Titanium automatic build version helper

readme.md

Purpose

To add automatically incrementing build number into your Titanium app. So if you test it on multiple devices you always know, what exact version is installed where.

Deployment

1. Save the build_version.sh in your Titanium project folder (same location as tiapp.xml).
2. From terminal chmod +x build_version.sh to make it executable.
3. Add the property line from tiapp.xml to your tiapp.xml
4. Whenever you want to increase build numer - execute build_version.sh script (I have it in my build scripts, so it automatically updates on every build).

In your App

You can read the build number in your controllers using: Ti.App.Properties.getInt('build'); Tip: I am adding it on the home screen of my app while testing, and into settings.bundle while beta testing on different devices.

build_version.sh

#!/usr/bin/env node
var fs = require('fs');

fs.readFile('./tiapp.xml', 'utf8', function (err, data) {
  if (err) throw err;
  incrementBuild(data);
});

function incrementBuild (data) {
	var lastBuild = data.match(/(?!name="build">)[0-9]+(?=<\/property>)/);
	var newBuild = Number(lastBuild) + 1;
	
	var output = data.replace(/(?!>)[0-9]+(?=<\/property>)/, newBuild);
	console.log('[INFO] Build: '+newBuild);	
	
	fs.writeFile('./tiapp.xml', output, function (err) {
  		if (err) throw err;
  		console.log('tiapp.xml saved!');
	});	
}

tiapp.xml

<!-- Add the following line to the tiapp.xml-->

<property name="build" type="string">0</property>