Creating Mobile Apps with Appcelerator Titanium -- Table of Contents -- Creating Mobile Apps with Appcelerator Titanium -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- Titanium core -- Titanium Mobile SDK -- Titanium studio -- Appcelerator analytics -- Appcelerator Cloud Services -- What if this is not enough for my needs? -- What are the goals of this book? -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Downloading the color images of this book -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Stopwatch (with Lap Counter) -- Creating our project -- What have we here? -- The UI structure -- Why do we use views? -- Now on to the code -- It all starts with a window -- Displaying the current time with big numbers -- We can now do our first run -- Starting and stopping the stopwatch -- We see the buttons, but they don't do much yet! -- Stopwatch is not defined, but it's okay -- Keeping up with lap times -- Capturing lap times -- Showing lap times in a scrollable list -- Resetting the timer -- Summary -- 2. Sili, the assistant that just listens -- Creating our project -- The user interface structure -- Coding the application -- Let's do some scaffolding -- Let's see how this looks -- Recording with a click on a single button -- What good is a buffer if we're not using it? -- Listing stored recordings -- Be sure to call it! -- Listening to a recording -- Deleting old recordings -- Summary -- 3. The To-do List -- Creating our project -- The user interface structure -- Let's get this show on the road -- The database -- Defining the structure -- Implementing our model -- The user interface.

The header view -- The tasklist -- The button bar -- Let's have a look -- Developing a better switch for iOS -- Adding a new task -- Listing all the existing tasks -- Before executing the code -- Marking a task as completed -- Filtering out completed tasks -- Activating the filter -- Deleting the completed tasks -- Close the door, you're letting the heat out -- Summary -- 4. Interactive E-book for iPad -- The user interface structure -- Before writing any code -- A native module -- Where do I get it? -- Creating our project -- Adding the module to our project -- Now we can code -- The user interface -- Importing the PageFlip module -- Adding some colorful views -- Making sure the pages actually turn -- Orientation -- Why not just LANDSCAPE? -- The rich HTML page -- The map view -- The video player -- Final assembly -- Summary -- 5. You've Got to Know When to Hold 'em -- Creating our project -- The application structure -- The main application window -- Moving on to the code -- Coding the user interface -- Sparing our fingers -- Preparing for our first run -- The portfolio management window -- Coding what we have designed -- The form at the top -- The stock list -- Navigating between the two windows -- Let's see if it works -- Moving stocks around -- Saving our portfolio -- Keeping up on our objective -- Portfolio management -- Saving -- Retrieving -- Updating a particular stock -- How much is our portfolio worth? -- Wiring the preference service to the UI -- Adding a new stock to the list -- Creating a custom look for our table rows -- One more thing before we can test -- Saving all that -- What if there are stocks already? -- Retrieving the stock values from the Internet -- Knowing where to get it -- Let's see what we get from it -- Retrieving one stock -- Creating an HTTPClient object -- Opening the HTTPClient object -- Sending the request itself.

Retrieving all stocks in a single call -- Calling the web service -- Handling when stocks are updated -- Making the whole thing more fluid -- Updating stocks when the portfolio has changed -- Updating stocks as the application starts -- Summary -- 6. JRPG - Second to Last Fantasy -- Creating our project -- The game's basic design -- We need an engine! -- Where can we get it? -- Installing our module -- The map (before we code a single line) -- The right tool for the right job -- Creating the map -- Tilesets -- Using the tileset -- Using layers -- Why layers? -- Speaking the same language -- Let's turn this map into a game -- The scaffolding -- Loading an external asset -- Loading the game -- Let's fire it up! -- Hum! Somehow it looked like a better map editor -- Let's see our map now -- We need a hero -- Hold that code, will you? -- How does a SpriteSheet actually work? -- Bringing our hero into the scene -- Let's keep it modular -- Putting our hero on the map -- Hey! Don't stay in the corner -- Venture around the map -- No directional pad, but that's okay -- Creating our V-Pad -- Is someone touching the V-Pad? -- Giving some visual feedback to the user -- Aren't we forgetting something? -- Moving our hero around -- Seeing the future -- Living the future -- Is it a game yet? -- Our hero moves, but he's still pretty stiff -- Make sure he walks in the right direction -- Make sure he stops in the right direction -- Putting the finishing touch -- The user is touching the V-Pad, but where exactly? -- Be sure nothing overlaps -- Cleaning up after ourselves -- Summary -- 7. JRPG - Second to Last Fantasy Online -- Creating our project -- Recycling saves our time -- Before we get our hands dirty -- Some things to be considered -- WebSockets -- Setting up things -- The server side -- Enter Node.js -- Installation -- Creating our server project -- socket.io.

