This document provides instructions for developing mobile applications with Adobe AIR for both Android and iOS platforms. It discusses setting up the AIR SDK and Android SDK, as well as obtaining certificates, adding devices, creating app IDs, and generating provisioning profiles needed for iOS development. Code snippets are provided for tasks like generating certificate signing requests on both Windows and Mac systems. Best practices for optimizing AIR mobile apps are also mentioned, such as reusing objects and using efficient data types.

1. Desarrollo Móvil con Flash –
Adobe AIR (Android & iPhone)
@cosmoduende
Saúl Buentello Sánchez

4. Android SDK iOS SDK

11. ANDROID

12. IPHONE

14. As you can see, some core mobile services
are unsupported:
➤➤ Native UI controls
➤➤ Music player and library
➤➤ Bluetooth
➤➤ Contacts
➤➤ Calendar
➤➤ Preferences

15. Showcase… http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/samples-mobile.html

16. PREPARANDO….

17. Para Android, configurar AIR SDK:
➤Close Flash
➤Download the AIR SDK
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air.html
➤Update Flash to the latest if available
➤ Rename folder C:Program FilesAdobeAIRn.v and
replace with new version
➤Copy the airglobal.swc file within the Adobe Flash
CS5/AIRn.v/frameworks/
libs/air folder into the Adobe Flash
CS5/Common/Configuration/
ActionScript 3.0/ AIRn.v/

18. Para Android, crear certificado:
➤Create new fla Android from template
➤In properties edit application android settings
➤Click the Deployment tab and click create to fill some
inputs.
➤ Select output path to this certificate

19. Para Android, instalar SDK Android:
➤Download SDK Tools from developer.android.com/sdk.
➤Install and open when finish.
➤To connect your Android device to a Windows machine,
download the USB Driver in manager extras and put on
enable debugging mode in your settings device Applications
➪ Development.
➤ Download and activate with AVD some emulator
➤ Install in your device or AVD adobe AIR from market

20. Para iOS, entrar en programa developers:
➤Go to http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program.
Starting point for registering and purchasing $99/year
➤After you purchase the Developer Program, Apple has to
approve you before awarding your developer certificate.
The usual turnaround time is within a couple of hours
➤Confirm the e-mail you recive and activate following
instructions

22. Para iOS, obtener Certificate Signing Request (CSR):
➤With Apple’s approval in hand, you’ve joined the club and
are ready to log in to the Program Portal and download
your developer certificate.
➤Generating a CSRUsing Mac os X Launch the Keychain
Access utility from Applications/Utilities.
➤Choose Keychain Access➪Preferences
➤In the Certificates pane, set the Online Certificate Status
Protocol and Certificate RevocationList to Off.
➤ Close the Preferences dialog box. Choose Keychain
Access➪Certificate Assistant➪Request a Certificate from a
Certifi cateAuthority. The Certificate Assistant is displayed

24. Para iOS, obtener Certificate Signing Request (CSR) :
➤Select the Saved to Disk radio option. Check the Let Me
Specify Key Pair Information check box. Click Continue.
➤Save your .certSigningRequest fi le on your desktop or in
another appropriate location. In the Key Pair Information
panel, select 2048 bits in the Key Size combo box.
➤ Select RSA for the Algorithm. Continue to generate the
certificate request.

25. Para iOS, enviar certificado para aprobación:
➤Go to the Program Portal section of the iPhone
Developer Program website. The Program is the main area
you’ll work with in the iPhone Developer Program for testing
your apps before submittal to the App Store. You can
manage team members, certificates, devices, and
provisioning profiles.
➤Click the Certificates link. Click the Request Certificate
button.
➤ Click the Choose File button on the Create iPhone
Development Certificate page, and choose the certificate
file from your computer. Click the Submit button.

27. Para iOS, enviar certificado para aprobación:
➤ After your certificate request is submitted, you receive
the approval (or disapproval) via e‑mail. If the request is
approved in the e‑mail, you can download your certificate.

28. Para iOS, convirtiendo el .cer. en .p12:
➤ Double-click the developer_identity.cer file to launch the
Keychain Access utility Select the Keys category from the
left pane. You’ll see a public and private key listed. Right-
click the private key and click the Export item from the pop-
up menu. Save the certificate in the Personal Information
Exchange (p.12) format.
➤Your developer certificate is now ready to go. You’ll need
this when you publish your iPhone apps in Flash

29. Para iOS, Agregando un device:
➤ Connect your iPhone or iPod touch to your desktop computer
and open iTunes.
➤ Display the Summary page for your iPhone.
➤ Click the serial number displayed at the top to display the
UDID (unique device identifier)

30. Para iOS, Agregando un device:
➤ Copy the UDID number to the Clipboard. Go to the Program
Portal section of the iPhone Developer Program website.
➤ Click the Devices link, and then click the Add Device button.
Enter a name you want to give the device, and then paste the
UDID into the Device ID box. Click Submit to add your device.

