigation button when running it on the iPhone. How do I get back to the root window, without clicking away multiple stacked...

i need tabs and tabgroup to be customized as shown in imaged bellow:  is that possible for android?

Hi! I am currently playing with the Alloy framework. I have a TagGroup. The first tab is a dashboard displaying some icons. Each icon is triggering an event which activate setActiveTab of the tabGroup. My problem is I am trying to modify the navbar which...

Does this not work on Android? Most of my apps have been with iOS, and it works on the ones set up in the app.js. The windows being created are just your standard window, but when I try and use this method in Android, I get a "Can not call method...

hi. I want to ask something.I have 4-5 child view js file and include main js. My app tabbed app. and I added wiew first window and second window .I see first window and second window.and go back to second window to first window I cannot seee child view....

Hi, I m using Ti 3.0 and develop for ios6.and my application have many tab.and I want to add my view to four tab.please help.

Hi. I am having trouble using tabbed bar. I am using tabGroup to have 2 different tabs when the app starts. For certain tabbed views, I want to have additional tabs that the users can switch back and forth. `app.js` ~~~ // create tab group var tabGroup...

Hi, I m using Ti 3.0 and developing for ios 6 and I have problem with numbber of tabs.My ipad apps landscape and it show only 7 tabs and more tab. I want to seee all tabs in lowerside in my apps.

Hi. I am making my very first iOS and Android app. using Titanium Alloy and I need you guys' help! I want to make an app with 4 tabs and each "tab view/window" should have two or three tabs that you can switch back and...

Hello, i've a question about "best practices" or if this approach is correct. i have an app that uses tab as if main navigation, but, i want to use a splitview when using iPad, to one of its tab views. the main problem i have is, that this view...

Hi all, My application needs to show tabs at bottom in both iOS and Android. I searched the web and found some articles to see how to do that in Android, but none of those solutions seem to work any more. For example, I tried out solutions like this but...

Hi, I am new to all this, I have been assigned a final year project at University and I am creating a Tourist Board Marketing tool app. I have started to play around with this and have managed to create my tab buttons along the bottom of the iOS...

Hi at all, i have a tabGroup: ~~~ var win1 = Titanium.UI.createWindow({ navBarHidden:true, backgroundColor:'#4A5870' }); var tab1 = Titanium.UI.createTab({ icon:'83-calendarBB.png', title:'Calcetti', window:win1 }); var win2 =...

http://postimage.org/image/z3bu7tc13/ Someone send me a screenshot of an so called Android App tab version. I suspect this is photoshopped because of the rounded edges. Imo the android time info is pasted above an Ipad screenshot. What do you guy's...

On the index page, I load a couple modal windows and then need to show the tabs once the information is obtained from the modal windows. I am using eventListener's send information back to index.js. When I am ready to load my tabs I receive this error:...

Hi, What are the optimum icon size for Tabs on each Android densities? Regards

For example, You have an Alloy project with 2 tabs. The first tab contains a window with a regular button. When the button is clicked a tableview is then loaded inside this tab. When a row is clicked a detail page is loaded inside this same tab. And all of...

in tab 1 i have three sub wins win1 win2 win3 win4 how do i close win4 and win3 from win4 and return to win2 i have tried to fire and event back to win3 and tried to close it but that did not work

i have tab1 and tab2 tab1 root window is win1 in tab1 subwindow is open which is win2 now i go to tab2 which i go back to tab1 i still see the subwindow open which is win2 how can i make win1(root window) show every time i go to tab1

Hello! I have to simulate a design like a web browser, showing info inside several views (like tabs) indicating which view is active at each particular moment. With the actual design of my app, this kind of "browser" has to be inserted in a...

I have a iOS project using Titanium SDK, and the application likes like this: ---the top of the phone-- ????? ???? ???? tab1 tab2 tab3 ---the bottom of the phone-- It's mean, I have some tab on the bottom of the win by using...

I am creating a custom tabBar for Android that looks like the iOS tabBar. Now I have the tabBar at the bottom and each tab is has a dynamic width so that you can have virtually as many as you want as well I have the active states for each button working....

This is a mobile design pattern I'm not familiar with, and surely has been resolved. The idea is... I have 2 Tabs (first & second tab) Application. **As** the App `loads`, the **first tab** is focused by default, and the containing **window** checks...

Hello! I'm using Titanium mobile 1.6.2 for iOS. Question:__How to return to the root window of my Tab?__ (the one given in parameters when you create the Tab) It's seems simple since you just have to click on the tabGroup in order to return to the root...

i have two tabs tab1 and tab2 tab 1 have win1 and win2 tab2 have win3 and win4 tab 1 loads win1 by default and then it links to win2 at that point when i go to tab2 and then come back to tab 1 i still see win2 how i can make the tab to always load...

Hi, My problem is: if a tab opens a second window and I tap on that active tab again, it goes back to the firstwindow. I dont need to comeback to the first window because in the first window i have a poll and when we vote, the first window is desactived...

I have the following error while trying opening the photos window in album.js: 'undefined' is not an object (evaluating youtube.photosResult.createPhotosWindow) at home.js line 72. what can I do? this is app.js: ~~~ var VARS =require('globals'); //Here we...

hi, i have this event on tab : ~~~~ var tab5 = Titanium.UI.createTab({ icon: 'images/sondage.png', title: '???????', window: winSondage }); tab5.addEventListener('focus', function(e){ alert('focus'); }); tab5.addEventListener('i',...

i have app with three tabs tab1 and tab2 and tab3 tab1 is a login window how can i call a export function defined in tab2 and tab3 from tab1 ?