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