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Ricardo Alcocer June 29, 2014 TiConf EU - Amsterdam

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About me •  Have been Titanium since 2009 •  Former independent Titanium trainer in the Caribbean and Latin America •  13+ years in software consulting –  Client-server Development –  Web Development –  Mobile Development •  Former college professor teaching Web Development (HTML, PHP, JavaScript, CSS) •  Serial entrepreneur •  Wordcamps, Barcamps, Startup Weekends, etc. •  Obsessed with native cross-platform development •  Free Software and Open Source advocate •  Love JavaScript hacking and tech startups

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Cross-platform development : A very old problem

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Devices are not only for testing

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Love and respect your target platforms

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“When you strive for consistency, you achieve it through mediocrity” Phil Libin – CEO of Evernote

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http://androidniceties.tumblr.com http://www.mobile-patterns.com

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Why write a book? •  Web developers/Designers •  Help ramp-up knowledge •  Use 80/20 approach •  Cross-platform Beginners •  Learn by doing •  Learn and understand the value of the developer community

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Part 1 – The Basics •  What is Titanium and Alloy •  Building an MP3 player – Basics of Alloy MVC – Alloy Themes – Alloy Widgets

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Part 2 – Adding advanced functionality •  Tabs, Lists, Web Services and advanced Android customization –  Screen elements (Lists, images, etc.) –  Working with Android Styles and ActionBar Themes –  Connecting to web services •  Local Data –  Properties –  Alloy CFG –  Alloy Models –  SQLite

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Part 2 – Adding advanced functionality •  Camera and Photo Gallery – Accessing the cameral – Accessing the photo gallery – Sharing with social networks •  Working with Android share intents •  Working with Native Modules

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Part 2 – Adding advanced functionality •  ACS – Understanding the ACS API – Lilacs – Revisit conference app to add: •  Dynamic events data •  Dynamic list of speakers •  Dynamic news feed •  Push notifications

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Appendices •  JavaScript refresher •  Installing and configuring Titanium – CLI – Genymotion •  Submitting apps to the App Store and Google Play

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Appendices •  Cross-platform user interface control reference

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