Leonardo França » Adobe AIR http://www.leonardofranca.com Flash Platform Consultant and Developer (Adobe AIR/Flex/Flash/Flash Media Server/PHP/Java/.NET) Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:05:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New Adobe Flash Player 11.2 beta for Desktops and Adobe AIR 3.2 beta http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2012/02/01/new-adobe-flash-player-11-2-beta-for-desktops-and-adobe-air-3-2-beta/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2012/02/01/new-adobe-flash-player-11-2-beta-for-desktops-and-adobe-air-3-2-beta/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:23:07 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=1224 Continue reading →]]> The Adobe® Flash® Platform runtimes, Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR®, together enable businesses to efficiently deliver rich customer experiences across multiple digital touch points. With Flash Player and AIR, content can easily and consistently move between the browser, standalone applications and native operating systems to reach users on the devices of their choice. Since the Adobe runtimes share a common codebase, developers can reuse code to deploy game console quality 2D and 3D games, rich media applications with premium high definition video and scalable date driven applications though both AIR and Flash Player. :D

Note that this is the last beta before final release.

Adobe AIR 3.2 Beta
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplatformruntimes/air3-2/

Adobe Flash Player 11.2 Beta for Desktops
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplatformruntimes/flashplayer11-2/

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2012/02/01/new-adobe-flash-player-11-2-beta-for-desktops-and-adobe-air-3-2-beta/feed/ 0 Create Flash Games http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2012/01/27/create-flash-game/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2012/01/27/create-flash-game/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:20:28 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=1185 Continue reading →]]> If you want to enter this rapidly expanding market in 2012, following some tutorials created by Emanuele Feronato showing simple and objective way of creating games using Adobe Flash

Part 1
http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2006/10/29/flash-game-creation-tutorial-part-1/

the end of each tutorial has a link to the following tutorial

Flash physics engine

Adobe Flash offers a huge range of possibilities for game development and more recently with the Stage3D of Flash Player (codenamed Molehill), this has only increased and much freedom developers. Stage3D lets you create games to run in the browser(or Adobe AIR) with the quality of games we see on consoles like the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
For some games it is essential to have a physical simulation (gravity, action and reaction, collisions, etc.), so-called physics engines, which are well known by staff who have already developed on other platforms for specific games. Some physics engines for Adobe Flash are:

  • Box2DFlash — This Flash physics engine is based on the widely recognized Box2D engine from C++.
  • Glaze — This one is based on the Chipmunk engine from C++. Beyond physics, this library also features scene management, line of sight, user input, scrolling, and AI.
  • JigLibFlash

See too somes Frameworks and libraries for Stage 3D.

useful links

Make your site online games done with Flash
Monetize your Flash Games
Gaming engines, 3D, and Stage 3D
Excerpt: Adobe Flash 11 Stage3D (Molehill) Game Programming Beginner’s Guide

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2012/01/27/create-flash-game/feed/ 1 Flash Player focused on Games http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2012/01/26/flash-player-focused-on-games/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2012/01/26/flash-player-focused-on-games/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:21:26 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=1178 Continue reading →]]> A few months ago, we saw Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 with Stage3D support, since we shipped we have seen great response from the developers and amazing content being developed. Today, over 50% of users with Flash Player 11 will enjoy full hardware acceleration for Stage3D content.

See more details from blog of the producers of Flash Player.
http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/01/introducing-flash-player-11-2-and-air-3-2-beta4.html

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2012/01/26/flash-player-focused-on-games/feed/ 0 SDK Flex 4.6 avaliable for download http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/11/29/sdk-flex-4-6-avaliable-for-download/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/11/29/sdk-flex-4-6-avaliable-for-download/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:21:48 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=1103 Continue reading →]]> Today was released the Flex 4.6 SDK for download, Flex 4.6 is the next major step in cross-platform mobile application development. With a scheduled release date later this year, the new version of Flex SDK and a corresponding free update to Flash Builder will offer a host of new components and functionality specifically designed to help developers create applications for the latest mobile and tablet devices.
See What’s new in Flex 4.6 SDK and Flash Builder 4.6.
[UPDATE] Download Adobe Flex 4.6 SDK and Adobe Flash Builder 4.6

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/11/29/sdk-flex-4-6-avaliable-for-download/feed/ 3 Introducing Adobe AIR LaunchPad http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/11/17/introducing-adobe-air-launchpad/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/11/17/introducing-adobe-air-launchpad/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:01:45 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=1094 Technical Evangelist Holly Schinsky(AKA DevGirl) introduces Adobe AIR Launchpad, a new tool for jump-starting your AIR app development for desktop and mobile.

