Appcelerator Titanium projects with IntelliJ

Developing Appcelerator mobile Apps is usually done within the Axway Appcelerator Studio. I'm using IntelliJ to develop most of my apps and here is the way how you could build and run you Appcelerator projects.

Open the project and create a package.json like this:

{
  "name": "my-app",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Sample package.json for running titanium apps within IntelliJ.",
  "main": "index.js",
  "directories": {},
  "scripts": {
    "setup": "./node_modules/.bin/titanium sdk install 8.3.1.GA --default",
    "clean": "./node_modules/.bin/titanium clean",
    "build": "npm run build:android && npm run build:ios",
    "build:android": "./node_modules/.bin/titanium build -p android -b",
    "build:android:full": "npm run build:android",
    "build:ios": "./node_modules/.bin/titanium build -p ios -b",
    "build:ios:full": "npm run build:ios",
    "init:android": "npm install && npm run setup | $ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin/sdkmanager --licenses",
    "init:ios": "npm install",
    "android": "./node_modules/.bin/titanium build -p android -T emulator -C HUGO",
    "ios": "./node_modules/.bin/titanium build -p ios -T simulator -C HUGO",
    "download:android:sdk": "$ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin/sdkmanager \"platform-tools\" \"platforms;android-29\" \"build-tools;29.0.2\" \"emulator\" \"ndk-bundle\" \"system-images;android-29;google_apis_playstore;x86\"",
    "create:avd": "echo \"no\"| $ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin/avdmanager create avd -f -n Pixel_2_API_28 -k \"system-images;android-29;google_apis_playstore;x86\" -d \"pixel\"",
    "configure:avd": "for f in ~/.android/avd/*.avd/config.ini; do echo 'hw.keyboard=yes' >> \"$f\"; done",
    "prepare:env:android": "npm install && npm-run-all init:android download:android:sdk create:avd configure:avd"
  },
  "author": "Andre Dvorak",
  "license": "GPL",
  "homepage": "https://www.kambrium.net",
  "devDependencies": {
    "npm-run-all": "4.1.5"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "alloy": "1.14.1",
    "titanium": "5.2.1"
  }
}

To start a device session with your new app just open the package.json an select

1. "setup" target
2. "android" target 

After the build you will be asked you for the emulator of choice. You could skip this by replacing HUGO with the name of your favourite emulator.