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Creating Mobile Apps with Appcelerator Titanium

You're reading from   Creating Mobile Apps with Appcelerator Titanium There's no better way to learn Titanium than by using the platform to create apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android, and this tutorial lets you do exactly that. It's a truly hands-on approach that covers all the essential bases.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849519267
Length 318 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Christian Brousseau Christian Brousseau
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Stopwatch (with Lap Counter) FREE CHAPTER 2. Sili, the assistant that just listens 3. The To-do List 4. Interactive E-book for iPad 5. You've Got to Know When to Hold 'em 6. JRPG – Second to Last Fantasy 7. JRPG – Second to Last Fantasy Online 8. Social Networks 9. Marvels of the World around Us 10. Worldwide Marco Polo A. References Index

Chapter 4. Interactive E-book for iPad

In this chapter, we will be developing an interactive electronic book (e-book) application with realistic page flipping, pretty much like a real book. This will be an iPad-specific application in order to benefit from the large screen resolution offered by a tablet display. We will be using WebView , along with HTML and CSS to present a rich experience. We will also be using other rich view components such as MapView to show a satellite imagery and a video player.

Since Titanium does not provide "page flipping" functionality out of the box, we will rely on a native module to achieve our goal. We will get more into that later on in this chapter.

By the end of this chapter, you will have learned the following concepts:

  • What a native Titanium module is
  • Installing, configuring, and using a native module to your existing project
  • Using the WebView component
  • Using the MapView component
  • Using the VideoPlayer component
  • Locking the screen's...
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