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/11/17/introducing-adobe-air-launchpad/feed/ 1 Adobe Flash Player 11.1 and Adobe AIR 3.1 available http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/11/11/adobe-flash-player-11-1-and-adobe-air-3-1-available/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/11/11/adobe-flash-player-11-1-and-adobe-air-3-1-available/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:04:11 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=1058 Continue reading →]]> As a follow-up to the highly anticipated release of Adobe Flash Player 11 and Adobe AIR 3, which included next-generation technologies like the gorgeous, cinematic 2D and 3D hardware accelerated graphics of Stage 3D.
Flash Player 11.1 and Adobe AIR 3.1 for desktops and mobile devices.
Read more in Adobe AIR and Adobe Flash Player Team Blog
Download Adobe AIR SDK

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/11/11/adobe-flash-player-11-1-and-adobe-air-3-1-available/feed/ 1 Using the Update Framework for Adobe AIR http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/08/22/using-the-update-framework-for-adobe-air/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/08/22/using-the-update-framework-for-adobe-air/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:01:43 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=1030 Continue reading →]]> One feature that I was more useful in Adobe AIR, was the addition of an API designed to make better automatic update of my application. This can be very important because not all users have the time (or desire) to return the application site to download the latest version.
This is already routine for operating systems and software that we use in day-to-day as the Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome or TweetDeck.

From Adobe AIR 1.5, we have the class ApplicationUpdater and ApplicationUpdaterUI which aims to define the basic functionality to update the applications made with Adobe AIR

Manage updates and can be tricky, AIR update framework has the API's necessary for you to do this in a practical and functional. The developer can, for example:

  • Periodically checking for updates based on an interval or at the request of the user
  • Downloading AIR files (updates) from a web source
  • Alerting the user on the first run of the newly installed version
  • Confirming that the user wants to check for updates
  • Displaying information on the new update version to the user
  • Displaying download progress and error information to the user

The information is derived from XML files where you say that the latest version of software, new version of the news etc. Let's take a practical example, if you use Flash Builder should already have the files applicationupdater.swc and applicationupdater_ui.swc as a reference in the library.
We started by calling xml updateConfig.xml, that "say" to your application where are the files to update.

PLAIN TEXT
XML:
  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2. <configuration xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/framework/update/configuration/1.0">
  3.      <url>http://localhost:81/leonardofranca/air/updates/testeUpdate/updateDescriptor.xml</url>
  4.     <delay>1</delay>
  5. </configuration>

It must be saved in the same directory of your application, along with other xml and swf files. Now in Flex, instantiate the class ApplicationUpdateUI and setting the configuration xml file so that Flex can know where is the update.

PLAIN TEXT
ACTIONSCRIPT3:
  1. var appUpdater:ApplicationUpdaterUI = new ApplicationUpdaterUI();
  2. appUpdater.configurationFile = new File("app:/updateConfig.xml");
  3. appUpdater.initialize();
  4.  
  5. //via ActionScript
  6. //appUpdater.updateURL = " http://example.com/updates/update.xml";
  7. //appUpdater.delay = 1;

The file updateDescriptor.xml is where you set the version in the update of your application and where you can add a description of the news update.

PLAIN TEXT
XML:
  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2.      <update xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/framework/update/description/2.5">
  3.        <versionNumber>0.0.2</versionNumber>
  4.        <url>http://localhost:81/leonardofranca/air/updates/testeUpdate/testeUpdate_0.0.2.air</url>
  5.        <description><![CDATA[
  6. This version has fixes for the following knowns issues:
  7. *First issue
  8. *Second issue  
  9.  ]]></description>
  10.     </update>

Basically that's it, we will only implement the call to open the application, it checks if there is update.

PLAIN TEXT
MXML:
  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2. <s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
  3.                        xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
  4.                        xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" creationComplete="windowedapplication1_creationCompleteHandler(event)">
  5.     <fx:Script>
  6.         <![CDATA[
  7.             import air.update.ApplicationUpdaterUI;
  8.             import air.update.events.UpdateEvent;
  9.            
  10.             import mx.events.FlexEvent;
  11.            
  12.             private var appUpdater:ApplicationUpdaterUI;
  13.            
  14.             protected function windowedapplication1_creationCompleteHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
  15.             {
  16.                 appUpdater = new ApplicationUpdaterUI();
  17.                 appUpdater.configurationFile = new File("app:/updateConfig.xml");
  18.                 appUpdater.addEventListener(ErrorEvent.ERROR, onError);
  19.                 appUpdater.addEventListener(UpdateEvent.INITIALIZED, handlerInit);
  20.                 appUpdater.initialize();
  21.                
  22.                
  23.                 //via ActionScript
  24.                 //appUpdater.updateURL = " http://example.com/updates/update.xml";
  25.                 //appUpdater.delay = 1;
  26.                
  27.             }
  28.            
  29.             protected function onError(event:ErrorEvent):void
  30.             {
  31.                 trace(event.text);             
  32.             }
  33.            
  34.             protected function handlerInit(event:UpdateEvent):void
  35.             {
  36.                 appUpdater.checkNow();
  37.             }
  38.            
  39.         ]]>
  40.     </fx:Script>
  41.     <fx:Declarations>
  42.         <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
  43.     </fx:Declarations>
  44. </s:WindowedApplication>

I created a second version of my test application for demonstration, we have the following result:

Check for update

Click to view

If you want to see if there are any updates of the application, just click on "check for upadates. The updated file is downloaded and installed.

