Flash Platform for Devices

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Flash Player 10.1 - Update

§ Delivered: June 2010

§ Available: at Adobe.com and the Android Market

§ "e only consistent browser-based runtime for connected devices

§ Targeting desktops, mobile phones, netbooks, tablets, and the Digital Home


§ Brings full Flash Player feature set to devices

§ New Features:

§ Multi-touch & gestures (not on Android)

§ Accelerometer

§ Screen orientation

§ Mobile text input

§ Device capabilities discovery

§ Globalization support (GSLib)

§ Mobile se#ings manager

§ Global error handling

§ Optimized SWF management for mobile

§ Sleep mode

Flash Player 10.1


Adobe AIR for smartphones (and tablets)

§ Adobe AIR allows developers to build standalone applications using Flash technology

§ Android available now, Google and RIM support AIR

§ First mobile operating system to be supported is Android

§ Provides Flash developers access to app stores


§ Includes Flash Player 10.1 feature set

§ Additional Features:

§ Multi-touch & gestures

§ Geolocation

§ cut/copy/paste

§ tel:, mailto:, maps:, video:

§ Camera

§ Microphone

§ StageWebView

§ Device Debugger

§ cacheAsBitmapMatrix

AIR 2.5


Creating an Android App: Setup

Get the Android SDK: h#p://developer.android.com/sdk Allows you to create and install apps on your device

§ Android - SDK Manager to install packages etc.

§ ADB – Android Device Debugger installs apps on your device

§ DDMS - Dalvik Debug Monitor for desktop simulation.

Join the AIR Prerelease: h#p://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air/

§ Get AIR for Android runtime .apk installed

§ Get the AIR for Android Extension for Flash CS5

§ Get Flash Builder Burrito


Flash CS5 AIR for Android Extension

Create, install and launch an .apk using Flash Professional CS5

.apk


Flash Builder “Burrito”

Create, install and launch an .apk using Flash Builder Burrito

.apk


AIR Packaging & Distribution Work$ow

.air

.exe .apk

native code and distribution

.dmg .deb .ipa


Let’s look at some code!


Geolocation

import $ash.sensors.Geolocation;

var geo:Geolocation;if (Geolocation.isSupported) { geo = new Geolocation(); geo.addEventListener(GeolocationEvent.UPDATE, updateHandler); geo.setRequestedUpdateInterval(10000);}

function updateHandler(e:GeolocationEvent):void{ e.latitude; e.longitude; e.speed;

// and more...}


Accelerometer

import $ash.sensors.Accelerometer;import $ash.events.AccelerometerEvent;

if (Accelerometer.isSupported){ var accel:Accelerometer = new Accelerometer(); accel.addEventListener(AccelerometerEvent.UPDATE, updateHandler);}

function updateHandler(e:AccelerometerEvent):void{ e.accelerationX; e.accelerationY; e.accelerationZ;}


Gestures

import $ash.events.TransformGestureEvent;

cell.addEventListener(TransformGestureEvent.GESTURE_ZOOM, onZoom);function onZoom(e:TransformGestureEvent):void{ cell.scaleX *= e.scaleX; cell.scaleY = cell.scaleX;}cell.addEventListener(TransformGestureEvent.GESTURE_ROTATE, onRotate);

function onRotate(e:TransformGestureEvent):void{ cell.rotation += e.rotation;}


Challenges: Performance of the SDK, Different screen sizes and densities.

Solution: Hero - is the Flex 4 Framework

§ Optimizes both the performance and user experience

§ New mobile development capabilities:

§Managing application “screens”

§Resolution-independent layout

§ New user interface components designed for mobile form factors

Flex on Mobile?

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