Tutorials
from zero to app tutorials
Here you can find some tutorials to get you started building apps with Titanium SDK. It will cover the installation, your first app and more advanced topics at the end.
How to install Titanium SDK to start building mobile apps
Install Titanium for the first time and use it with Atom (or VSCode).
Create basic app UI layouts with Titanium SDK
A list of basic Android/iOS UI examples and how to use them in your app.
Take pictures and use the Android/iOS camera
Take pictures and use the camera in your Titanium apps.
How to add maps to your Titanium SDK mobile app
How to integrate Google and Apple maps with the ti.map module.
Where am I? A geolcation/gps project
The basics of using GPS/geolocation in combination with Titanium.
Transfer your Titanium SDK app from appc CLI to ti CLI
Transfer your old Axway Titanium apps to the open source CLI.
Ah, push it – Use Firebase push in your app
Connect your app with Firebase and use Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM, push) in your Titanium app.
Android Modules: using local aar files
Use local AAR libraries with your Android module and gradle.
ListView: Endless scroll
Create a simple endless scrolling listview with a custom template and markers.
Appwrite + Titanium SDK: A step by step guide
A step by step guide to integrate Appwrite into an Appcelerator Titanium app.
Using custom url schemes to start your app
Use custom url schemens to start your apps from links and pass parameters.
Android styling in Titanium using themes
A guide to use Android themes to style your Titanium apps.
Create Android modules for Titanium SDK
Create a custom Android module for Titanium SDK using an external module and XML layouts.
Optimize Android app performance
Android will provide some tools in the dev settings that help you optimizing the performance of your apps. You can display “overdraw” information and see
Use modules in your app
Every now and then, you need to use an external module in your app to access things that don’t exist in the native Titanium SDK
Using Android 13 “per app” language with Titanium SDK
This tutorial will explain how to use the new Android 13 “per app” language feature in your Titanium app.
Android: Find bugs with the “don’t keep activities” developer setting
Fixing bugs in your app can be a difficult job. Especially if you can’t reproduce a crash that happens in your live app or on
How to find a solution if you have a Titanium Mobile issue
😱 “No simulator detected” 😱 Message like this can be very frustrating when you are about to start a new app project with Titanium Mobile
Adding biometric access (fingerprint, face) to your Titanium SDK mobile app
Not every user wants to insert a password everytime to login to your app. A very common and handy feature is to use the phones
Mobile puzzle game using Titanium SDK (part 1)
This multipart series will teach you how to create a simple puzzle game for Android and iOS using Titanium SDK. In the game you will
Mobile puzzle game using Titanium SDK (part 2)
Check part 1 first in case you’ve missed that! In the second part we will generate a grid movement. Current code Your current files should
Create 360 degree turntable animation for 3D renderings with Titanium SDK
Following the color animation tutorial, this post shows how to create turntable animation with Titanium. Turntable animation is a 360° animation in one axis: and
Build an Android app that connects to a MQTT device
How to build an Android app that connects to a MQTT device – like a power switch – with Titanium SDK.
Building a photo overlay app
In this tutorial we will build a photo overlay app where you can take a picture, chose an overlay, save that picture and share it.
Mobile Apps entwickeln – Installationsanleitung (Windows 11, Titanium SDK)
Starte die Entwicklung einer mobilen App mit Titanium SDK mit Windows 11 und VSCode. In diesem Tutorial installieren wir die notwendigen Tools.
Mobile Apps entwickeln – Erste Schritte (Windows 11, Titanium SDK)
Erste Schritte für die Entwicklung einer mobilen App mit Titanium SDK mit Windows 11 und VSCode.
Hyperloop and Android: Using third party Android libraries
With Titanium Hyperloop you can use native Android libraries directly in Titanium using Javascript. In this short tutorial I will describe a quick way to get a third party AAR library running in an app.
external tutorials
- App Entwicklung mit Appcelerator Titanium (German/Deutsch)
- Hyperloop and Android: Using third party Android librarys
- Ti.UI Basics: How to use AlertDialog in Alloy
- Enhancing Titanium: How to set up Collections with DataBinding
- Enhancing Titanium: Speeding up data binding
- Quick Tip: Appcelerator Titanium Dark-Mode colors
- Using Android Studio to develop Titanium modules
- Developing & Building for iOS from Windows or Linux
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