Workaround for binding existing models in Alloy

index.js

// Reference to the singleton
var someUser = Alloy.Models.user;

// Maybe fetch some existing data from the store
someUser.set('id', '1234');
someUser.fetch();
 
setInterval(function () {
  someUser.set('name', (new Date).toString());
}, 1000);
 
function openProfile() {
  Alloy.createController('profile');
}
 
$.index.open();

index.xml

<Alloy>
  <Model src="user" />
  <Window>
    <Button onClick="openProfile" title="Open profile" />
  </Window>
</Alloy>

MODEL-DB.md

Data-binding for existing models

• Compare with: https://gist.github.com/timanrebel/5643468
• Read more at: http://fokkezb.nl/2013/05/27/bind-existing-model

profile.js

$.profile.open();

profile.xml

<Alloy>
  <Window>
    <Label id="name" text="{user.name}" />  
  </Window>
</Alloy>

this doesn't work anymore