<s>
Titanium	B-Application
SDK	I-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
framework	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
native	O
mobile	B-Application
applications	I-Application
on	O
platforms	B-Application
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
from	O
a	O
single	O
JavaScript	B-Language
codebase	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titanium	B-Application
SDK	I-Application
is	O
presently	O
developed	O
by	O
non-profit	O
software	O
foundation	O
TiDev	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
Titanium	O
software	O
ecosystem	O
is	O
the	O
Apache-licensed	B-Application
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
,	O
Titanium	B-Application
SDK	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alloy	O
,	O
a	O
Titanium-based	O
model	O
–	O
view	O
–	O
controller	O
framework	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
related	O
project	O
presently	O
maintained	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
TiDev	O
,	O
Inc	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
the	O
Titanium	B-Application
SDK	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titanium	B-Application
SDK	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
Appcelerator	O
,	O
Inc	O
,	O
then	O
later	O
by	O
Axway	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
after	O
Axway	B-Application
purchased	O
Appcelerator	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
the	O
Titanium	B-Application
SDK	I-Application
and	O
related	O
projects	O
are	O
developer-maintained	O
under	O
direction	O
of	O
non-profit	O
Alabama	O
corporation	O
TiDev	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
based	O
in	O
Centreville	O
,	O
Alabama	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
features	O
of	O
Titanium	B-Application
SDK	I-Application
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
application	O
source	O
code	O
gets	O
deployed	O
to	O
the	O
mobile	B-Application
device	I-Application
where	O
it	O
is	O
interpreted	B-Application
using	O
a	O
JavaScript	B-Language
engine	I-Language
;	O
Mozilla	O
's	O
Rhino	B-Language
is	O
used	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
BlackBerry	O
,	O
and	O
Apple	O
's	O
JavascriptCore	O
is	O
used	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
a	O
port	O
to	O
Google	O
's	O
V8	B-Language
JavaScript	I-Language
engine	I-Language
is	O
in	O
development	O
which	O
,	O
when	O
complete	O
,	O
will	O
significantly	O
improve	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Program	O
loading	O
takes	O
longer	O
than	O
it	O
does	O
for	O
programs	O
developed	O
with	O
the	O
native	O
SDKs	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
interpreter	B-Application
and	O
all	O
required	O
libraries	O
must	O
be	O
loaded	O
before	O
interpreting	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
on	O
the	O
device	O
can	O
begin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
it	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
December	O
2008	O
,	O
Titanium	O
was	O
intended	O
for	O
developing	O
cross-platform	O
desktop	O
applications	O
and	O
was	O
sometimes	O
compared	O
to	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Air	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
developing	O
iPhone	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
applications	O
in	O
June	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
Titanium	O
Desktop	O
was	O
spun	O
off	O
into	O
a	O
separate	O
,	O
community-driven	O
project	O
named	O
TideSDK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
platform	O
in	O
2016	O
has	O
been	O
Hyperloop	O
,	O
a	O
technology	O
to	O
access	O
native	O
API	O
's	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
with	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
the	O
mobile	O
SDK	O
only	O
supported	O
development	O
for	O
iPad	O
,	O
but	O
support	O
now	O
includes	O
Android-based	O
tablets	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
Jeff	O
Haynie	O
,	O
Appcelerator	O
's	O
CEO	O
,	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
had	O
begun	O
Ti.Next	O
,	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
rewrite	O
the	O
Titanium	B-Application
SDK	I-Application
in	O
Javascript	B-Language
for	O
improved	O
performance	O
and	O
to	O
bring	O
Titanium	O
's	O
end	O
users	O
,	O
who	O
write	O
in	O
Javascript	B-Language
,	O
closer	O
to	O
the	O
internal	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
believe	O
JavaScript	B-Language
should	O
be	O
the	O
right	O
language	O
to	O
build	O
Titanium	O
,	O
not	O
just	O
apps	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
Titanium	B-Application
SDK	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Ti.Next	O
,	O
we	O
've	O
created	O
a	O
small	O
microkernel	B-Operating_System
design	O
that	O
will	O
allow	O
us	O
to	O
have	O
minimal	O
bootstrap	O
code	O
in	O
the	O
native	O
language	O
(	O
C	B-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
C#	B-Application
,	O
etc	O
)	O
that	O
talks	O
to	O
a	O
common	O
set	O
of	O
compilers	B-Language
,	O
tools	O
and	O
a	O
single	O
JavaScript	B-Language
Virtual	B-Architecture
Machine	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
have	O
found	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
WebKit	B-Language
KJS	B-Language
work	O
on	O
multiple	O
platforms	B-Application
instead	O
of	O
using	O
different	O
VMs	O
per	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
means	O
we	O
can	O
heavily	O
optimize	O
the	O
microkernel	B-Operating_System
(	O
herein	O
after	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
TiRuntime	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
maintenance	O
,	O
optimizations	O
and	O
profiling	O
can	O
be	O
greatly	O
simplified	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
Appcelerator	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Axway	B-Application
,	O
a	O
global	O
software	O
company	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
11,000	O
public	O
-	O
and	O
private-sector	O
customers	O
in	O
100	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
April	O
2018	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
Angular	B-Language
6	O
in	O
combination	O
with	O
Titanium	O
to	O
create	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
to	O
the	O
Angular	B-Language
integration	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
Vue.js	B-Language
(	O
starting	O
May	O
2018	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
framework	O
to	O
develop	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titanium	O
supports	O
ES6	B-Language
features	O
since	O
SDK	O
6.1.0	O
like	O
Classes	O
,	O
fat	O
arrow	O
functions	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyperloop	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
access	O
native	O
code	O
(	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
Objective-C	O
,	O
Swift	O
,	O
C#	B-Application
)	O
within	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
use	O
3rd	O
party	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Appcelerator	B-Application
Titanium	I-Application
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
create	O
native	O
apps	O
using	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compiled	B-Language
apps	O
use	O
native	O
UI	O
components	O
with	O
a	O
connection	O
layer	O
that	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
connect	O
those	O
native	O
UI	O
elements	O
with	O
your	O
JavaScript	B-Language
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
goal	O
of	O
Titanium	O
is	O
to	O
reuse	O
as	O
much	O
code	O
for	O
both	O
platforms	B-Application
as	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
high	O
parity	O
level	O
of	O
components	O
and	O
using	O
the	O
Alloy	O
MVC	O
framework	O
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
share	O
up	O
to	O
90%	O
of	O
your	O
code	O
on	O
both	O
platforms	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
to	O
use	O
smart	O
conditions	O
to	O
use	O
platform	O
specific	O
code	O
to	O
integrated	O
platform	O
specific	O
features.Basic	O
Window	O
example	O
with	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
Actionbar	O
(	O
will	O
be	O
hidden	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
