var contactsWindow = Titanium.UI.createWindow({  
    url:'contacts_window.js',
    title:'Contacts',
    backgroundImage:'images/background.png',
    preload: true    
});

1 Answer

• Accepted Answer

  That's true, you won't be able to preload windows assigned to tabs. What you can do is in contacts_window.js fire an event asking for the data you need.

  In app.js:

  // this is the data needed by the other windows
  var webServiceResults = null;
  // ...
  // call web service and store results in variable above
  // ...
  Ti.App.addEventListener("getData", function() {
    Ti.App.fireEvent("sendData", {
      myResult:webServiceResults
    });
  });
  

  and in contacts_window.js or any other tab:

  Ti.App.fireEvent("getData");
  Ti.App.addEventListener("sendData", function(e) {
    // e.myResult contains the result of your web service
    Ti.API.info(e.myResult);
  });
  

  So in this model, your tab asks for the data it needs when it loads, using custom events.