1) Adobe AIR allows developers to build multi-screen mobile applications using Flash/Flex that can be exported to iOS, Android, BlackBerry and other platforms. 2) Developers need Flash Builder 4.5 to build Flex/ActionScript mobile apps, which supports detecting device capabilities like touch, orientation and cameras. 3) The document provides an overview of tools needed and considerations for optimizing AIR mobile apps, such as using bitmaps over vectors and managing frame rate and memory.

1. Multi-screen Development with Adobe AIR

2. Dustin Tauerdustin@easelsolutions.com@dtauer

3. I Teach

4. I Use

5. Brief overview of mobile development with Adobe AIR Compare mobile platforms iOS, RIM, Android Developing a multi-screen mobile application Flash Builder 4.5 Developing | Debugging | Distributing Q&A

7. Device Landscape

8. Adobe AIR Desktop application Requires the free AIR Runtime Build once, Publish many File.desktopDirectory; CameraRoll.browseForImage();

9. Adobe AIR Eliminates the need to learn multiple programming languages iOS -> Objective C Android -> Java Windows -> Silverlight Blackberry -> Java Develop in Flash, export to your desired platform iOS -> IPA file Android -> APK file Blackberry -> BAR/COD file

10. Adobe AIR With most platforms, you’re exporting an AIR application AIR app is “wrapped” with a native installer (i.e. APK file) Application is installed If user doesn’t have AIR, they will be prompt to download AIR app is then installed iOS is the only exception App is converted to a NATIVEiOS application because iOS does not support Adobe AIR

11. What do I need to get started?

12. Tool Flash CS5.5 Export Android, iOS, and BlackBerry Tablet applications More platforms coming… Flash Builder 4.5 Build Flex/ActionScript mobile applications Flex 4.5 SDK contains mobile optimized-components Currently supports Android apps iOS and BlackBerry Tablet OS coming in June update Unsupported BlackBerry workaround http://blogs.adobe.com/jasonsj/2011/05/flex45_air25_playbook.html You need to create a development account for BlackBerry and iOS

13. Create a new Flex Mobile Project Design View is Mobile-Optimized

15. Demo: Creating a Flex Mobile Application

16. Detecting Device Capabilities

17. Device Capabilities Multitouch Accelerometer Orentation Microphone Keyboard GPS Camera

18. Check for support

19. GPS

20. Orientation

21. Demo: Using the Camera

22. Multi-touch: You CAN touch this

23. Raw touch points Gestures

24. Optimization

25. Optimization Considerations Consider bitmaps over vectors Keep bitmaps as small as possible When in doubt, use ActionScript MXML can be more costly

26. Event propagation

27. Frame Rate and Memory Management https://github.com/mrdoob/Hi-ReS-Stats

28. Developer Programs

29. $99/year You get 70% of sales revenue Blackberry Tablet OS $200 for 10 applications, you get 80% of sales revenue Free to develop applications One-time $25 fee if you want to submit to marketplace You get 70% of sales revenue

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