iOS – TiDev

How to update your app and modules for 64-bit support

With the Titanium 3.5.0 release expected to come out early next week, you’ll be just in time to build your iOS apps with 64-bit support. While updates on existing apps won’t be required to include 64-bit until June 1, this new requirement will be enforced for new apps starting February 1. Modules also need to […]

Using Xcode 6 for Titanium

For those wondering if it’s safe to install the Xcode 6 beta on your dev machine; the short answer is: yes. It installs along Xcode 5 and you can switch between and uninstall easily. This is a simple walkthrough to get you started Xcode 6 and the iOS8 SDK with Titanium. Install Xcode 6 beta […]

Live from WWDC

Today Apple unveiled iOS 8 at the company’s WWDC 2014 keynote and I was one of the random lucky few in attendance. If you haven't watched the Keynote, stop what you are doing and watch the video now.

Create an icon font with IcoMoon

Learn how to create a icon font for your iOS & Android mobile application with IcoMoon and get lightweight vector icons in just one file!

Building an App Factory

Building similar apps for different brands or products of the same company may sound like easy money. It is also extremely boring. That’s why I try to minimize repetitive work by re-using existing and self-build modules and widgets across different projects. However, if the projects are very similar and only differ in style, contents and […]

Ti Highlight Label: An AttributedString widget

Titanium 3.2 introduces Attributed String, an API for creating rich text labels in iOS with different styles in the same label, something long asked for by the community. While some modules exist around there with basic html and styles support, this API is officially supported in the Titanium SDK and its performance really deserves to […]

PubNub – Taking Titanium Real-Time

The Project I was recently working on a project where I wanted my users to make a change in the CMS and they could see the change in their app reflected almost immediately. The Solution The real-time web has always fascinated me so I have tried to keep an eye on the different players. I […]

App.io – Preview your app in your browser

We have all been there. It takes you less time to develop the app, because you are using Titanium and Alloy of course, than it does to setup your provisioning profiles and get your clients UDID. Yes, you even sent them that link to the app in the app store that will send you the […]

One-click access to iOS Simulator Application Folders

When you’re developing apps with the iOS Simulator, it’s sometimes necessary to check the deployed application to see if particular files are where they should be. Maybe you’re writing some code to download files from a remote server or you’re creating a database via SQL and you want to check it’s contents. Typically, the way […]