Click for view


Click for view


Click for view

References:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/air/build/WS9CD40F06-4DD7-4230-B56A-88AA27541A1E.html
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/flex/quickstart/articles/update_framework.html

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/08/22/using-the-update-framework-for-adobe-air/feed/ 7 Adobe LiveCycle Collaboration Service http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/08/01/adobe-livecycle-collaboration-service/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/08/01/adobe-livecycle-collaboration-service/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:34:04 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=989 Continue reading →]]> Adobe has released a service formerly code-named Cocomo (Common Collaboration Model), shortly thereafter was renamed Adobe Flash Collaboration Service and is now officially part of the LiveCycle family, being called Adobe LiveCycle Collaboration Service.
LCCS is intended to function as a SAAS (Software as a Service) to simplify and facilitate the development of RIA applications based on multimedia. Enables architects and developers to create user experiences more engaging and more dynamic supporting multi-user, real time collaboration to new or existing RIA applications.

Some highlights:

  • Easily integrate text chat, whiteboard, webcam, and VoIP functionality.
  • Rapidly build and deploy applications with the complete SDK.
  • Manage user and session data.
  • Build your applications in the best-of-breed mix of onsite and cloud environments

To start using the LCCS, simply access the LCCS Developer Portal and enter your login or register. The portal is for you to manage instances of your applications, you can track the number of connections, bandwidth used etc..

Pricing Model
LCCS has 3 different dimensions that will be metered on a pay-per-use basis:

  • Live Stream Bandwidth - $0.49 per GB
  • Push Messages - $0.10 per 1000 messages
  • User Minutes - $0.01 per Hour

Read FAQ for more details. You have a quota free and can use up to $15 per month.

References:
http://www.flashrealtime.com/livecycle-collaboration-service-pricing/
https://portal.collaboration.adobelivecycle.com/

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/08/01/adobe-livecycle-collaboration-service/feed/ 1 Adobe AIR Device profiles http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/06/27/adobe-air-device-profiles/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/06/27/adobe-air-device-profiles/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:05:45 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=982 Continue reading →]]> For Adobe AIR, you can configure the device profiles, which are a mechanism to define classes that will be available for the device where your application will run defining a set of APIs and resources, usually for a particular class of device.

Available profiles include:

  • desktop
  • extendedDesktop
  • mobileDevice
  • extendedMobileDevice
  • tv
  • extendedTV

You can get more details about each profile and classes supported on the following link:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/air/build/WS144092a96ffef7cc16ddeea2126bb46b82f-8000.html

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/06/27/adobe-air-device-profiles/feed/ 0 Using accelerometer with AIR for iOS http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/05/16/using-accelerometer-with-air-for-ios/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/05/16/using-accelerometer-with-air-for-ios/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 21:25:44 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=974 Continue reading →]]> iphone axisThe iPhone has a large variety of games and applications that use the accelerometer feature. Among the few resources available that Adobe AIR can access, an accelerometer is among them, who may access the data of the X, Y and Z.

The example used is the same as in the article for use with the accelerometer AIR for Android is based and which was the example of use of the accelerometer with Flash Lite 4.0.

See the results: Using Accelerometer with Adobe AIR for iOS.

Source
DOWNLOAD

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/05/16/using-accelerometer-with-air-for-ios/feed/ 1 Accessing the camera phone with Adobe AIR for Android http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/05/09/accessing-the-camera-phone-with-adobe-air-for-android/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/05/09/accessing-the-camera-phone-with-adobe-air-for-android/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 23:43:53 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=967 Continue reading →]]> Adobe AIR for Android can access some hardware features of smartphones. Among some of them we can mention the access to internet, read your phone's status, access network, access the wifi, GPS, sensors, etc.. Adobe AIR can also access the camera device, and this can be done in two ways..

Adobe AIR is available for devices running Android from version 2.2 (Froyo)

we have two classes to access the camera with Adobe AIR for Android:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/media/Camera.html
The first way to access the camera phone is using the Camera class, classical and already well known for our work in web and desktop environment. Before you can use the method Camera.isSupported, and using cameras to catch the Camera.getCamera().

Usually this class is also used to send the stream from your camera to the Flash Media Server(together with the NetStream class) and transmit to web, desktop or mobile. Here's an example usage:

PLAIN TEXT
ACTIONSCRIPT3:
  1. var camera:Camera = Camera.getCamera();
  2. if (camera != null)
  3. {
  4. video = new Video(camera.width * 2, camera.height * 2);
  5. video.attachCamera(camera);
  6. addChild(video);
  7. }
  8. else
  9. {
  10. trace("You need a camera.");
  11. }

In getCamera, if not passed any parameters, access the device's main camera, you can access a camera with the index specifies it as a string:

PLAIN TEXT
ACTIONSCRIPT3:
  1. var arrCamera:Array = Camera.names;// todas as câmeras como array
  2. var camera:Camera = Câmera.getCamera(“1”);//acessando a câmera de indece 1

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/media/CameraUI.html
CameraUI is a new class unique to Adobe AIR for Mobile Devices, allowing you to capture an image or video application standard camera phone. The image or video is available on the object MediaEvent. Here's an example usage:

