This document discusses building mobile applications for Android using Adobe AIR and Flex. It provides an overview of the multi-screen capabilities of AIR, examples of existing AIR apps on Android, and the tools and components available for developing AIR apps in Flash Builder. It also covers aspects of building AIR apps like permissions, navigation, and mobile UI components.

1. Android Mobile Development & e Flash Platform
Mihai Corlan | Developer Evangelist | h p://corlan.org
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2. About Me
§ Adobe Worldwide Developer Evangelist (since 2008)
§ Flash Builder Engineer 2006-2008
§ Web Developer 2000 - 2006
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3. Agenda
§ Adobe Flash Platform and mobile devices
§ Examples of Android Apps created using AIR
§ Code and Work ows – Flex and AIR
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4. What’s Multi-Screen Revolution Anyway?
Internet
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5. Multi-screen and Adobe AIR
Native Native Native Native Native Native
App App App App App App
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6. Multi-screen and Adobe AIR
Flex / ActionScript
Adobe AIR
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7. Android
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8. AIR apps for Android
§ RIA / Connected Apps / Video
§ Enterprise Apps
§ Remote Controls Apps for Desktop Apps
§ Games
More than 1,000 apps built using Adobe AIR are available on Android Market:
h p://www.appbrain.com/apps/popular/adobe-air/
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9. Examples of AIR for Android Applications
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10. e Flash Platform
Applications, Content and Video
Tools to Design and Develop Framework Clients Services Servers
Adobe® Flash® CS5 Adobe® Flash® Builder™ Adobe® Flex ® Adobe® AIR® Adobe® Flash® Adobe® Flash® Media
Professional “Burrito” “Hero” 2.6 Platform Services Server Family
Adobe® Flash® Adobe® Flash® Adobe® LiveCycle® Adobe® LiveCycle®
Catalyst™ Player Collaboration Service Data Services
“Panini” 10.2
Integrating with
the Flash Platform
Creative Suite 5 ColdFusion Builder
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11. How do you build AIR Apps for Android?
Adobe AIR SDK Flex “Hero”
LiveCycle LiveCycle
Collaboration Data
Service Services
Flash Builder “Burrito”
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12. e Flex “Hero” 4.5 framework and ActionScript
§ An open source framework of ActionScript classes
§ Rich library of UI components
§ Other “utilities” that speed up app development
(services, validators, data binding, layout managers, …)
§ MXML – a declarative language for quickly layout your app
Flex “Hero”
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13. Tools – Flash Builder “Burrito” 4.5
§ Eclipse based IDE for Flex and ActionScript development
§ Support for design view and local testing
§ Support for packaging the app as an APK le
§ Deploy the app to connected Android devices
§ Debugging the app on the device or desktop simulator
Flash Builder
Download from h p://labs.adobe.com
Free for educational / 60-day trial period
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14. AIR APIs on Android
§ Camera and Microphone access
§ Accelerometer
§ GPS
§ Multitouch/Gestures
§ Screen Orientation / Fullscreen
§ Phone/SMS/Email/Browser/Android Market
§ Camera (Including Camera Roll Support) & Mic
§ StageWebView
Adobe AIR
§ Session Cache Support – Restore App State
§ Hardware Bu ons Support
§ Local database (SQLite)
§ …
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15. Live Coding – a simple AIR App for Android
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16. Se ing Android Permissions
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17. Se ing Android Permissions
Use Application Descriptor File -> AndroidManifest.xml le
<android><manifestAdditions><![CDATA[
<manifest android:installLocation="auto">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.DISABLE_KEYGUARD"/>
</manifest>]]></manifestAdditions>
</android>
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18. Options for Building Mobile AIR Apps using Burrito
§ ActionScript Mobile Project (no MXML)
§ Flex Mobile Project:
§ Blank – s:Application
§ Mobile Project - s:MobileApplication
§ Mobile Project – s:TabbedMobileApplication
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19. MobileApplication vs. TabbedMobileApplication
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20. Flex Mobile Components
Screen Metaphor
Application First Screen Second Screen
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21. Flex Mobile Components - ViewNavigator
Using Flex’s s:MobileApplication or s:TabbedMobileApplication you get screen
management for free
§ navigator.push(NewScreen, data) - add new screen
§ navigator.popView() - go to previous screen
§ navigator. popToFirstView() - go to rst view
§ navigator.activeView - retrieve active view
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22. Architecture of Flex Mobile App
MobileApplication
Support for
screen navigation;
ViewNavigator
Application persistence
between sessions
ActionBar
View
Application UI:
- screens/lists/bu ons/titles
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23. View Lifecycle
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Another Data
View
View
Destroyed
Created
Destroyed Destroyed
Created
data = yourData;
destructionPolicy =”none"
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24. View and ActionBar Components
Hide the Action Bar:
actionBarVisible = false;
Overlay the Action Bar:
overlayControls = true;
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25. Mobile Components
§ Bu on Touch Enabled
§ CheckBox Mobile Skins: ActionScript
§ RadioBu on based skins and FXG
§ TextInput Other components will come
§ TextArea
§ List
§ ScrollBar
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26. Lists and Item Renderers
MobileItemRenderer MobileIconItemRenderer
<s:MobileItemRenderer label="Beer"/> <s:MobileIconItemRenderer
labelField="label"
messageField="message"
iconField="icon"
decoratorClass="phoneIcon"/>
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27. Splash Screen
<s:MobileApplication
splashScreenImage="@Embed(source='assets/splash-screen.png')"
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28. Helper Apps for Mobile Development
Tour de Mobile Flex Adobe AIR Launchpad
Android AIR App AIR app for Desktop
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29. What’s Next?
§ 3D APIs GPU Accelerated for Flash Player & AIR on desktop and mobiles
(Direct3D 9 and OpenGL ES)
§ Native extensions for AIR for Android
§ Extending Flex “Hero” to iOS and BlackBerry Tablet OS
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30. Resources
§ MP3 Remote Control for Android:
h p://corlan.org/2010/07/02/creating-multi-screen-apps-for-android-and-desktop-
using-air/
§ LiveCycle Collaboration Service showcase for Android tablets:
h p://www.riagora.com/2011/03/lccs-showcase-on-your-tablet/
§ Mobile development with Flash Builder Burrito and Hero:
h p://www.adobe.com/devnet/ ex/articles/mobile_development_hero_burrito.html
§ Ge ing Flash Builder “Burrito”:
h p://labs.adobe.com
§ Tour de Mobile Flex:
h p:// ex.org/tourmobile
§ MAX 2010 Sessions Recordings (Channels > MAX 2010):
h p://tv.adobe.com
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31. ank You!
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mihai.corlan@adobe.com
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34. Agenda
Flash Platform
Mobile
Apps
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