Get ready for 360|Flex 2012! What better place to network and learn the latest about Flex development for mobile, the desktop, and the browser? 360|Flex is a chance to interact with the community and even get involved in the open-source Apache Flex project. The 360|Flex 2012 schedule is now available, and it’s loaded with great […]
Category Archives: Android
AMF vs. JSON in AIR Mobile Applications
UPDATE 11/23/2011: Full source code now available at: https://github.com/triceam/Flex-Mobile-Serialization-Tester Recently, I’ve been asked more than once which is better: AMF or JSON for AIR mobile applications. This post is to highlight some performance comparisons, and a sample testing application that I put together. First, it is important to know what both AMF and JSON are. […]
Building PhoneGap Applications With Dreamweaver
Update (3/28/2012): Hi Everyone, I know there have been lots of questions about PhoneGap + Android SDK, and lots of headaches because Google’s Android SDK keeps changing and breaking the Dreamweaver integration. Fret not! There is an easier way — Adobe has released a plugin to integrate Dreamweaver with PhoneGap Build. With this plugin, you […]
Infinitely Scrolling Lists in Flex Applications
Have you noticed when using twitter, google plus, or certain areas of facebook that when you scroll the page, it automatically loads more data? You don’t have to continually hit “next” to go through page after page of data. Instead, the content just “appears” as you need it. In this post we will explore a […]
Why Cross Platform Mobile Development?
Perhaps you have heard of the topic “cross platform development”, but aren’t really sure what it is, or you aren’t sure why you would want to use cross-platform technologies. If this is the case, then this post is especially for you. I’ll try to shed some light onto what it is, and why you would […]
Scrolling Large Blocks of Text with Flex for Mobile
I was recently asked by a friend and former colleague about the best way to get text within a s:Label to behave and scroll properly, especially in the Flex mobile SDK. In particular, having a large block of text wrap correctly and scroll only in the vertical direction. By default if you don’t set a […]
Flex for Mobile – Device Form Factor Detection
Here’s a quick tip for detecting device form factor (tablet vs phone) within your Flex mobile applications. First, get the stage dimensions for the screen size in pixels, then divide that by the applicationDPI (screen pixel density). This will give you the approximate size in inches of the device’s screen. I say “approximate” because […]
Visualizing Complex Enterprise Data in a Tablet World
My recent Developer Deep Dive webinar “Visualizing Complex Enterprise Data in a Tablet World” is now available on the Adobe Enterprise Developers Portal. In this webinar, I walk through the fundamentals of a rich, enterprise-data driven mobile experience, powered by Flex, AIR, LCDS, & LCCS. Take a look at this short clip to get […]
Adobe Flex & AIR: One Developer Platform, Many Devices
In this series, I’d like to highlight Adobe’s mobile offerings, and the variety of platforms that can be supported from a single codebase. I wrote a simple URL Monitoring utility application that will check the status of various HTTP endpoints using the AIR URLMonitor class. I now have that application running on […]
Flex/AIR on Devices: From Flash Builder to the Nook Store
This post is a part of my series “One Developer Platform, Many Devices“. In this post, we will focus on the workflow of getting your APK from Flash Builder into the Barnes & Noble Nook Store. First, review the process for building an Android APK file within Flash Builder. However, there are a few additional […]