PLAIN TEXT
ACTIONSCRIPT3:
  1. var deviceCameraApp:CameraUI = new CameraUI();
  2. var imageLoader:Loader;
  3.  
  4. deviceCameraApp.addEventListener( MediaEvent.COMPLETE, imageCaptured );
  5.                 deviceCameraApp.addEventListener( Event.CANCEL, captureCanceled );
  6.                 deviceCameraApp.addEventListener( ErrorEvent.ERROR, cameraError );
  7.                 deviceCameraApp.launch( MediaType.IMAGE );
  8.  
  9. function imageCaptured( event:MediaEvent ):void
  10.           {
  11.                trace( "Media captured..." );
  12.        
  13.                var imagePromise:MediaPromise = event.data;
  14.        
  15.                if( imagePromise.isAsync )
  16.                {
  17.                 trace( "Asynchronous media promise." );
  18.                 imageLoader = new Loader();
  19.                 imageLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener( Event.COMPLETE, asyncImageLoaded );
  20.                 imageLoader.addEventListener( IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, cameraError );
  21.                
  22.                 imageLoader.loadFilePromise( imagePromise );
  23.                }
  24.                else
  25.                {
  26.                 trace( "Synchronous media promise." );
  27.                 imageLoader.loadFilePromise( imagePromise );
  28.                 showMedia( imageLoader );
  29.                }
  30.           }
  31.  
  32. function captureCanceled( event:Event ):void
  33.           {
  34.                trace( "Media capture canceled." );
  35.                NativeApplication.nativeApplication.exit();
  36.           }
  37.    
  38.           function asyncImageLoaded( event:Event ):void
  39.           {
  40.                trace( "Media loaded in memory." );
  41.                showMedia( imageLoader );    
  42.           }
  43.    
  44.           function showMedia( loader:Loader ):void
  45.           {
  46.                this.addChild( loader );
  47.           }
  48.      
  49.           function cameraError( error:ErrorEvent ):void
  50.           {
  51.                trace( "Error:" + error.text );
  52.                NativeApplication.nativeApplication.exit();
  53.           }

One last detail to work on the smartphone, it is necessary to set the permission for the application can access the camera on Android. This is done in the xml configuration of Adobe AIR:

PLAIN TEXT
XML:
  1. <android>
  2.         <manifestAdditions><![CDATA[
  3.             <manifest installLocation="auto">
  4.                 <uses-permission name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
  5.             </manifest>
  6.         ]]></manifestAdditions>
  7.     </android>

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/05/09/accessing-the-camera-phone-with-adobe-air-for-android/feed/ 6 The new features of Adobe AIR 2.6 http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/03/21/the-new-features-of-adobe-air-2-6/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/03/21/the-new-features-of-adobe-air-2-6/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:25:07 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=958 Continue reading →]]> Adobe today released new versions of Adobe AIR for desktop and mobile (runtime and SDK). The focus of this version was to implement significant improvements to the IOS support and resources to achieve parity between Android and IOS. Check out the extensive list of news in the blog Christian Cantrell and and the blog Adobe AIR Team.

In this video, Ryan Stewart showcases new features of AIR for Mobile 2.6, and how they enable iOS developers to create rich applications for devices.

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/03/21/the-new-features-of-adobe-air-2-6/feed/ 2 Adobe AIR 2.6 for Android available http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/03/16/adobe-air-2-6-for-android-available/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/03/16/adobe-air-2-6-for-android-available/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 04:56:00 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=941 Continue reading →]]> Already have a little time that Adobe has released Adobe AIR 2.6 for Android smartphones and tablets. AIR 2.6 for Android adds support for Android 3.0 and the latest Android tablet devices – including the Motorola Xoom – as well as improvements to performance and GPU-based rendering, updated Android gesture support, and improved handling of HTML content within AIR apps. Follow the rest of the news of Adobe AIR Team Blog

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/03/16/adobe-air-2-6-for-android-available/feed/ 4 Flash Player 10.2 available for mobile devices http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/03/14/flash-player-10-2-available-for-mobile-devices/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/03/14/flash-player-10-2-available-for-mobile-devices/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:17:35 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=926 Continue reading →]]> Adobe announce that Flash Player 10.2 will be available for download via Android Market on March 18th. Flash Player 10.2 is a production GA (General Availability) release for Android 2.2 (Froyo) and 2.3 (Gingerbread) devices which meet the Flash Player hardware system requirements. It is initially a beta release for Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablets which requires Google’s 3.0.1 system update.

See more details rom blog of the producers of Flash Player.
http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2011/03/update-on-flash-player-10-2-for-mobile-devices.html

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/03/14/flash-player-10-2-available-for-mobile-devices/feed/ 10 Using accelerometer with AIR for Android http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/03/10/using-accelerometer-with-air-for-android/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/03/10/using-accelerometer-with-air-for-android/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:34:24 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=917 Continue reading →]]>

Shake Them All

A customer left me a Motorola Milestone so that it could develop an application for such. The problem was that the MilestoneBuy on Amazon NOW! 1, did not come with the Android 2.2(froyo) and the update looks like it will take even(the Motorola Milestone 2Buy on Amazon NOW! comes with Android 2.2). But how could not wait (and of course, with the endorsement of the client), I decided to use a room for custom install Android 2.2 in Milestone 1. I followed the steps that article and everything went well and the first thing I did was install the Adobe AIR for Android (what a surprise :P ).

