Unresolved plan for cross‑platform fullscreen in Titanium SDK

Direct Answer

As of Titanium SDK 9.3.x, there is no official or announced plan to re‑introduce a cross‑platform fullscreen flag for Ti.UI.Window. The iOS fullscreen property was removed in SDK 5.0 and has not been restored in any subsequent release. No new API has been added to replace it, and the roadmap does not list a future iOS fullscreen feature.

Why the Gap Exists

• The Titanium core team has focused on Hyperloop, cloud services, and performance tuning rather than low‑level UI properties.
• Enabling true fullscreen on iOS requires manipulating UIWindow levels, which the public API does not expose.
• No public tickets or JIRA items indicate an upcoming abstraction for fullscreen on iOS.

What Developers Can Do Now

1. Android: Continue using windowFullscreen in AndroidManifest.xml or Ti.UI.Android.windowFullscreen in code. This remains the only reliable method for a full‑screen activity.
2. iOS: Use platform‑specific workarounds:
   • Write a small native module that sets UIWindowLevelStatusBar or hides the status bar via prefersStatusBarHidden and preferredStatusBarStyle.
   • Leverage community modules such as ti.fullscreen (if maintained) that wrap the native calls.
   • In Titanium 9.x, you can hide the status bar with Ti.UI.iOS.setStatusBarStyle('black', {animated:false}); and then adjust the window frame manually.
3. Wrap the platform code in a small helper function so that your app logic remains platform‑agnostic.

Future Outlook

Unless the Titanium roadmap is updated, developers should not expect a unified fullscreen flag in the near term. It is advisable to monitor the Titanium JIRA and the Appcelerator blog for any announcements. For now, the best practice is to use the platform‑specific methods described above and keep the codebase modular.