Take a screenshot in appcelerator and send it by email - titanium

How do I take a screenshot in appcelerator using a click event and send it using email? I have developed a floating action bar and want to associate a click event with it that takes a screenshot of the current screen and then opens an email dialog.
I tried the following:
$.btnScreen.addEventListener("click",function(e){ Ti.Media.takeScreenshot(function(){

I see you're calling the right method, but you're not actually capturing the blob. You should do something along these lines: (keep in mind, email dialog doesn't work in simulator)
Ti.Media.takeScreenshot(function(blob){
var dialog = Ti.UI.createEmailDialog();
dialog.addAttachment(blob.media);
dialog.open();
});

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Activity Indicator on "Send" button and "Save Draft" button on MFMailComposeViewController in iPad

In my iPad application, I am playing some PDF and Video files. In the application user have option to email these files to himself or a friend. Email functionality is working fine and email gets delivered too. However, when user presses send button to send the email it freezes the application for sometime, also, when user presses Save Draft button to save that email, it freezes too. I think this happens because of large size of the PDF or Video file being attached and since it takes time to attach a file. When app freezes it seems like as if the iPad has hung or the app is crashing. However, it is working fine. But it doesn't look good. That is why I need to apply an activity indicator when Send or Save Draft button is pressed. It should work till the file is attached. I would apply an activity indicator, but not sure how to apply it on Send and Save Draft buttons as they come automatically in Email modal view controller.
Thanks in advance
PC
I have also experienced the same problem. Not because of the size of an attachment. It happens arbitrarily, Here's a workaround:
Enter anything in the "To:" field and then immediately backspace over it.
The "Send" and "Cancel" buttons should start working again.
If not, Quit Mail by double tapping the "Home" key, press and hold the "Mail" icon, when a minus signal shows press it on the "Mail" icon.
Relaunch mail. Your previous work should be intact.
Hope this helps.

Application hangs on clicking "Choose" button in IKPictureTaker view

I am facing a strange hang issue with IKPictureTaker and on clicking a "Choose" button. I am doing below operation using IKPictureTaker.
When a user wants to change a profile picture, upon clicking "Change Image" button, I display a IKPictureTaker view along with "Choose" button by setting IKPictureTakerAllowsFileChoosingKey to YES.
First time on clicking the "Choose" button, open panel will be displayed allowing user to select an image of his choice.
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Next if the user tries to do the operation 1) and 2) again application hangs on clicking the "Choose" button.
After investigation I found that this issue is something to do with the background upload operation I am doing with the server.Because if I comment the upload part of code everything looks good.
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Add email and print facility to Share icon on navigation bar in an iPad application

I am working on an application for iPad. This application has some PDF files and some mp4 videos. I have a share icon on the navigation bar. When the user clicks on the share icon it shows option to email or print that particular file. I want to add both email and print facility to all the pdf files and only email facility to all videos. I need help in getting this done. Help with code would be great.
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Regards
PC
How to send email: How can I send mail from an iPhone application
How to print: http://cocoacoding.com/2011/05/01/airprint-tutorial/
How to create an action sheet: http://ykyuen.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/iphone-uiactionsheet-example/
Put it all together:
Add an Action Sheet button to your UI.
Create action sheet with options for email and printing, depending on the content.
Depending on the clicked button, start sending an email or printing.