After some testing and a time familiarizing myself with the interface of Android, I decided to run the code I used for thwarting the use of accelerometer with Flash Lite 4.0.
See the results without changing one line of code:

And the source code:
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The image illustrates the article is the live wallspaper Shake Them All that uses the accelerometer of the phone as simulation of gravity for the little robots android "fall" for the home screen :D

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/03/10/using-accelerometer-with-air-for-android/feed/ 4 Getting Started with AIR for iOS http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/03/08/getting-started-with-air-for-ios/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/03/08/getting-started-with-air-for-ios/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:41:42 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=880 Continue reading →]]> The iPhoneBuy in Amazon now! launched around 2007, was revolutionary in relation to user experience and of course it created a new niche market for application development. The App Store (online store where applications are available from Apple) has paid over 2 billion U.S. dollars to the developers and the arrival of the iPadBuy in Amazon now!, this number is expected to grow much. So if you want to enter this niche market, you need to know what you need to build their applications to run on Apple's mobile operating system, iOS (before the arrival of the iPadBuy in Amazon now!, was simply iPhoneBuy in Amazon now! OS), which run the iPhoneBuy in Amazon now! and iPadBuy in Amazon now!, so getting started with Adobe AIR for iOS.

Before you begin, we need some clarification as to how your application will work done with Adobe AIR running on the iOS. You will only be able to create applications with Adobe AIR, it is not possible to create applications that run in the browser with Flash Player.

You will only be able to create applications with Adobe AIR, it is not possible to create applications that run in the browser with Flash Player.

No Flash Player on iOS =õ(

No Flash Player on iOS =õ(

With the Adobe AIR runtime, we have the same problem, it is not possible to install Adobe AIR runtime from the way we used to do on the desktop or Android.
What Adobe has done is create a tool using the Low Level Virtual Machine(LLVM) that lets you convert your application done in an Adobe AIR application for native iOS. Adobe has changed the way through to build your application could run in iOS. The mode JIT (Just in Time) for the AOT (Ahead-of-Time) allowing its application on Adobe AIR could be converted to a native application iOS.

Adobe has changed the way through to build your application could run in iOS. The mode JIT (Just in Time) for the AOT (Ahead-of-Time) allowing its application on Adobe AIR could be converted to a native application iOS.

LLVM is a modular, flexible compiler system that is widely used in a variety of projects. The main reason that Adobe chose LLVM is its flexibility and applicability to the development of iOS. LLVM is already used in the project Alchemy (Alchemy = C/C++ with ActionScript 3.0).

iOS applications created with Flash are supported on iOS 3.0 and higher.

Development Tools
Adobe Flash CS5 Professional – You can from Adobe Flash CS5 (with the Packager for iPhone installed), create your applications to the iOS (iPhone/iPad), we have a new profile called "AIR for iOS", generating the file already with the size standard 320×480. So far there are no pre-programmed components to iOS and is not recommended to use the existing ones in Flash.

Adobe Flash Builder 4 (burrito) – Adobe has provided along with the Flash Builder 4 (burrito), the Flex SDK version 4.5, with components optimized for mobile devices, however, these components are still being optimized to run on iOS and will be available in a future version of Flash Builder, but you can create a project ActionScript (ActionScript 3.0 only without using the Flex SDK) and use the command line compiler (ADT).

Any text editor – You can use any text editor, saving the extension .as or to your favorite ActionScript editor.

Distribution
You can create the installer for your application by Flash Builder (future versions), Flash CS5(with the Packager for iPhone installed) or by command line using the ADT. It generated an application with the extension .ipa. The distribution can be made through the App Store, to become a publisher of the App Store, just pay the subscription of $ 99. Watch this tutorial how to publish your application on the App Store.

Follow some tutorials:
Developing for iOS using Flash Professional
Optimizing content for Apple iOS devices
Guide for Apple App Store submissions
Saving state in AIR applications for iOS devices
Using screen orientation APIs for smartphone application development

In the next articles I'll show you how to use some features of AIR for iOS :D

UPDATE
Now we have Flash Builder 4.5.1 with support for iOS, visit the blog of Holly Schinsky (Aka Devgirl) for complete details.

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/03/08/getting-started-with-air-for-ios/feed/ 6 Getting Started with AIR for Android http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/02/27/getting-started-with-air-for-android/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/02/27/getting-started-with-air-for-android/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:49:47 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=872 Continue reading →]]> We have for some time the possibility to create applications for Android with the Flash Platform, using Adobe AIR or Flash Player. Moreover Android is becoming increasingly more popular, various devices emerge every day more and more powerful running the operating system by Google and Android Market has been redesigned to facilitate the users and developers. An important detail is thatare not all versions of Android that support Adobe AIR and Flash Player, you need to have the smartphone Android 2.2 (Froyo) or later, and versions of AIR should be 2.5 or Flash Player 10.1.

