Various  Tips  &  TricksMarke&ng  &  DevelopingAppsBy Raef Akehurst & David Sullivan

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10  TipsFor  Developing  AppsBy David Sullivan

Alloy is Magic

1.  alloy.js• Loaded before any other controller or any

UI is compiled

• Perfect place to declare global variables or to start calling any data

Alloy.isTablet = function(){ return !(Math.min(Ti.Platform.displayCaps.platformHeight, Ti.Platform.displayCaps.platformWidth) < 600);}

2.  Global  Stylesindex.tss

"Window":{ backgroundColor: 'blue'}"Label":{ top: 20, left: '25dp', right: '25dp'}"#subtitle":{ width: Ti.UI.FILL, textAlign: Ti.UI.TEXT_ALIGNMENT_CENTER, font: { fontSize: '16dp', fontWeight: 'bold' }! !}

app.tss

"Window":{ backgroundColor: 'white', layout: 'vertical'}"Label":{ color: 'gray', textAlign: Ti.UI.TEXT_ALIGNMENT_LEFT, backgroundColor: 'transparent', font: { fontFamily:'Helvetica', fontSize: '12dp', fontStyle: 'normal', fontWeight: 'normal' }!}

index.xml

<Alloy> <Window titleid="story_title" modal="true" exitOnClose="true"> <Label id="subtitle" color="orange" textid="story_subtitle" /> <Label top="25" color="white" textid="story_content" /> </Window></Alloy>

3.  Pla<orm-­‐Specific  Resources

// Any device that does not fit any of the below platforms "Label": { backgroundColor: "#fff", text: 'Generic'},// iPhone"Label[platform=ios formFactor=handheld]": { backgroundColor: "#f00", text: 'iPhone'},// iPad and iPad mini"Label[platform=ios formFactor=tablet]": { backgroundColor: "#0f0", text: 'iPad'},// Android handheld and tablet devices "Label[platform=android]": { backgroundColor: "#00f", text: 'Android'}

4.  Pla<orm-­‐Specific  Resources

• app• controllers

• android • index.js

• index.js • views

• ios• index.xml

• index.xml

if (OS_IOS){

$.window.leftNavButton = closeButton;

}

if (OS_ANDROID) { $.window.fullscreen = false;

}

5.  Alloy  BuilEns• Backbone.js

• Underscore.js

• Moment.js

• Animations

• Dialogs

• Measurements

• Time

• Social (Twitter only)

• String manipulation

6.  Widgets

• Awesome way to not only reuse code but to share code

• Have their own views, controllers, styles and assets and are laid out the same as the app directory in the Alloy project.

7.  Data  binding

<Alloy> <Collection src="book" /> <Window class="container"> <TableView dataCollection="book" dataTransform="transformFunction" dataFilter="filterFunction"> <!-- Also can use Require --> <TableViewRow title="{title}" /> </TableView> </Window></Alloy>

• Update views as your data is updated

• Available for TableView, Views, ButtonBar, CoverFlowView, ScrollableView, ToolBar,TabbedBar and ListView

8.  Accessibility

“Here, then, lies the answer to how to tell whether some developer you’ve just met (or are interviewing) is serious about their craft in five seconds flat: borrow their device,

and triple-click the home button. If you don’t hear “VoiceOver on”, or get prompted about VoiceOver,

consider that −3 points on the Steve Test.”

- Stephen van Egmond

9.  Accessibility

10.  Sublime  Text  +  CLI

Bonus  1.  Outside  of  Ti

• Make use of TestFlight - and use their SDK to get the full value

• Use Google Analytics or similar

• Always expect things with Apple to take longer than planned

• Android can be a bag of hurt - target the popular devices first

Bonus  2.  Ti  Community

• Twitter

• #TiAlloy

• @tonylukasavage, @FokkeZB, @nappdev & Co

• Github

• AlloyLove.com

10  Tips  For  Marke&ng  AppsBy Raef Akehurst

1.  Have  a  good  app  

2.  Reviews.  Get  Them.

3.  App  Store            OpEmisaEon

4.  Use  ExisEng          Database

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5.  Old  Fashioned  PR

6.  Social  Media          Campaigns

7.  Online  AdverEsing

8.  Landing  Page

9.  TradiEonal  Media

10.  Push  Updates

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Bonus:  Smart  App  Banners

Gratuitous  Plug

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