TiNy CLI

TiNy is a wrapper for the Appcelerator CLI's run and Titanium CLI's build command that allows you to do the same using less keystrokes. It has built-in recipes, but also allows you to compose and save your own recipes.

WARNING: Version 3.x is once again a wrapper like 1.x and no longer a hook as 2.x

Quick Start

1. Install TiNy via NPM:

   [sudo] npm install -g tn --unsafe-perm
   

   • You probably need sudo on Mac OS.
   • You need --unsafe-perm to allow TiNy to uninstall the 2.x hook if needed.

2. If for some reason uninstalling the 2.x hook failed, use the TiNY CLI to do so:

   tn uninstall
   

3. Generate recipes for all connected simulators, emulators and devices:

   tn generate
   

4. Build a project for iPhone 6 Simulator using the generated recipe:

   tn iphone-6
   tn iphone-6 --another-recipe
   

   • Notice that since 3.0 is no longer a hook and you ned tn instead of ti.
   • Notice that since 4.0 you no longer need tn r or tn b, just use tn.
   • Only the first recipe after tn does not need to start with --.
   • If the recipes does end up giving a command as first arg, it will default to build

5. Compose a custom recipes mixing others (--ah) and an option value (%s):

   tn save ci \
   -b \
   --pp-uuid 37304C9F-B2E0-490A-9800-0448A33BECE9 \
   --distribution-name "Jeff Haynie (E8978765FC)" \
   --ah \
   --installr --installr-release-notes %s
   

6. Ship it:

   tn ci "a great update"
   

Recipes

A recipe is simply a flag or option that stands for a group of other arguments, which may in turn include other recipes. There are built-in recipes, but you can also add your own or override built-ins.

• List all recipes: tn list

Colors will show you which recipes are built-in, user and user-overrides.

Option recipes

Most recipes are flags, but a receipe can also be an option. If a recipe is followed by an argument value, TiNy assumes the recipe to be an option and replace any occurences of %s in the recipe with the value. See step 4 of the Quick Start for an example.

Built-in recipes

These are the current built-in recipes. If you have handy custom recipes you think everybody should have, please send a PR or open a ticket to have them added to the built-ins.

• Don't forget that since 2.0 recipes are options and start with --.
• Only the first recipe does not need to start with --.

name	recipe
android	--platform android
blackberry	--platform blackberry
ios	--platform ios
mobileweb	--platform mobileweb
tizen	--platform tizen
ipad	--device-family ipad
iphone	--device-family iphone
ip	--iphone
universal	--device-family universal
uni	--universal
watch	--ios --launch-watch-app
appstore	--ios --target dist-appstore
as	--appstore
playstore	--android --target dist-playstore
play	--playstore
ps	--playstore
distribute	--blackberry --target distribute
dist	--distribute
adhoc	--ios --target dist-adhoc
ah	--adhoc
emulator	--target emulator
emu	--emulator
simulator	--target simulator
sim	--simulator
device	--target device
ioses	--ios --device --device-id all
droid	--android --device
desktop	-output-dir ~/Desktop
ip7	--sim-version 7.1 --sim-type iphone
ip6	--sim-version 6.1 --sim-type iphone
ipad7	--sim-version 7.1 --sim-type ipad
ipad6	--sim-version 6.1 --sim-type ipad
key-password	--key-password %s --key-password %s --platform android
android-sdk	--android-sdk %s --platform android
avd-abi	--avd-abi %s --platform android
keystore	--keystore %s --platform android
alias	--alias %s --platform android
store-password	--store-password %s --platform android
avd-skin	--avd-skin %s --platform android
ip-address	--ip-address %s --platform blackberry
debug-token	--debug-token %s --platform blackberry
keystore-password	--keystore-password %s --platform blackberry
ndk	--ndk %s --platform blackberry
password	--password %s --platform blackberry
force-copy	--force-copy --platform ios
force-copy-all	--force-copy-all --platform ios
retina	--retina --platform ios
sim-64bit	--sim-64bit --platform ios
sim-focus	--sim-focus --platform ios
tall	--tall --retina --platform ios
device-family	--device-family %s --platform ios
ios-version	--ios-version %s --platform ios
pp-uuid	--pp-uuid %s --platform ios
distribution-name	--distribution-name %s --platform ios
sim-version	--sim-version %s --target simulator --platform ios
keychain	--keychain %s --platform ios
developer-name	--developer-name %s --target device --platform ios
sim-type	--sim-type %s --target simulator --platform ios

