Slides from my "What's new in Flash Player 10.1 and AIR2" presentation at FITC Amsterdam.

1. What’s new in Flash
Player 10.1 and AIR 2
SERGE JESPERS
EMEA PLATFORM EVANGELIST
serge@adobe.com
http://www.webkitchen.be
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2. Content protection Accelerometer support
Storage volume detection
Server sockets Improved printing
Nested transactions Native process
Globalization API Accessibility
Multi-touch Peer assisted networking
Exit event on shutdownFile promises
UDP support Stream enhancements
Gestures NetworkInfo API
Encrypted sockets Lower CPU consumption
WebKit upgrades
OS download security dialog
IPv6 support Lower memory consumption
Open Files with default application
Screen orientation API Designed for mobile
Local audio encoding
Rendering engine improvements
Private browsing mode
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3. Content protection Accelerometer support
Storage volume detection
Server sockets Improved printing
Nested transactions Native process
Globalization API Accessibility
Multi-touch Peer assisted networking
Exit event on shutdownFile promises
UDP support Stream enhancements
Gestures NetworkInfo API
Encrypted sockets Lower CPU consumption
WebKit upgrades
OS download security dialog
A lot!
IPv6 support Lower memory consumption
Open Files with default application
Screen orientation API Designed for mobile
Local audio encoding
Rendering engine improvements
Private browsing mode
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4. Content protection Accelerometer support
Storage volume detection
Server sockets Improved printing
Nested transactions Native process
Globalization API Accessibility
Multi-touch Peer assisted networking
Impossible to
Exit event on shutdownFile promises
UDP support Stream enhancements
Gestures NetworkInfo API
WebKit upgradescover everything!
Encrypted sockets Lower CPU consumption
OS download security dialog
IPv6 support Lower memory consumption
Open Files with default application
Screen orientation API Designed for mobile
Local audio encoding
Rendering engine improvements
Private browsing mode
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5. Multi-touch
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6. Multi-touch
• Similar to multiple mouse events
• Both multi-touch events and gesture events
• Requires multi-touch hardware (Pre y obvious)
• Windows 7+
• OSX 10.6 + multi-touch trackpad (gestures only)
• Mobile
• Amount of touch points only limited by the hardware
• Supported in AIR 2 and FP10.1 (if the browser supports multi-
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7. Multi-touch
• PROPERTIES
Multitouch.inputMode
GESTURE / TOUCH_POINT / NONE
Multitouch.supportsGestureEvents
Multitouch.supportsTouchEvents
Multitouch.maxTouchPoints
Multitouch.supportedGestures
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8. Multi-touch
• TouchEvent Events
TouchEvent.TOUCH_BEGIN
TouchEvent.TOUCH_END
TouchEvent.TOUCH_MOVE
TouchEvent.TOUCH_OUT
TouchEvent.TOUCH_OVER
TouchEvent.TOUCH_ROLL_OUT
TouchEvent.TOUCH_ROLL_OVER
TouchEvent.TOUCH_TAP
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9. Multi-touch
• TouchEvent Properties
TouchEvent.altKey / commandKey / controlKey /
ctrlKey / shiftKey
TouchEvent.isPrimaryTouchPoint
TouchEvent.pressure
TouchEvent.sizeX / sizeY
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10. Multi-touch
• TransformGestureEvent
TransformGestureEvent.GESTURE_PAN
TransformGestureEvent.GESTURE_ROTATE
TransformGestureEvent.GESTURE_SWIPE
TransformGestureEvent.GESTURE_ZOOM
• PressAndTapGestureEvent
PressAndTapGestureEvent.GESTURE_PRESS_AND_TAP
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11. Multi-touch
• GestureEvent Properties
GestureEvent.altKey / commandKey / controlKey /
ctrlKey / shiftKey
GestureEvent.phase
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12. Multi-touch
• Demos
fitc_multitouch
fitc_gestures
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13. Local audio
encoding
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14. Local audio encoding
• Access raw audio data from the microphone on the client
• Uses the sampleData event to capture audio data from a
microphone
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15. Local audio encoding
• DEMO
fitc_microphone
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16. Global error
handling
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17. Global error handling
• Most requested feature
• One error handler for all uncaught errors...
• Not an excuse to not write error handlers!
• Does not show error popup to user (if on non-debug version)
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18. Global error handling
• DEMO
fitc_globalerror
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19. Opening files
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20. Opening les
• Open les in their default application
• Don’t need to know which app to open
• Works cross platform
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21. Opening les
• DEMO
fitc_openwithnativeapp
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22. Native Process
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23. Native process
• Launch and communicate with native processes
• Bundle your AIR app with your executables
• Build native installers
• .DMG for Mac
• .EXE for Windows
• .DEB or .RPM for Linux
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24. Native process
• DEMO
air2_NativeProcess
command line packager
package assistant
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25. Storage detection
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26. Storage detection
• Listen for mounting and unmounting storage volumes
• List accessible volumes and its info (drive le er, type, writable, ...)
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27. Storage detection
• DEMO
fitc_storagedetection
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28. Quickies
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29. Quickies
• New print enhancements
• Vector printing on Mac
• Complete control over printjob
• Updated WebKit version (same version as Safari 4.0.3)
• JavaScript 50% faster (SquirrelFish engine)
• CSS3
• Canvas
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30. Quickies
• New networking support
• Sockets (UDP, server sockets)
• DNS lookup
• Network interface enumeration
• Screen reader support (on Windows)
• Maximum window size doubled (4095x4095)
• More...
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31. Where to go
from here?
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32. Where to go from here?
• h p://labs.adobe.com
• h p://adobe.com/devnet
• h p://tv.adobe.com
• h p:// ex.org/tour
• Lunch!
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33. Where to go from here?
• DEMO
Me packing up and getting a sandwich
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