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Flash-Based App Communicating Across Devices
In this video I walk though an app I’ve created in Flash Pro. A simple match game filled with rich graphics and animation. But when you select the “VS” button is when things get interested. With this game (that works across different devices) you can challenge an opponent and even see the card the opponent [...]
Update Flash Pro for Faster Performance for iOS Apps
Here’s how to overlay the AIR 2.7 SDK over AIR 2.6 in Flash Pro. Up to 4x faster as I can attest to! Screaming fast! But know that this is for advanced developers that are interested in using the AIR 2.7 SDK with Flash Professional CS5.5; however Adobe does not provide technical support when overlaying. [...]
One App Interacting Across 5 Screens
In this video I show an app created in Flash Professional CS5.5 and running across 5 screens: Android Mobile (Droid) iPad Android Tablet (Motorola Xoom) BlackBerry PlayBook Desktop Browser (Chrome) The powerful thing going on is that each device is talking to each other in REAL TIME! The Android is the controller that moves the [...]
Control a Flash-Based Presentation Using Android
In this tutorial I show how you can create a Flash-based presentation that can be controlled by an AIR for Android app. Both the presentation and the Android app are created from the same FLA file and uses a peer to peer connection to “talk” to one another. The result is an app that not [...]
Handle Activation/Deactivation of a Flash-Based App
In this video you’ll learn how to deal with cases in which your app is interrupted by a phone call or is closed all together and then relaunched. Learn how to handle those “deactivations” as well as how to treat your app when it is activated again. Below is the basic ActionScript, or download the [...]
Using BlackBerry PlayBook Class Files in Flash
In this video I show how you can add class files to Flash Professional in order to take advantage of the BlackBerry UI and components (buttons etc.). Eventually BlackBerry will come out with support for Flash Professional CS5 (probably in terms of a publish panel) but until then these steps will work. Some things you’ll [...]
Use Flash CS5 to Publish Apps for the PlayBook
Since BlackBerry is giving away a BlackBerry Playbook to developers who submit a qualifying app to the BlackBerry App World, I thought it was high time to show how to make an app using Flash Professional. Setup This tutorial shows how to turn a Flash Professional project into an app for the Blackberry Playbook and [...]
Simple Speed Tracking App Using Flash Professional
Yesterday it was reported that FitnessKeeper gets over one million dollars to build out a fitness app. I thought, how hard can that be? Well, with Flash Professional CS5 and an Android device in hand I knocked out a quick speed tracking app. It tracks your top speed and compares it to animal speeds, just [...]
AIR for Android: Access the Microphone
I this tutorial you’ll learn how to access the microphone and use that data to affect graphics. Then, you’ll see how easy it is to set up Flash to publish an AIR app for Android devices. The final result is a game playing on a Nexus One. Download Source Files
Accessing the Accelerometer Using Flash CS5
In this video you will see how easy it is to check to see if the device has Accelerometer capabilities and then manipulate an object based on the accelerometer data. Download Source Files
Creating Flash Content for Multiple Screens
In this tutorial I show you how to reposition and resize graphics to always fit the size of the screen it is playing on. So whether the content is playing in a browser on a laptop or on a mobile phone (with the Flash Player), the content will always fit appropriately. I also show how [...]
Creating Flash Content for Mobile Devices
Props to Flash Evangelist Michael Chaize, Thibault Imbert and others on the Flash Player team for help with the content.
Video Encoding Format for Mobile
I’ve recently been working on encoding video for mobile devices and these are the best settings for the current device set that will support Flash: Preferred Alternate Video codec H.264 Constrained Baseline Profile, up to 30 fps On2 VP6 Simple Profile or Sorensen Spark, up to 30 fps Audio codec AAC-LC, 44.1 kHz, stereo MP3, [...]
Web 2.0: Raising the Bar with Cross-Device Experiences
The bar is being raised on many fronts. Consumers expect content to “be there” on their device and they expect a consistent user experience within context of the medium. Designers and developers want to be able to meet these needs without recreating content per device. In this session I show how Adobe Creative Suite 5 [...]
Adobe Flash: One Web. Any Screen.
Note that Adobe and its partners believe in delivering the full web (including Flash content) across all screens. Check out this new video, which features different mobile devices including a sneak peak of one of Dell’s new tablets (5” tablet, not released yet) plus Dell’s 12” smartbook (Latitude Xt2) running a broad variety of Flash [...]
More than 100 iPhone Apps Already Created with Flash CS5 Professional
As you probably know, Apple’s iPad tablet goes on sale tomorrow as well as many other tablets and smartphones becoming available or are already available. The issue (and opportunity) from a designer/developer standpoint is how create and monetize apps across screens without reinventing the wheel every time. Well, Adobe Creative Suite 5 and Flash Player [...]
The UK's Best Handheld for 40 Years
Look out iPad! The Sun is here. Very clever advertising from one of UK’s best reads.
Flash Player on Tablet Devices
Imagine taking a Flash project and porting it to the web, desktop and even tablet devices. The Flash platform has got you covered. View on AdobeTV.com
