A short presentation I have at the TitaniumNL.org meetup on October 1st, 2014. It goes through what you need to get your development environment and apps ready for iOS 8 and iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

1. Titanium
NL
-­‐
October
1st,
2014
Getting
ready
for
iOS
8
&
iPhone
6

3. Compatibility Matrix
Titanium Xcode iOS
Simulator
Studio CLI SDK 5.x 6.x 6.x 7.x 8.x
(incl
iPhone
6)
3.4.0 3.4.0 3.4.0 No Yes Device Yes Yes
3.4.0 3.4.0 3.3.0 Yes No Yes Yes Device
3.4.0 3.4.0 3.2.3 Yes No Yes Yes Device
3.4.0 3.4.0 3.1.3 Yes No Yes Yes Device
3.3.0 3.4.0 3.4.0 No Partial Device Device Device
3.3.0 3.4.0 3.3.0 Yes Partial Yes Yes Device
3.3.0 3.3.0 3.3.0 Yes Partial Yes Yes Device
CHALLENGES

4. Compatibility Matrix
Titanium Xcode iOS
Simulator
Studio CLI SDK 5.x 6.x 6.x 7.x 8.x
(incl
iPhone
6)
3.4.0 3.4.0 3.4.0 No Yes Device Yes Yes
3.4.0 3.4.0 3.3.0 Yes No Yes Yes Device
3.4.0 3.4.0 3.2.3 Yes No Yes Yes Device
3.4.0 3.4.0 3.1.3 Yes No Yes Yes Device
3.3.0 3.4.0 3.4.0 No Partial Device Device Device
3.3.0 3.4.0 3.3.0 Yes Partial Yes Yes Device
3.3.0 3.3.0 3.3.0 Yes Partial Yes Yes Device
IDEAL
ENVIRONMENT

5. Xcode 6
❍ Rename Xcode 5 as Xcode5.app
Back it up outside Applications
❍ Update Xcode to 6 via App Store
❍ Download Xcode 5 again if #1 failed ;)
developer.apple.com/downloads/?name=5.1.1
❍ Download the Xcode 6 iOS 7.1 Simulator
File > Preferences > Download

6. Titanium 3.4.0
❍ Studio
www.appcelerator.com/titanium/download-titanium/
❍ SDK
ti sdk install -d
❍ CLI & Alloy
sudo npm i -g titanium
sudo npm i -g alloy

7. Xcode auto-select in Studio
sdk-­‐version
<=
3.3
sdk-­‐version
>=
3.4

8. ≫ ti build -p ios -C ?
Which simulator do you want to launch your app in?
8.0
1) iPhone 4s
2) iPhone 5
3) iPhone 5s
4) iPhone 6 Plus
5) iPhone 6
6) iPad 2
7) iPad Retina
8) iPad Air
9) Resizable iPhone
10) Resizable iPad
7.1
11) iPhone 4s
12) iPhone 5
13) iPhone 5s
14) iPad 2
15) iPad Retina
16) iPad Air
Select an simulator by number or name [1]:
Xcode auto-select in CLI
≫ ti build -p ios -C ? -s 3.2.3.GA
Which simulator do you want to launch your a
1) iPhone Retina (3.5 inch)
2) iPhone Retina (4 inch)
3) iPhone Retina (4 inch 64-bit)
4) iPad
5) iPad Retina
6) iPad Retina (64-bit)
Select an simulator by number or name [1]:

9. App Checklist: Graphics
❍ Add 2 new app icons for iPhone 6+
ticons icons
❍ appicon-60@3x.png (180)
❍ appicon-Small@3x.png (87)
❍ Generate 3 new launch images for iPhone 6 / 6+
ticons splashes <input.png>
❍ Default-Portrait-667h@2x.png (750x1334)
❍ Default-Portrait-736h@3x.png (1242x2208)
❍ Default-Landscape-736h@3x.png (2208x1242)
❍ Generate @3x image assets
ticons assets app/assets/android/images/res-xxhdpi
❍ Check your lay-outs (all 9:16 for iPhone 5 and up!)

10. App Checklist: Breaking
❍ New notification permission flow
docs.appcelerator.com/titanium/latest/#!/guide/Subscribing_to_push_notifications
❍ New geolocation purpose configuration
docs.appcelerator.com/titanium/latest/#!/api/Titanium.Geolocation
❍ Localising the purpose
tidev.io/2014/09/29/translating-nslocationalwaysusagedescription

11. How about new iOS 8 API’s
❍ Touch ID: DONE
docs.appcelerator.com/titanium/latest/#!/api/Modules.TouchId
❍ Interactive Notifications: DONE
docs.appcelerator.com/titanium/latest/#!/guide/iOS_Interactive_Notifications
www.appcelerator.com/blog/2014/09/new-in-sdk-3-4-ios-8-interactive-
notifications/
❍ HomeKit: IN PROGRESS
jira.appcelerator.org/browse/TIMOB-17334
❍ HealthKit, Widget & Share extensions: WATCH IT!
jira.appcelerator.org/browse/TIMOB-17333
jira.appcelerator.org/browse/TIMOB-17556
jira.appcelerator.org/browse/TIMOB-17335
❍ CloudKit, PhotoKit, Barometer: REQUEST IT!
❍ WatchKit: UNRELEASED