This is a presentation delivered to the MN .Net Forum about multi-screen development with Adobe Flex

1. Flex | .Net | Mobile

2. Dustin Tauerdustin@easelsolutions.com@dtauer

3. I Teach

4. I Use

5. Brief overview of mobile development with Adobe AIR Compare mobile platforms iOS, RIM, Android Developing a multi-screen mobile application Flash Builder 4.5 Developing | Debugging | Distributing Q&A

7. Device Landscape

8. Adobe AIR Desktop application Requires the free AIR Runtime Build once, Publish many File.desktopDirectory; CameraRoll.browseForImage();

9. Adobe AIR Eliminates the need to learn multiple programming languages iOS -> Objective C Android -> Java Windows -> Silverlight Blackberry -> Java Develop in Flash, export to your desired platform iOS -> IPA file Android -> APK file Blackberry -> BAR/COD file

10. Adobe AIR With most platforms, you’re exporting an AIR application AIR app is “wrapped” with a native installer (i.e. APK file) Application is installed If user doesn’t have AIR, they will be prompt to download AIR app is then installed iOS is the only exception App is converted to a NATIVEiOS application because iOS does not support Adobe AIR

11. What do I need to get started?

12. Tool Flash CS5.5 Export Android, iOS, and BlackBerry Tablet applications More platforms coming… Flash Builder 4.5 Build Flex/ActionScript mobile applications Flex 4.5 SDK contains mobile optimized-components Currently supports Android apps iOS and BlackBerry Tablet OS coming in June update

14. Compilers

15. Rich component library

16. Data visualization libraries

18. Accelerates design and development

19. Design view and code viewFlash Builder IDE

21. New, mobile-specific components added for application navigation and state management

22. UIs tailored for different form factors

23. Optimized for mobile device performance

24. Existing Spark components retro-fitted for mobile

26. Create a new Flex Mobile Project Design View is Mobile-Optimized

28. Detecting Device Capabilities

29. Device Capabilities Multitouch Accelerometer Orentation Microphone Keyboard GPS Camera

30. Check for support

31. GPS

32. Orientation

33. Multi-touch: You CAN touch this

34. Raw touch points Gestures

35. Optimization

36. Optimization Considerations Consider bitmaps over vectors Keep bitmaps as small as possible When in doubt, use ActionScript MXML can be more costly

37. Event propagation

38. Frame Rate and Memory Management https://github.com/mrdoob/Hi-ReS-Stats

39. Developer Programs

40. $99/year You get 70% of sales revenue Blackberry Tablet OS $200 for 10 applications, you get 80% of sales revenue Free to develop applications One-time $25 fee if you want to submit to marketplace You get 70% of sales revenue

41. Resources Flash Builder 4.5 and Flex 4.5 http://www.adobe.com/products/flash-builder.html http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash-builder.html http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/mobile-apps.html http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex.html Flex and .Net http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/flex_net.html http://www.themidnightcoders.com/products/weborb-for-net/ http://www.fluorinefx.com/

42. Q & A Thank you! blog.easelsolutions.com adobe.com/devnet/mobile adobe.com/devnet/flex