31. Para iOS, Creando un app ID:
➤ Go to the Program Portal section of the iPhone Developer
Program website. Click the App IDs link to display the Create
App ID page
➤ In the Description box, enter a descriptive name for the App
ID.
➤ In the Bundle Seed ID combo box, select Generate New
➤ In the Bundle Identifier box, enter an * if you are creating a
Wildcard App ID or

33. Para iOS, Creando un provisioning profile:
➤ three types of provisioning profiles: a development
provisioning profile is used for testing on your own iPhone; an
ad-hoc provisioning profile is used for more general beta testing
on multiple devices outside of the App Store; and a distribution
provisioning file is used for submitting to
the App Store.
➤ Go to the Program Portal section of the iPhone Developer
Program website. Click the Provisioning link. Click the New
Profile button to display the page shown.

34. Para iOS, Creando un provisioning profile:
➤ Enter the name of the profile. The name of your developer
certificate appears next to the Certificates label. Click the check
box to assign your developer certificate to this profile.
➤ Select the App ID you created in the App ID combo box. Click
the check box next to the device you previously registered.
➤ Click the Submit button to create the provisioning profile.
➤ Click the Download button beside the provisioning profile you
just created to download the .mobileprovision file to your desktop
computer.

36. Para iOS, Instalando un provisioning profile:
➤ To install using iTunes, you can drag the .mobileprovision file
on top of your iTunes window. iTunes adds the provisioning
profile to your library.
➤ When you synch your iPhone to iTunes, the development
provisioning profile is added onto your iPhone. You can check to
make sure it is on your iPhone by going to the Settings app on
your iPhone and choosing General ➪ Profiles.

37. Para iOS, (MÉTODO PC):
➤ Entrar en el developer program de apple
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program y una vez aprobado
ingresar al provisioning portal

38. Para iOS, (MÉTODO PC):
➤ Se puede optar por usar el wizard, o bien seguir de la forma
tradicional (recomendado)
➤ Dar click en Devices en el panel izquierdo para agregar un
nuevo dispositivo, obtener el UDID del dispositivo a agregar
mediante iTunes teniéndolo conectado.
➤ Descargar OpenSSL de
http://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html, descargar
primeramente visual c++ redistributable para poder correr
instalación posteriormente de la versión más reciente de openssl

39. Para iOS, (MÉTODO PC):

40. Para iOS, (MÉTODO PC):
➤ Ejecutar ventana de command line e ir al directorio bin
de openssl (c:OpenSSL-Win32bin)
➤ Ejecutar el comando set RANDFILE=.rnd
➤ Crearemos primero una llave privada mediante el
comando openssl genrsa -out mykey.key 2048
➤ ***En Windows 7 y a veces en Vista aparece el error: "
WARNING: can't open config file: /usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf“,
esto se soluciona tecleando set
OPENSSL_CONF=C:OpenSSL-Win32binopenssl.cfg

41. Para iOS, (MÉTODO PC):
➤ Ejecutar para obtener el CSR el comando openssl req
-new -key mykey.key -out
CertificateSigningRequest.certSigningRequest -subj openssl req
-new -key mykey.key -out
CertificateSigningRequest.certSigningRequest -subj
"/emailAddress=yourAddress@example.com, CN=John Doe,
C=US"
➤ Abrir un browser distinto a chrome, e ir al apartado de
certificates para agregar el CSR creado y así obtener el
developer certificate

42. Para iOS, (MÉTODO PC):

43. Para iOS, (MÉTODO PC):
➤ Ahora podemos descargar nuestro certificado.cer una vez
generado para guardarlo en la misma carpeta bin de
openssl.
➤ Necesitamos convertir ese .cer descargado a .p12.
pasando primeramente por .pem. Debemos abrir una
nueva ventana de command line para teclear openssl x509
-in developer_identity.cer -inform DER -out
developer_identity.pem -outform PEM
➤ Ahora hemos generado el .pem, necesitamos teclear
ahora set RANDFILE=.rnd para crear el .p12

