# Titanium.Gesture
The Gesture module is responsible for high-level device gestures such as orientation changes and shake gestures.
# Properties
# apiName READONLY
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
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
# landscape READONLY
Indicates if the device is currently held in landscape form.
Value is true
if in landscape, and false
otherwise.
# lifecycleContainer
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.
# orientation READONLY
Orientation of the device.
Value may be one of the group of Titanium.UI orientation constants, PORTRAIT, UPSIDE_PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE_LEFT, LANDSCAPE_RIGHT, FACE_UP, FACE_DOWN, or UNKNOWN.
On iOS and Windows, returns the current orientation of the device, regardless of the window orientation. To determine the current window orientation, use orientation.
To set the allowable orientations for a window, see orientationModes.
# portrait READONLY
Indicates if the device is currently held in portrait form.
Value is true
if in portrait, and false
otherwise.
# Methods
# addEventListener
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
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
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
# removeEventListener
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 |
Returns
- Type
- void
# stopListener
Stops the gesture listener.
In case you use Titanium.Gesture.landscape
or Titanium.Gesture.portrait
it will attach the orientation
listener automatically. If you just use it once you can use this method to stop the listener.
Returns
- Type
- void
# Events
# orientationchange
Fired when the device orientation changes.
On Android, note that the application must have a heavyweight window or tab group open
in order to receive the orientationchange
event. It is not necessary for the heavyweight
window to be the topmost window.
Almost all real-world applications will have a heavyweight window or a tab group. This is
only likely to be an issue if you create a test case or test application that adds an
orientation change listener from app.js
without opening a heavyweight window.
Properties
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
orientation | Number | Orientation of the device. |
source | Object | Source object that fired the event. |
type | String | Name of the event fired. |
bubbles | Boolean | True if the event will try to bubble up if possible. |
cancelBubble | Boolean | Set to true to stop the event from bubbling. |
# shake
Fired when the device is shaken.
A shake gesture consists of a series of quick accelerations, and is represented by a series of shake events.
The timestamp
property represents the interval between shake events. It is measured in
milliseconds on Android, and in seconds on iOS.
Properties
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
timestamp | Number | Time interval since previous shake event. On iOS, this value is 0 for the first shake event in a series. |
x | Number | Acceleration along the X axis, in Gs. |
y | Number | Acceleration along the Y axis, in Gs. |
z | Number | Acceleration along the Z axis, in Gs. |
source | Object | Source object that fired the event. |
type | String | Name of the event fired. |
bubbles | Boolean | True if the event will try to bubble up if possible. |
cancelBubble | Boolean | Set to true to stop the event from bubbling. |