get going

make sure the tishadow server is running and tishadow app is connected to the server

basic deploy

from your own project root directory enter the following command to deploy your app to all (tishadow) connected devices

$ tishadow run

once your app has been deployed you can more quickly push and update only the modified files with the following command

$ tishadow run --update

when you push code to the tishadow app it will relaunch the application. if you are pushing a small update and do no want to relaunch the application you can use the following command

$ tishadow run --patch

the updated file will be cleaned from the require cache and the change will be visible next time the file is required

keeping it clean

tishadow now automatically closes all windows and tabgroups when deploying a new bundle. any other cleanup operations can be added the close listener of the window/tabgroup.

you may also wish to clean/delete all the cached apps and databases stored inside the tishadow app and you can do so by using the following command:

tishadow clear

you can also close a running application using the following command:

tishadow close

dynamic localisation

you can also choose the locale you wish to use when launching your app/tests. simply add the two-letter language code to your command:

  tishadow run --locale es
  tishadow spec --locale nl

working with alloy

alloy is fully supported on tishadow and automatically compiles your project. if you want to target a specific platform use the --platform (-P) flag, otherwise it will compile and push for all platform in your tiapp.xml

server configuration and rooms

the tishadow server supports remote hosting with configurable http ports. it also allows for private "rooms" (much like chat rooms) so that the tishadow server can be partitioned and shared

for example to start the server using a particular port

$ tishadow server --port 3001

all cli commands can be sent to a particular server and room, for example

$ tishadow run --host myhost.local --port 3001 --room david

the tishadow log command is available to tail remote server logs (in the default or selected room)

the tishadow config command is available to set the default host, port and room for all the relevant command below so you do not need to use the --host, --port and --room flags with every command

automatic updates

you can use the @ operator to proceed your commands. when any files in the Resources directory are modified the command that follows will executed. for example:

tishadow @ run --update -l nl

there are a number of other techniques to automatically push your changes whenever you save any changes to your code. see these links:

• grunt-tishadow by @astronaughts
• using supervisor by @kwhinnery

you should really checkout the JALT Stack

gotchas

• Ti.include is supported if included with the full path
• only files in the Resources directory will be sent to the device using TiShadow. That said, localisation files are supported.
• native modules can be supported if built into the tishadow app first
• any necessary changes to the tiapp.xml file must be added directly to the tishadow app tiapp.xml file - see FokkeZB's Ti.Facebook example
• custom fonts will be loaded if placed in the Resources/fonts directory (iOS only).
• if there any errors about a Titanium SDK command not being found, add them to the Includes.js files and clean and build the TiShadow app
• any Ti.API logs will be redirected to the server logs and webpage