44. Para iOS, (MÉTODO PC):
➤ Finalmente para obtener el .p12 que es el certificado
que nos interesa ocupar teclearemos openssl pkcs12
-export -inkey mykey.key -in developer_identity.pem -out
iphone_dev.p12
➤ Ahora debemos generar un App ID, desde el panel
izquierdo de tu cuenta de developer en la opción con dicho
nombre

45. Para iOS, (MÉTODO PC):

46. Para iOS, (MÉTODO PC):
➤ Crearemos ahora un provisioning profile en el panel de
izquierda de dicho nombre, usando el app ID que
acabamos de crear y seleccionando el device asignado
para tal.

47. Para iOS, (MÉTODO PC):
➤ Descargaremos el provisioning profile, mismo que
usaremos junto con nuestro certificado .p12 en nuestras
opciones de configuración en el desarrollo en Flash AIR for
iOS, para finalmente dar salida y obtener nuestro .ipa
que podremos sincronizar con nuestro dispositivo asignado
desde iTunes.

48. LET’S CODE….

49. Best Practices AIR para móvil…
➤ Reuse Objects
➤ Always use the most efficient data type possible when working
with variables. A Number is less efficient than uint or int, and a
Vector is preferred over an Array.
➤ Be careful with any kind of timer activity you want to perform,
timers do consume more CPU
➤ Use removeEventListener() to free event handlers
➤ Developers often choose between a MovieClip and a Sprite
object. Sprite takes less memory, so if you don’t need to animate
or work with the timeline, use it.
➤ If you are drawing something that doesn’t require interaction,
use a Shape object,

50. Best Practices AIR para móvil…
➤ Avoid filters, blends, and other effects.
➤ If you don’t need touch interaction with a display object,
consider disabling its mouse input
➤ cache wheneveryou can.
➤ When you are finished with a BitmapData instance, call its
dispose() method. That method instantly clears memory
➤ Rendering vector graphics requires less memory than using
bitmaps does
➤ If you have an app with no animation in it, aim to go between
4 and 12 fps. Don’t go more than 30 fps.

51. Best Practices AIR para móvil…

52. Best Practices AIR para móvil…
➤ Compress everything you can in your app. See if you can
reduce the size of your JPGs, audio or video compression, and so
on.
➤ For benchmarking your code in terms of the memory being
used, use the getSize() function.
For example:
var feed:Feed = new Feed();
// Return size of Feed instance
trace(getSize(feed));
// Return total memory available
trace(getSize(System.totalMemory/1024));

53. MULTITOUCH EVENTS…
Touch Events…

54. MULTITOUCH EVENTS…
Gesture Events…

55. Accelerometer and AccelerometerEvent…
➤ AccelerateInfo, which lists raw data from the motion
sensor
➤ SphereAcceleration, which uses the Accelerometer to
guide a sphere around the
Viewport
➤ Shakey, which captures a shake event

56. Accelerometer and AccelerometerEvent…
➤ The data you receive is in Gs. One G is the
gravitational constant equal to 9.8m/sec2.
➤ Its primary method is setRequestedUpdateInterval(),
which sets up time intervals (in milliseconds) for updates
from the motion sensor

57. Accelerometer and AccelerometerEvent…
➤ accelerationX — Acceleration along the x axis (in Gs)
➤ acceleration — Acceleration along the y axis (in Gs)
➤ accelerationZ — Acceleration along the z axis (in Gs)
➤ timestamp — Time since motion detection began (in
milliseconds)

58. AUTO ORIENTATION…
➤ Settings Edit button in the Properties panel. Check the
Auto Orientation check box and click OK.
➤ Don’t be misled by the “auto” in auto orientation
➤ listen for StageOrientationEvent events
➤ StageOrientationEvent.ORIENTATION_CHANGE,
StageOrientationEvent.ORIENTATION_CHANGING,
StageOrientation.ROTATED_»DIRECTION»)

59. AUTO ORIENTATION…
➤ event.beforeOrientation - indicates previous orientation
➤ event.afterOrientaion - indicates current orientation

60. AUTO ORIENTATION…
➤ Android does not currently support the following
ScreenOrientation constants:
➤➤ ScreenOrientation.ROTATED_LEFT
➤➤ ScreenOrientation.UPSIDE_DOWN
➤➤ ScreenOrientation.UNKNOWN