Custom recipes

The user recipes are stored in ~/.tn.json and override built-in recipes sharing the same name. Use the TiNy CLI to edit them:

tn save ios --target android # overrides the built-in ios-recipe
tn rename ios confusing      # restores the built-in ios-recipe
tn remove confusing          # deletes the confusing custom recipe
tn reset                     # deletes the ~/.tn.json file

Generating Device/Emulator/Simulator recipes

You can generate user recipes for all connected devices, emulators and simulators by running tn generate. This will automatically create new recipes like:

  iphone-5s: --platform ios --target simulator --device-id 2592EB13-534C-4E05-8D58-110D0261BDE3
  iphone-5s-ios71: --platform ios --target simulator --device-id 2AE900F4-4349-4AD9-9AC4-CFD881BD5877
  iphone-jason: --platform ios --target device --device-id daf492502fffe744842280370ed6dcc740eda657
  samsung-galaxy-s4-43-api-18-1080x1920: --platform android --target emulator --device-id "Samsung Galaxy S4 - 4.3 - API 18 - 1080x1920"

Project recipes

Project recipes override both user and built-in recipes. The are stored in the current working directory in a file called tn.json. To edit this file instead of the global user file add project before the save, rename, remove and reset commands:

tn project save ios --target android # overrides the built-in (and custom) ios-recipe
tn project rename ios confusing      # restores the built-in (or custom) ios-recipe
tn project remove confusing          # deletes the confusing custom recipe
tn project reset                     # deletes the tn.json file

Command recipes

Any recipe can be used as a command as well. Like the Quick Start shows you can do tn ipad instead of tn --ipad. If the first argument is a valid recipe name TiNy will turn it into a flag/option and continue as normal.

Verbose mode

If you want to know exactly what TiNy is doing, e.g. when you're composing a new recipe, you can enable verbose-mode by passing --verbose as one of the arguments. Apart from showing how TiNy cooks the end-result, it will also pause before actually executing it, asking if you want to save it as a recipe, just run it or exit.

Other features

Resolving aliases

TiNy will convert abbreviations (-T) to their full names (--target). It needs to this for the next feature.

Resolving duplicates

TiNy will resolve any duplicate options and flags in order of appearance.

Roadmap

• Restore some of the smarts lost in the 2.0 rewrite.
• Add more built-in recipes.

Changelog

• 4.2.1: Fixes issue generating certain simulators with special characters in their names
• 4.2.0: Adds --prefer-appc and --prefer-ti to override automatic detection to use appc or ti CLI.
• 4.0.0: Removed the need to use tn r or tn b thanks to appc-compat
• 3.0.0: Reverted TiNy from hook back to wrapper, supporting both ti build and appc run.
• 2.3.0: Fixes for TiNy not to mess when run via Studio or AppC CLI
• 2.2.0: Adds generating device/emulator/simulator recipes (tn generate).
• 2.1.0: Re-introduces command recipes (and fixes postinstall for npm link).
• 2.0.0: Rewrite using traditional flags/options format for recipes.
• 1.0.0: Rewrite dropping support for T=emulator and T:emulator notations.
• 0.1.0: Original version.

Bugs

When you find issues, please report them. Be sure to include all of the output from the gittio command that didn't work as expected. Also please check if there's not already in issue for it.

License

Copyright (c) 2016-2021, Jason Kneen.

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