The document discusses mobile app development using Titanium, which facilitates the creation of native, hybrid, and mobile web applications via a single code base. It outlines factors to consider such as platform support, database use, and UI aesthetics, and demonstrates how to create and deploy applications using Titanium SDK. Key benefits include a faster development process compared to traditional methods and extensive support for native APIs.

1. Mobile App Development with
Titanium
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2. Mobile Development tools
HTML5+JavaScript
PhoneGap (HTML5+JavaScript)
Titanium (JavaScript)
Native(ObjectiveC, Java)

3. Factors to Consider
• Native (iOS, Android, Windows etc)
• Web (html5+javascript, phoneGap)
• Database
support(preloaded?, Native, Titanium)
• UI look and feel (Native?)
• Developer skills

4. Titanium Developers stats

5. One Code Base->Native, Hybrid, and
Mobile Web

6. Titanium SDK
• Features
• Supports 5,000+ native APIs
• JavaScript-based platform
• Support for iOS, Android, and HTML5
• Benefits
• 70% faster than developing in Objective-C or Java
• Single platform
• Unlimited extensibility

7. Demonstration
• Download/Install Titanium SDK Studio
– http://www.appcelerator.com/platform/titanium-
studio
– Create a project
– File-> New Titanium Project
– Input Project information
– Select template
– Write the Code

8. Demonstration
• tiapp.xml file under root
• Under Resources
– Images here and under
• android
• iphone
• mobileweb
• to be replaced by your app images/icons etc.
– app.js

9. Sqlite Database
• Use groovy to setup preloaded sqlite database
String dbLocation = "jdbc:sqlite:db/mytable.db"
String dbDriver = "org.sqlite.JDBC"
def getDb(){
return groovy.sql.Sql.newInstance(dbLocation,
dbDriver)
}

10. Create Sqlite Table
• def sql = getDb()
• try{
• sql.execute("create table if not exists mytable(id
Integer, sayittxt BLOB, sayitref BLOB, sayitcmt
BLOB, conittxt BLOB, conitref BLOB, conitcmt
BLOB, renittxt BLOB, renitref BLOB, renitcmt
BLOB, ptittxt BLOB, ptitref BLOB, ptitcmt
BLOB, itittxt BLOB, ititref BLOB, ititcmt
BLOB, afittxt BLOB, afitref BLOB, afitcmt
BLOB, tkittxt BLOB, tkitref BLOB, tkitcmt
BLOB, csittxt BLOB, csitref BLOB, bvky BLOB, bvnm
BLOB)")
• }catch (Exception e){ e.printStackTrace()}

11. Insert Sqlite Data
• sql.execute("insert into
mytable(id,sayittxt,sayitref,sayitcmt,conittxt,c
onitref,conitcmt,renittxt,renitref,renitcmt,ptitt
xt,ptitref,ptitcmt,itittxt,ititref,ititcmt,afittxt,afit
ref,afitcmt,tkittxt,tkitref,tkitcmt,csittxt,csitref,b
vky,bvnm)values(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?
,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",data)
• }

12. Write/Test code
• Simulator
• Real devices
– Android devices
– iOS devices

13. Deployment
• Titanium Studio Workspace/{project}/build
• Open developer account at Android market
and appStore
• Setup profiles, certificate at appStore
• Prepare images for different devices
– Use the sample images as template to create
images for the application for all platforms

14. Deployto Market
• Sign the apk file and upload to Android
Market
• Many other places without sign
• Follow procedures to put to appStore
– Titanium has simplified this process very much