61. GEOLOCATION…
➤ You can use a combination of the Geolocation and
GeolocationEvent

62. GEOLOCATION…

63. GEOLOCATION…

64. URL PROTOCOLS…
Entre algunas de las capacidades soportadas de
las cuales podemos beneficiarnos con AIR por
medio de URL protocols están:
➤ Make phone calls and send SMS messages
➤ Send e-mails
➤Use GoogleMaps in your apps
Sends it as a URL request using navigateToUrl()

65. URL PROTOCOLS…
Por ejemplo, es soportado mediante URLRequest
➤ tel: 978-555-1212
➤ sms: 978-545-1211
➤mailto: kmmx@mycompany.com
Remember sends it as a URL request using
navigateToUrl()

66. URL PROTOCOLS…
Parámetros en uso de mailto

67. URL PROTOCOLS…
En uso de Google Maps, por ejemplo tenemos
➤ http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Boston,+MA
➤ http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.123N,2.456W
Manipularemos los parámetros enviados

68. URL PROTOCOLS…

69. CAMERA…
At the time, Adobe Flash’s iPhone support does not
include support for the CAMERA features
➤ You can use this class CAMERAUI to launch the built-
in camera, enable the user to take a picture, automatically
save the file, and return the user to your app.

70. CAMERA…

71. CAMERA ROLL…
image media library access with CameraRoll class

72. MICROPHONE…
➤ To capture audio from a microphone, you’ll use the
AIR Microphone class.
➤ isSupported property that you can use to
test whether the device has a useable
➤ setSilenceLevel() method determines silence levels
➤ SampleDataEvent event handler that receives all
soundsata it receives from the SampleDataEvent and
writes it to the soundBytes ByteArray
➤ Remember RECORD_AUDIO permission

73. FILE…
➤ Limitations iOS
➤ Can usepublic directories that are not specific to any
application. These include the following:
➤➤ /sdcard/Music/ for music files
➤➤ /sdcard/Podcasts/ for podcasts
➤➤ /sdcard/Ringtones/ for ringtones
➤➤ /sdcard/Alarms/ for alarm clock sounds
➤➤ /sdcard/Notifications/ for notification sounds
➤➤ /sdcard/Pictures/ for photos
➤➤ /sdcard/Movies/ for videos for photos
➤➤ /sdcard/Download/ for downloads

74. FILE (Directories, Files, and File Streams)…
➤ Two classes: File and FileStream. File
➤ Can usepublic directories that are not specific to any
application. These include the following:

75. FILE (Directories, Files, and File Streams)…

76. FILE (Directories, Files, and File Streams)…
➤ example, if you wanted to get the application storage
directory, you’d use this:
private var storeDir:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory;
➤ resolvePath() method to access a subdirectory or file inside
of it. So,for example, to point to a preferences.xml file, you’d
enter this:
private var storeDir:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory;
private var prefXML:File =
storeDir.resolvePath(“preferences.xml”);

77. FILE (Directories, Files, and File Streams)…
➤ You can also point to directories and files using the
File.url property :
private var sdpath:File = new File();
sdpath.url = “file:///sdcard/mypath”;
➤ You can use the File.createDirectory() method to
create a new directory
➤ Supports copy and move operations. Perform these
operations either synchronously or asynchronously.

78. FILE (Directories, Files, and File Streams)…
➤ The FileStream class is used for read and write
operations with files.
➤ These methods take two parameters: File and
FileMode.

79. DATABASE…
➤ You need to establish a connection to the database file
using the SQLConnection object

80. DATABASE…
➤ When you run a SELECT query on your database, you
execute a SQLStatement
➤ When you want to insert new records in a database,
execute an INSERT INTO statement
➤ You can also use the UPDATE command to update a
record
I ➤ f the record may or may not already exist use
REPLACE INTO

81. REMOTE DEBUG ANDROID…
➤ Contar con WIFi
➤ Tener la IP de la PC en que se está desarrollando
(ipconfig)
➤ Android device, enable debugging by going to
Settings ➪ Applications ➪ Development
and enabling USB debugging
➤ The Android device will need to connect to TCP port
7935.
➤ En Flash Select Debug for the Android deployment
type. Select the INTERNET Permissions check box

82. REMOTE DEBUG iOS…
➤ Contar con WIFi
➤ Tener la IP de la PC en que se está desarrollando
(ipconfig)
➤ En Flash Select QuikDebug for the Android
deployment type. Publish
➤ Select the Debug ➪ Begin Remote Debug
Session ➪ ActionScript 3 from the menu.

83. Keep practice…