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---
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title: Titanium
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author: Sander van der Burg
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date: 2018-11-18
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---
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# Titanium
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The Nixpkgs repository contains facilities to deploy a variety of versions of
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the [Titanium SDK](https://www.appcelerator.com) versions, a cross-platform
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mobile app development framework using JavaScript as an implementation language,
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and includes a function abstraction making it possible to build Titanium
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applications for Android and iOS devices from source code.
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Not all Titanium features supported -- currently, it can only be used to build
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Android and iOS apps.
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Building a Titanium app
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-----------------------
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We can build a Titanium app from source for Android or iOS and for debugging or
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release purposes by invoking the `titaniumenv.buildApp {}` function:
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```nix
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titaniumenv.buildApp {
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name = "myapp";
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src = ./myappsource;
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preBuild = "";
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target = "android"; # or 'iphone'
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tiVersion = "7.1.0.GA";
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release = true;
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androidsdkArgs = {
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platformVersions = [ "25" "26" ];
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};
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androidKeyStore = ./keystore;
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androidKeyAlias = "myfirstapp";
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androidKeyStorePassword = "secret";
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xcodeBaseDir = "/Applications/Xcode.app";
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xcodewrapperArgs = {
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version = "9.3";
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};
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iosMobileProvisioningProfile = ./myprovisioning.profile;
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iosCertificateName = "My Company";
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iosCertificate = ./mycertificate.p12;
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iosCertificatePassword = "secret";
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iosVersion = "11.3";
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iosBuildStore = false;
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enableWirelessDistribution = true;
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installURL = "/installipa.php";
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}
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```
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The `titaniumenv.buildApp {}` function takes the following parameters:
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* The `name` parameter refers to the name in the Nix store.
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* The `src` parameter refers to the source code location of the app that needs
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to be built.
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* `preRebuild` contains optional build instructions that are carried out before
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the build starts.
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* `target` indicates for which device the app must be built. Currently only
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'android' and 'iphone' (for iOS) are supported.
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* `tiVersion` can be used to optionally override the requested Titanium version
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in `tiapp.xml`. If not specified, it will use the version in `tiapp.xml`.
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* `release` should be set to true when building an app for submission to the
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Google Playstore or Apple Appstore. Otherwise, it should be false.
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When the `target` has been set to `android`, we can configure the following
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parameters:
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* The `androidSdkArgs` parameter refers to an attribute set that propagates all
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parameters to the `androidenv.composeAndroidPackages {}` function. This can
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be used to install all relevant Android plugins that may be needed to perform
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the Android build. If no parameters are given, it will deploy the platform
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SDKs for API-levels 25 and 26 by default.
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When the `release` parameter has been set to true, you need to provide
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parameters to sign the app:
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* `androidKeyStore` is the path to the keystore file
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* `androidKeyAlias` is the key alias
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* `androidKeyStorePassword` refers to the password to open the keystore file.
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When the `target` has been set to `iphone`, we can configure the following
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parameters:
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* The `xcodeBaseDir` parameter refers to the location where Xcode has been
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installed. When none value is given, the above value is the default.
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* The `xcodewrapperArgs` parameter passes arbitrary parameters to the
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`xcodeenv.composeXcodeWrapper {}` function. This can, for example, be used
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to adjust the default version of Xcode.
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When `release` has been set to true, you also need to provide the following
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parameters:
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* `iosMobileProvisioningProfile` refers to a mobile provisioning profile needed
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for signing.
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* `iosCertificateName` refers to the company name in the P12 certificate.
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* `iosCertificate` refers to the path to the P12 file.
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* `iosCertificatePassword` contains the password to open the P12 file.
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* `iosVersion` refers to the iOS SDK version to use. It defaults to the latest
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version.
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* `iosBuildStore` should be set to `true` when building for the Apple Appstore
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submission. For enterprise or ad-hoc builds it should be set to `false`.
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When `enableWirelessDistribution` has been enabled, you must also provide the
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path of the PHP script (`installURL`) (that is included with the iOS build
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environment) to enable wireless ad-hoc installations.
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Emulating or simulating the app
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-------------------------------
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It is also possible to simulate the correspond iOS simulator build by using
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`xcodeenv.simulateApp {}` and emulate an Android APK by using
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`androidenv.emulateApp {}`.
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