Developing applications with the Flash Platform for Android is only possible from the Android 2.2 (Froyo) and using Adobe AIR 2.5 and Flash Player 10.1

Development tools

AIR for Android

AIR for Android

Adobe Flash CS5 Professional - It is possible to develop applications for Android using Adobe Flash Professional CS5, in the last version was added a profile "AIR for Android" already generating the file with the default size of 480x800. So far there are no pre-programmed components and Android is not recommended to use the existing ones in Flash.

Adobe Flash Builder 4 (burrito) - Adobe released with Flash Builder 4 (burrito), the Flex SDK version 4.5, with components optimized for mobile devices, for those who remember, Adobe had a project of a mobile version of Flex to call "Slider", because of the rapid growth of processing the current smartphones, Adobe decided to join this project to the standard Flex SDK.

Any text editor - You can use any text editor, saving the extension .as or to your favorite ActionScript editor.

Runtime Adobe AIR
To have your application run on a device with Android, it is necessary that you install Adobe AIR runtime to then you install your application.

Distribution
You can run the installer of your application by Flash Builder, Flash CS5 or by command line using the ADT. It generated an application with the extension .apk. The distribution can be made through the Android Market to become a publisher of Android Market, simply pay the $ 25 enrollment.
Watch this tutorial how to publish your application on Android Market
If you create something to run in Flash Player, simply turn the browser on your smartphone, Adobe has a page so you can see some sites that use Flash Player, and have been optimized for mobile. Access Adobe Flash Showcase for Mobile

Follow some tutorials:
Exemplos no Adobe Labs
Advanced Android development
Creating mobile apps for Android using Flash Builder "Burrito" and Flex SDK "Hero"
Test Drive for Mobile: Style the application

In the next articles I'll show you how to use some features of AIR for Android :D

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/02/27/getting-started-with-air-for-android/feed/ 2 Adobe TV Community Translation http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/02/07/adobe-tv-community-translation/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/02/07/adobe-tv-community-translation/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:18:38 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=856 Continue reading →]]> Adobe has launched a project to the community with the aim of translating the videos available on Adobe TV, anyone can volunteer and sign up for the project to be willing to translate a video appearing on the site to your native language.
The translation is available on video in the form of legend after approval. We already have some episodes translated into Brazilian Portuguese language(my native language).

More about the project
http://tv.adobe.com/translations/

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2011/02/07/adobe-tv-community-translation/feed/ 1 Using the class ObjectUtil in Adobe Flex http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2010/12/13/using-the-class-objectutil-in-adobe-flex/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2010/12/13/using-the-class-objectutil-in-adobe-flex/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 04:35:37 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=852 Continue reading →]]> Adobe Flex is a framework designed to create RIA applications with the Flash Platform for its ease and that is becoming very popular in recent years. There is class called ObjectUtil , a static class with a series of methods to assist and expedite the development of their applications. I'll show some examples of methods that use more.
numericCompare Compares two numeric values. return 0 is both numbers are NaN. 1 if only a is a NaN. -1 if only b is a NaN. -1 if a is less than b. 1 if a is greater than b. See an example:

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MXML:
  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2.       <s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
  3.                     xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
  4.                     xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" minWidth="955" minHeight="600">
  5.           <fx:Declarations>
  6.               <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
  7.           </fx:Declarations>
  8.           <fx:Script>
  9.               <![CDATA[
  10.                  import mx.utils.ObjectUtil;
  11.  
  12.                  private function isNumbersEqual(number1:Number,number2:Number):Boolean
  13.                  {
  14.                      var retorno:Boolean = false;
  15.                      var isEqual:int = ObjectUtil.numericCompare(number1,number2);
  16.                      if(isEqual == 0)
  17.                      {
  18.                          retorno = true;
  19.                      }
  20.                      return retorno;
  21.                  }
  22.    
  23.                  protected function button1_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
  24.                  {
  25.                      if(isNumbersEqual(Number(t1.text),Number(t2.text)))
  26.                      {
  27.                          lb.text = "Numbers are equals!";
  28.                      }
  29.                      else
  30.                      {
  31.                          lb.text = "Numbers are not equals!";
  32.                      }
  33.                  }
  34.              ]]>
  35.           </fx:Script>
  36.           <s:TextInput id="t1" x="10" y="10"/>
  37.           <s:TextInput id="t2" x="146" y="10"/>
  38.           <s:Button x="282" y="10" label="Compare" click="button1_clickHandler(event)"/>
  39.           <s:Label id="lb" x="363" y="19"/>
  40.       </s:Application>

compare Compares the Objects and returns an integer value indicating if the first item is less than greater than or equal to the second item. This method will recursively compare properties on nested objects and will return as soon as a non-zero result is found. By default this method will recurse to the deepest level of any property. To change the depth for comparison specify a non-negative value for the depth parameter. Return 0 if a and b are null, NaN, or equal. Return 1 if a is null or greater than b. Return -1 if b is null or greater than a. See an example:

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MXML:
  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2.       <s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
  3.                     xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
  4.                     xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" minWidth="955" minHeight="600" creationComplete="application1_creationCompleteHandler(event)">
  5.           <fx:Declarations>
  6.               <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
  7.           </fx:Declarations>
  8.           <fx:Script>              <![CDATA[
  9.                  import mx.events.FlexEvent;
  10.                  import mx.utils.ObjectUtil;
  11.  
  12.                  private function isObjectEqual(obj1:Object,obj2:Object):Boolean
  13.                  {
  14.                      var retorno:Boolean = false;
  15.                      var isEqual:int = ObjectUtil.compare(obj1,obj2);
  16.                      if(isEqual == 0)
  17.                      {
  18.                          retorno = true;
  19.                      }
  20.                      return retorno;
  21.                  }
  22.                
  23.                  protected function application1_creationCompleteHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
  24.                  {
  25.                      var a:Object = {name:"Leo", info:[1,2,3]};
  26.                      var b:Object = {name:"Leo", info:[1,2,2]};
  27.                      if(isObjectEqual(a,b))
  28.                      {
  29.                          lb.text = "Objects are equals!";
  30.                      }
  31.                      else
  32.                      {
  33.                          lb.text = "Objects are not equals!";
  34.                      }
  35.                  }
  36.              ]]>
  37.           </fx:Script>
  38.           <s:Label id="lb" x="0" y="19"/>
  39.       </s:Application>

dateCompare Working with dates always generates a bit of work, because you always have to make a series of checks, change formats etc. We have a method for comparing dates that can be very useful and streamline your work. dateCompare compares the two Date objects and returns an integer value indicating if the first Date object is before, equal to, or after the second item. Return 0 if a and b are equal (or both are null); -1 if a is before b (or b is null); 1 if a is after b (or a is null). See an example:

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MXML:
  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2.       <s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
  3.                     xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
  4.                   xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" minWidth="955" minHeight="600">
  5.           <fx:Declarations>
  6.               <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
  7.           </fx:Declarations>
  8.           <fx:Script>
  9.               <![CDATA[
  10.                  import mx.utils.ObjectUtil;
  11.                
  12.                  private function isDateEqual(dt1:Date,dt2:Date):Boolean
  13.                  {
  14.                      var retorno:Boolean = false;
  15.                      var isEqual:int = ObjectUtil.dateCompare(dt1,dt2);
  16.                      if(isEqual == 0)
  17.                      {
  18.                          retorno = true;
  19.                      }
  20.                      return retorno;
  21.                  }
  22.      
  23.                  protected function button1_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
  24.                  {    if(isDateEqual(dt1.selectedDate,dt2.selectedDate))
  25.                      {
  26.                          lb.text = "Date are equals!";
  27.                      }
  28.                      else
  29.                      {
  30.                          lb.text = "Date are not equals!";
  31.                      }
  32.                  }
  33.              ]]>
  34.           </fx:Script>
  35.           <mx:DateField id="dt1" x="10" y="10"/>
  36.           <mx:DateField id="dt2" x="113" y="10"/>
  37.           <s:Button x="216" y="12" label="Compare" click="button1_clickHandler(event)"/>
  38.           <s:Label id="lb" x="297" y="21"/>
  39.       </s:Application>

stringCompare Compares two String values. Return 0 is both Strings are null. 1 if only a is null. -1 if only b is null. -1 if a precedes b. 1 if b precedes a. third parameter boolean specifies to perform a case insensitive compare, true, or not, false. See an example:

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MXML:
  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2.       <s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
  3.                     xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
  4.                     xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" minWidth="955" minHeight="600">
  5.           <fx:Declarations>
  6.               <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
  7.           </fx:Declarations>
  8.           <fx:Script>
  9.               <![CDATA[
  10.                  import mx.utils.ObjectUtil;
  11.                
  12.                  private function isStringsEqual(str1:String,str2:String):Boolean
  13.                  {
  14.                      var retorno:Boolean = false;
  15.                      var isEqual:int = ObjectUtil.stringCompare(str1,str2,true);
  16.                      if(isEqual == 0)
  17.                      {
  18.                          retorno = true;
  19.                      }
  20.                      return retorno;
  21.                  }
  22.  
  23.                  protected function button1_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
  24.                  {
  25.                      if(isStringsEqual(t1.text,t2.text))
  26.                      {
  27.                          lb.text = "Strings are equals!";
  28.                      }
  29.                      else
  30.                      {
  31.                          lb.text = "Strings are not equals!";
  32.                      }
  33.                  }
  34.              ]]>
  35.           </fx:Script>
  36.           <s:TextInput id="t1" x="10" y="10"/>
  37.           <s:TextInput id="t2" x="146" y="10"/>
  38.           <s:Button x="282" y="10" label="Compare" click="button1_clickHandler(event)"/>
  39.           <s:Label id="lb" x="363" y="19"/>
  40.       </s:Application>

toString works something like PHP's print_r makes a readable object and all its hierarchical structure. See an example:

