Nov 11th, 2011
Flex
The Flex team just provided some insight into what’s next for Flex - http://blogs.adobe.com/flex/2011/11/your-questions-about-flex.html
Oct 6th, 2011
How PhoneGap impacts how we evangelize Flex
DISCLAIMER: The following is my personal opinion and not necessarily that of my employer (Adobe Systems, Inc.). The PhoneGap announcement at MAX 2011 really got a lot of people excited (including me!), and it raised a few questions about how it changes our jobs as evangelists. PhoneGap gives us the means to build cross-platform apps with [...]
Sep 25th, 2011
A super simple approach to Splash Screens for Flex Mobile Apps
If you are fairly new to mobile app development with Flash or Flex, I bet you have run into the following issue when creating your splash screens — You create a splash image that looks great when the device is held in portrait orientation: …but then when you turn it landscape, you get the white [...]
Sep 8th, 2011
Finding the current location in your mobile app using Geolocation
Yesterday, I blogged about Geolocation. I thought it would be helpful to show some code that determines the current location in your app. CODE:
Sep 8th, 2011
Geolocation tips, quirks, and possible bugs (flash.sensors.Geolocation)
I’ve been working on a couple of apps recently that use the Geolocation APIs. I’ve discovered a few tips and quirks that I felt were worthy of sharing. Geolocation object There are two classes that you need in order to implement location in your app – Geolocation and GeolocationEvent. When you create a Geolocation object, [...]
Sep 6th, 2011
Flex versus ActionScript – the debate gets new life
A few days ago, a reader commented on my blog post, “The Flex Team discusses the future of Flex” and brought up the frequent debate of Flex versus ActionScript. This subject has been debated many times since Flex was born, but lately it is becoming a hot topic again, especially with developers shifting their focus [...]
Aug 25th, 2011
The Flex Team discusses the future of Flex
Earlier today, Andrew Shorten published an article on the Flex Team blog titled, “Flex: where we are headed“. If you haven’t seen it, I encourage you to read it. It’s a clear, bold statement about Adobe’s investment in Flex, the recent increase in Flash Builder downloads and the future ahead. From my own personal perspective, [...]
Aug 23rd, 2011
Flex PersistenceManager and iOS Tip
Due to the way iOS suspends apps, you’ll need to do an explicit “.save()” on your persistenceManager if you want your data to be reliably saved. I can’t find this documented, but I suspect it is because of how iOS suspends an app. Once your app is suspended, it is not allowed to do anything [...]
Aug 12th, 2011
Flex on Mobile Live Q&A Chat Session Thursday, August 18th, 2011
If you are building apps with Flex for mobile devices or about to embark on this journey, you should check out the upcoming live Q&A online event for developers at http://flex.org/ask. There will be no slides, no demos nor any speaking. It’s a very informal, pure Q&A using the Q&A pod and a chat pod [...]
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