Installing a JavaScript module on our server sounds complicated -- Making sure everything is in place -- The client side -- The Web Socket module -- Downloading the module -- Installing the module -- This will work, but at the same time, it won't -- Coding our game server -- Creating a web server in less than 10 lines of code -- Taking our server for a spin -- Keeping tabs on our players -- Creating our socket.io connection -- Game interactions -- A player joins the game -- A player quits the game -- JavaScript arrays don't have a contains function? -- Player interactions -- A player moved around the map -- A player used the chat feature -- Sparing network traffic -- Make sure everything runs smoothly -- Let's bring this game online! -- Connecting to the server -- Every player is different -- Designing the hero selection window -- Gathering new assets -- To the code! -- Changing the hero's appearance -- The hero has no clothes -- Making this work -- Before we go any further -- Making our hero speak -- Back to the drawing board -- How to reach the window -- Wiring it up -- Displaying what the hero is saying -- Interacting with the game server -- When our hero moves -- This looks familiar -- Someone joined -- Someone quit -- Someone moved -- Someone spoke -- Where is everybody? -- Be sure to hang up that connection -- Game on! -- Summary -- 8. Social Networks -- Creating our project -- One window to rule them all -- Code while it is hot! -- The top section -- Staying within the limits -- Setting up our Post button -- The bottom section -- What if the user rotates the device? -- See it in action -- Polishing it up a little -- Facebook Integration -- Creating our application -- Retrieving our Facebook app ID -- There is a module for that -- Instantiating our module -- Linking our mobile app to our Facebook app.

Allowing our user to log in and log out at the click of a button -- Handling responses from Facebook -- Authorizing our application -- Posting our message on Facebook -- Twitter integration -- Creating our application -- Retrieving our consumer key and secret -- No module, but a good,old fashioned JavaScript library -- Instantiating the library -- Linking with our Twitter application -- Toggling the state of the Twitter connection -- Authorizing our application -- Posting our message on Twitter -- Settings -- Before we touch anything -- Settings for iOS -- Now to see if this works -- Settings for Android -- Where are those settings? -- Android menus -- Let's give it a run! -- The settings are changed, then what? -- It goes both ways -- Summary -- 9. Marvels of the World around Us -- Creating our project -- The main window -- Let's dig in the right way -- The header -- The ListView component -- The template -- Creating our ListView object -- Wrapping it up -- Calling our main window -- Testing our work so far -- Getting the device's location -- How does that translate into code? -- How can we test this? -- Using the iOS simulator -- Using the Android emulator -- Validating our test -- Photos from the Web to our application -- There is a web service for that... -- Getting our API key -- Remembering that key -- Defining the call -- Making the call -- Handling the response -- Having a second look at our main window -- The photo viewer window -- On with the code -- Returning to our main window -- Connecting the wires -- Selecting a photo -- The Refresh button -- Testing out the navigation -- Photo gallery integration -- Android photo gallery integration -- iOS photo gallery integration -- One final run -- Summary -- 10. Worldwide Marco Polo -- We know the drill -- Let's see what we got here -- Our tabbed user interface -- Getting this show on the road.

The chicken and the egg.