PLAIN TEXT
MXML:
  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2.       <s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
  3.                     xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
  4.                     xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" minWidth="955" minHeight="600" creationComplete="application1_creationCompleteHandler(event)">
  5.           <fx:Declarations>
  6.               <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
  7.           </fx:Declarations>
  8.           <fx:Script>
  9.               <![CDATA[
  10.                  import mx.events.FlexEvent;
  11.                  import mx.utils.ObjectUtil
  12.      
  13.                  protected function application1_creationCompleteHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
  14.                  {
  15.                      var a:Object = {name:"Bob", info:[1,2,3]};
  16.                      var b:Object = {name:"Alice", info:a};
  17.                      trace(b);
  18.                      trace(ObjectUtil.toString(b));
  19.                      //output in console
  20.                      /*
  21.                      first trace
  22.                      [object Object]
  23.                    
  24.                      second trace
  25.                      (Object)#0
  26.                      info = (Object)#1
  27.                      info = (Array)#2
  28.                      [0] 1
  29.                      [1] 2
  30.                      [2] 3
  31.                      name = "Bob"
  32.                      name = "Alice"
  33.                      */
  34.                  }
  35.              ]]>
  36.           </fx:Script>
  37.       </s:Application>

copy Copies the specified Object and returns a reference to the copy. The copy is made using a native serialization technique. This means that custom serialization will be respected during the copy. This method is designed for copying data objects, such as elements of a collection.

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See other methods:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/mx/utils/ObjectUtil.html
ActionScript 3.0 Reference for the Adobe Flash Platform

]]> http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2010/12/13/using-the-class-objectutil-in-adobe-flex/feed/ 0 Codenames of software from Adobe (and formerly Macromedia) http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2010/10/04/codenames-of-software-from-adobe-and-formerly-macromedia/ http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2010/10/04/codenames-of-software-from-adobe-and-formerly-macromedia/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 02:26:46 +0000 Leonardo França http://www.leonardofranca.com/?p=829 Continue reading →]]> Here some codenames used by Adobe (and former Macromedia) to develop its software. Constantly updated list, who know a code name that is not listed, you can leave a comment for update :D

Product Codename
Adobe AIR 2.5 ?
Adobe AIR 2.0 Athena
Adobe AIR 1.5 Cosmo
Adobe AIR 1.0 Apollo
Adobe Media Player Philo
VoIP for Flash Pacifica
Flash Player native 64-bit support Square
Flash Player 10 Astro
Flash Player 9.0.60 Moviestar
Flash Player 8.5 Zaphod
Flash Player 7 Mojo
Flash Player 6 Exorcist
Flash CS5 Viper
Flash 10 CS4 Diesel
Flash 9 CS3 Bolero(Dot Release) > Blaze
Flash 8 8Ball
Flash Player 8 Maelstrom
Flash MX 2004 7.2 Ellipsis
Flash MX 2004 Matador
Flash MX Professional 2004 Toreador
Flash MX Fang
Flash 5 Gromit
Flash Remoting Salsa
Flash Media Server 2.0.1 Dynamo
Flash Media Server 2.0 Edison
Flash Communication Server 1.5 Kaiwa
Flash Communication Server 1.0 TinCan
Flash Lite 3.0 Authoring Rob Roy
Flash Lite 2.0 Deuce
Flash Lite 1.1 Sahti
Generator 2 Tsunami
Captivate Northshore
Central 1.5 Mercury > Gemini
Flash Catalyst Thermo
Flex 4.5 Hero
Flex 4.0 Gumbo
Flex 3.0 Moxie
FDS 2.x/3.0 ? Borneo
Flex Builder 4 Burrito
Flex Builder 2 Zorn
Flex 2.0 Mistral
Flex 1.5 for .NET Wondertwin
Flex 1.0 Illiad > Odyssey > RedHouse > Royale
Flex Builder 1.0 Brady
ColdFusion Builder 2 Storm
ColdFusion Builder 1 Bolt
ColdFusion 11 Thunder
ColdFusion 10 Link
ColdFusion 9 Centaur
ColdFusion 8 (64Bit) Gemini
ColdFusion 8 Scorpio
ColdFusion MX 7.5 (?) Mystic
ColdFusion MX 7 Updater (7.0.1) Merrimack
ColdFusion MX 7 Elvis > Blackstone
ColdFusion MX 6.1 RedSky
ColdFusion MX 6 Neo
JRun 5 Cheetah
JRun 4 Nozomi
Director MX 2004 Woody
Director MX Foster
Director 8.5 Tron
Director 8 Woo
Director 6 Hopper
Director 5 Spike
Multiuser Server Mars
Contribute 2 Samwise
Contribute 1 Dashboard
Dreamweaver 10 CS4 Stiletto
Dreamweaver 9 CS3 Hanzo
Dreamweaver 8 Coltrane
Fireworks 8 Avedon

Source:
http://luar.com.hk/blog/?p=472

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