AIR 2.0 workshop – Flash and the City

• Your hosts for this evening

• Who the hell are you?

Designer?Developer? Business type?

• What will we be talking about?

• What is Adobe AIR?• How does it work?• Playing with the APIs• What is new in AIR 2.0?

• Multi-touch in Flash and AIR• Working with data using SQLite• Building a simple web server

• Questions? Let us know!

• What do you need installed?

2.0

Let’s get this show on the road!

• What is Adobe AIR?

Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system runtime that lets developers combine HTML, AJAX, Adobe Flash, and Adobe Flex technologies to deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) on the desktop

• How does it work?

SWF HTML

Adobe AIR runtime

Windows, Mac, Linux

Hello World

<hello />

• Network detection

• Detect network status changes• Monitor access to a URL or socket

air.net.URLMonitorair.net.SocketMonitor

• Example: 001_network

• Windowing

• Create application windows at runtime• Window look ‘n feel is based on OS• Allows custom shaped UI windows

flash.display.NativeWindowflash.display.NativeWindowInitOptions

• Example: 002_windowing

• HTML support

• AIR has an embedded Webkit HTML engine• HTML content is integrated in the display list

flash.html.HTMLLoadermx.controls.HTML

• Example: 003_HTML

• Filesystem access

• AIR can read, write, delete files and folders• File paths are abstracted and OS independent

flash.filesystem.Fileflash.filesystem.FileStream

• Example: 004_File

• SQLite database

• AIR has an embedded SQLite database engine• Databases are container in a single file

flash.data.SQLConnectionflash.data.SQLStatement

• Example: 005_SQLite

• Drag ‘n Drop

• AIR supports drag ‘n drop between applications• Allows you to set the drag data and image

flash.events.NativeDragEventflash.desktop.NativeDragManager

• Example: 006_DragDrop

• Clipboard access

• Control an OS wide clipboard• Assign clipboard data in one or more formats

flash.desktop.Clipboard

• Example: 007_Clipboard

• Native processes

• Open a file with its default application• Launch an executable with optional arguments

flash.desktop.NativeProcessflash.desktop.NativeProcessStartupInfo

• Example: 008_NativeProcess

• What is new in AIR 2.0?

• Support for TLS/SSL sockets• Enhanced printing support• Mass storage detection (e.g. USB drives)• Ability to listen to sockets, UDP support• Native processes• Raw microphone access• Multi-touch gestures• …

• AIR is coming to Android!

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• Questions?