# Modules.PlayServices

Allows a Titanium application or module to use Google Play Services.

Availability

6.3.1

Extends

# Overview

Google Play Services is required by application developers to access Google service APIs such as Google Maps, Google Analytics, Firebase, etc.

# Getting Started

Add the module as a dependency to your application by adding a <module> item to the <modules> element of your tiapp.xml file:

<ti:app>
  <!-- ... -->
  <modules>
    <module platform="android">ti.playservices</module>
  </modules>
  <!-- ... -->
</ti:app>

Or include the module as a dependency to a native module by adding a <module> item to the <modules> element of your timodule.xml file:

<ti:module>
  <!-- ... -->
  <modules>
    <module platform="android">ti.playservices</module>
  </modules>
  <!-- ... -->
</ti:module>

Use require() to access the module from JavaScript:

var PlayServices = require('ti.playservices');

The PlayServices variable is a reference to the module. Make API calls using this reference:

var playServicesAvailable = PlayServices.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable();

# Properties

# apiName READONLY

Availability

6.3.1

apiName :String

The name of the API that this proxy corresponds to.

The value of this property is the fully qualified name of the API. For example, Titanium.UI.Button returns Ti.UI.Button.

# bubbleParent

Availability

6.3.1

bubbleParent :Boolean

Indicates if the proxy will bubble an event to its parent.

Some proxies (most commonly views) have a relationship to other proxies, often established by the add() method. For example, for a button added to a window, a click event on the button would bubble up to the window. Other common parents are table sections to their rows, table views to their sections, and scrollable views to their views. Set this property to false to disable the bubbling to the proxy's parent.

Default: true

# lifecycleContainer

Availability

6.3.1

lifecycleContainer :Titanium.UI.Window | Titanium.UI.TabGroup

The Window or TabGroup whose Activity lifecycle should be triggered on the proxy.

If this property is set to a Window or TabGroup, then the corresponding Activity lifecycle event callbacks will also be called on the proxy. Proxies that require the activity lifecycle will need this property set to the appropriate containing Window or TabGroup.

# Methods

# addEventListener

Availability

6.3.1

addEventListener(name, callback) → void

Adds the specified callback as an event listener for the named event.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`name`	String	Name of the event.
`callback`	Callback<Titanium.Event>	Callback function to invoke when the event is fired.

Returns

Type: void

# applyProperties

Availability

6.3.1

applyProperties(props) → void

Applies the properties to the proxy.

Properties are supplied as a dictionary. Each key-value pair in the object is applied to the proxy such that myproxy[key] = value.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`props`	Dictionary	A dictionary of properties to apply.

Returns

Type: void

# fireEvent

Availability

6.3.1

fireEvent(name[, event]) → void

Fires a synthesized event to any registered listeners.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`name`	String	Name of the event.
`event`	Dictionary	A dictionary of keys and values to add to the Titanium.Event object sent to the listeners.

Returns

Type: void

# getErrorString

Availability

11.0.40

getErrorString() → String

Determines if the current device supports Touch ID.

Returns

Type: String

# isGooglePlayServicesAvailable

Availability

11.0.40

isGooglePlayServicesAvailable() → Number

Verifies that Google Play services is installed and enabled on this device.

And that the version installed on this device is no older than the one required by this client.

Returns

Type: Number

# isUserResolvableError

Availability

11.0.40

isUserResolvableError() → Boolean

Checks to see if device is configured for Touch ID authentication.

Returns

Type: Boolean

# makeGooglePlayServicesAvailable

Availability

11.0.40

makeGooglePlayServicesAvailable(callback) → void

Attempts to make Google Play services available on this device.

The callback parameter is only available since 16.1.1.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`callback`	Callback<Modules.PlayServices.AvailableCallbackObject>	Callback fired with the result determining Google Play Services availability.

Returns

Type: void

# removeEventListener

Availability

6.3.1

removeEventListener(name, callback) → void

Removes the specified callback as an event listener for the named event.

Multiple listeners can be registered for the same event, so the callback parameter is used to determine which listener to remove.

When adding a listener, you must save a reference to the callback function in order to remove the listener later:

var listener = function() { Ti.API.info("Event listener called."); }
window.addEventListener('click', listener);

To remove the listener, pass in a reference to the callback function:

window.removeEventListener('click', listener);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`name`	String	Name of the event.
`callback`	Callback<Titanium.Event>	Callback function to remove. Must be the same function passed to `addEventListener`.

Returns

Type: void

The connection was successful.