dev.tiapp

A titanium cli plugin to set a dfferent value of tiapp.xml base on deploy type or cli option. dev.tiapp is inspired by dbankier/ticonfig. Thanks @dbankier!

Installation

$ [sudo] npm install -g dev.tiapp --unsafe-perm

--unsafe-perm flag is required for hook installation.

Usage

Change tag value

<id>com.licky.www</id>
<dev.id>dev.co.licky.www</dev.id>

When development deploy(e.g. simulator), Your app id will be replace by value of dev.id.

<property name="server_url">http://www.myserver</property>
<property name="dev.server_url">http://192.168.0.10:8080</property>

<property name="ti.facebook.appid">12345xxxxxxxxx</property>
<property name="dev.ti.facebook.appid">xxxxxxx56789</property>

When development deploy(e.g. simulator), Ti.App.Properties.getString('server_url') will return http://http://192.168.0.10:8080.

Local IP Placseholder

__LOCAL_IP__ in value will be replaced by your local ip address. local ip address detected by ipselector.

<property name="dev.server_url">http://__LOCAL_IP__:8080</property>

If you want to set ip of specific network interface, make a config file in your home path. ~/.dev.tiapp.json

{
    "networkInterface": "en0"
}

Custom Prefix

Custom prefix is not associated with dev/test/prod.
Use '--dev.tiapp' option with Titanium CLI. You can use prefix whatever you want instead of 'dev'.

ti build -p ios --tall --retina --dev.tiapp __dev__

in tiapp.xml

<id>test.tiapp</id>
<__dev__.id>__dev__.test.tiapp</__dev__.id>

<property name="server_url">http://www.myserver</property>
<property name="__dev__.server_url">http://this.is.custom.prefix</property>

Why did I make this?

Somebody said that why should I use this instead of Conditional Code such as ENV_DEV condition of Alloy. Because some properties have to be set before build. (e.g. facebook app id on iOS)

Note

• You will need to understand what can be changed at the build.pre.contruct phase.
• Don't forget close tag with dev. prefix. :)
• If you have a problem or idea, please make a issue.

Licence MIT