I’ve had this example of the Vibration ActionScript Native Extension (ANE) on my DROID3 for some time now and am just thrilled with the expanded capabilities of ANE in Adobe AIR 3 for both mobile and desktop. Wanted to share this example which I originally wrote for my upcoming AIR 3 book which displays the …
Adobe today announced that Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 will be shipping fairly soon. This is great news for the community because the runtimes are LOADED with great new features. How do I know the features are great? Because I’ve been working with them for the past couple of months while writing a set …
I’ll be at Adobe’s San Jose headquarters this week for the Adobe Education Leader Institute – and thought this will be a great time to run a little contest in promotion of my book! I’ll be giving away a couple copies of the eBook version through Packt. The eBook version is great; I’ve been using …
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Distilled data feed from the Adobe XML News Aggregator! Pulls relevant data feeds from the Adobe XML News Aggregator (AXNA) at http://feeds.adobe.com/ – an invaluable community resource. This data is distilled into smart categories and present to the user for easy perusal. I’ve gotten a lot of great info from AXNA – and I’m sure …
I’m thrilled to announce that my Flash Development for Android Cookbook is now available to purchase in print and digital formats! The book contains 372 pages of useful information and solid recipes for developing killer Android applications using Flash Platform technology. The Flash Development for Android Cookbook enables Flash developers to branch out into Android …
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With yesterday’s release of AIR 2.7 on mobile and desktop, this brings the runtime up to date with Flash Player 10.3 capabilities along with a host of mobile specific improvements. One aspect of this release that not many have taken note of is a new distribution model with AIR for Linux desktops. Adobe is now …
A quick recording which demonstrates how to use a splash screen within your AIR for Android applications built with Flash Builder and the Flex 4.5 SDK!
Here is a video I recorded demonstrating progress with CourseMedia Mobile under development for the University of Denver. CourseMedia is a course media management system that helps instructors organize and present media materials (images, video and audio). Instructors can create media galleries that can be accessed by their students online. Instructors have access to large …
Demo of mobile Flex 4.5 using Flash Builder 4.5.
I’ve recorded a video demonstrating progress in signing applications for the BlackBerry PlayBook with the Tablet OS AIR 9.4 SDK. Hope it is helpful for those of you with signing issues…
Back in November of last year, I was asked to speak at the Rocky Mountain Adobe User Group (RMAUG) miniMAX event in Denver, CO on “AIR for Higher Education”. This was a shortened version of the talk I presented at Adobe MAX the month before in Los Angeles, CA. The act of gathering the recording …
My book just became available for preorder over at the Packt Publishing website. Not only can you preorder “Flash Development for Android Cookbook“, but it is also being included in the RAW program. This means that even though the book is not yet finished (still in draft stage, really) you can preorder the eBook or …