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 [...]
Oct 6th, 2011
What is PhoneGap?
Earlier this week at Adobe MAX, it was announced that Adobe had started the process (signed a definitive agreement) of acquiring Nitobi, the makers of PhoneGap. After this announcement, I had multiple conversations with conference attendees and found that several of them really had no idea what PhoneGap is. Some thought it was a JavaScript [...]
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 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 [...]
Aug 9th, 2011
Politifact app now in 5 mobile app stores – one Flex project
If you missed my earlier blog post, this app was the #1 news app in iTunes for a few days and was featured on the New and Noteworthy page. Here’s the important part – this is one single Flex project! That’s right, 3 different mobile OSes, 5 different app stores, 1 single Flex project. The Politifact app is [...]
Jun 28th, 2011
Adobe Flex app is the #1 news app in iTunes App store – Politifact
Check out the screenshot below (click for larger view). The Politifact app is the #1 paid news app in the app store… and… it’s built with Flex using Flash Builder 4.5.1! It’s also in the “New & Noteworthy” section. There is also an Android version and there will be a BlackBerry PlayBook version soon.
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