Comments on: Adobe AIR HTML Control, Flash Content and Garbage Collection

By: imprezy szczecin

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By: HTML and XML Garbage Collection in Adobe AIR | JeTSpice Flex Blog

HTML and XML Garbage Collection in Adobe AIR | JeTSpice Flex Blog — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:17:33 +0000

[...] setting their content to null), and also the XML feed. Thanks to Greg Wilson’s Ramblings on garbage collection. private function clearHTML():void { var html:HTML; for (var i:uint; i < [...]

By: JeTSpice blog on Flex

JeTSpice blog on Flex — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:00:25 +0000

[...] the the HTML components (firstly setting their content to null), and also the XML feed. Thanks to http://gregsramblings.com/2009/02/24/adobe-air-html-control-flash-content-and-garbage-collection/ private function clearHTML():void { comments.clear(); var html:HTML; for (var i:uint; i [...]

By: ammerigader

ammerigader — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:57:29 +0000

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By: Tour de Flex 1.2 Released « Arunbluebrain’s Flex

Tour de Flex 1.2 Released « Arunbluebrain’s Flex — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:08:37 +0000

[...] Fixed a memory/CPU issue (see Gregs Ramblings previous post) [...]

By: Tour de Flex Updated & Flex Version | EverythingFlex: Flex & AIR

Tour de Flex Updated & Flex Version | EverythingFlex: Flex & AIR — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:17:53 +0000

[...] Fixed a memory/CPU issue (see previous post) [...]

By: Tour de Flex Updated & Flex Version | EverythingFlex: Flex & AIR

Tour de Flex Updated & Flex Version | EverythingFlex: Flex & AIR — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:17:53 +0000

[...] Fixed a memory/CPU issue (see previous post) [...]

By: Marc

Marc — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:07:36 +0000

I noticed something similar. I had an HTML control displaying a webpage with a Flash song player. When I closed the containing window, the music kept playing. The only way I could get it to stop was to set the htmlText to “”.

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localToGlobal » Blog Archive » news review -> 9th week of 2009 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:03:20 +0000

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By: bfinleyui

bfinleyui — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:49:41 +0000

Does setting browser = null produce the same desired results, or is the leak still present?

By: Adobe Flex Tutorial

Adobe Flex Tutorial — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:39:00 +0000

Thanks for the tip!
I shared it to french folks there:
http://www.flex-tutorial.fr/2009/02/25/adobe-air-composant-mxhtml-avec-contenu-swf-et-garbage-collection/

By: Kamela

Kamela — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:24:53 +0000

By the way, nice workaround!

By: Kamela

Kamela — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:24:00 +0000

I have had similar issues with Loader object in FP9 (linux version). The loaded video has been disappeared from stage when I had used removeChild, = null, but the sound didnt stop. After a half an hour the sound stopped, but until that I had to mute the loader. Not so pretty but worked, and the GC released the memory in that way too.