A quick reminder that I will be speaking at various events over the next week, so come out to one and learn about Flex for mobile devices and cross-platform development strategies. Today I will be speaking at the DC Flex User Group on “Flex for Mobile: One Platform, Lots of Devices” (http://dc-flex.org/topic/flex-mobile-one-platform-lots-devices). In this presentation, […]
Category Archives: Flex
Mobile – The Next Big Thing
On the official Adobe Flex Team blog, there is a great post by Andrew Shorten discussing the future direction of Flex. I highly recommend taking a moment to read it. In that post Andrew points out where Flex is, and where Flex is heading. One thing I want to re-emphasize is that mobile is the […]
A Single Code Base, Lots of Devices
Here’s a quick teaser for a multi-part series I’m working on: 1 code base, 1 application framework, 4 platforms, 7 devices, 5 ecosystems… Yes, that is correct… 1 codebase, Adobe Flex 1 framework, Adobe AIR 4 platforms iOS Android BlackBerry desktop 7 devices (these are just devices I have): Mac OSX Apple iPhone 4 Apple […]
Flex on Mobile Live Q&A with the Evangelism Team
Mark your calendars! Next Thursday, August 18th at 9:00AM to 10:30 AM (PDT GMT-7), the evangelism team will be hosting a live Q&A chat. Come join us to learn more about Flex and AIR for mobile, and bring your questions with you! This session will be Q&A only. There will be no demos, no slides, […]
AIR 3.0 Captive Runtime
If you hadn’t heard yet, Beta 2 of AIR 3.0 and Flash Player 11 are now availabe on Adobe Labs. The AIR 3.0 beta release is sporting some great new features, including hardware accelerated video playback for mobile, iOS background audio, android licensing support, front-facing camera support, encrypted local storage for mobile, H.264 software encoding […]
Exporting AIR Mobile Apps as Desktop Apps
A great question came out of the comments on my last post “Why Can’t I Run My App in the iOS Simulator” asking if it is possible to export the mobile simulator from Flash Builder to allow you to distribute builds for functional testing/validation. The quick answer is yes (but you don’t really export […]
Why Can’t I Run My App in the iOS Simulator?
One very common and valid question when developing AIR mobile applications is “Why can’t I run my app in the iOS simulator?” This is especially the case once you realize that you can compile and target the Android emulator; The ADT packager supports exporting to the Android emulator, but you can also install any APK […]