Ready to put your ActionScript 3 skills to work on mobile apps? This hands-on book walks you through the process of creating an Adobe AIR application from start to finish, using the Flex 4.5 framework. Move quickly from a basic Hello World application to complex interactions with Android APIs, and get complete code examples for working with Android device components—GPS, camera, gallery, accelerometer, multitouch display, and OS interactions. No matter how much Flex experience you have, this book is the ideal resource.
Use Flash Builder 4.5 to create and debug a Flex Mobile project
Choose a layout option to determine which files Flash Builder auto-generates
Select permissions that control which devices can install your app from the Android Market
Explore APIs that enable your app to interact with specific Android OS features
Learn how to read and write text files, browse the file system for media files, and create and write to an SQLite database
Use the URLRequest class to open your app in the browser, place calls, and create emails and text messages
Load web and video content into your app with StageWebView
Publish your app to an Android installer file with Flash Builder
Chapter 1 Hello World
Create a Flex Mobile Project
Debug a Flex Mobile Project
Chapter 2 Application Layouts
Blank Application
View-Based Application
Tabbed Application
Chapter 3 Permissions and Configuration Settings
Permissions
Other Configuration Settings
Automatically Reorient
Full Screen
Automatically Scale Application for Different Screen Densities
Rich Tretola, an award-winning Flex developer, is the Rich Applications Technical Lead at Herff Jones Inc. He has been building internet apps for over a decade, and has worked with Flex since the original Royale beta was introduced in 2003. Rich is highly regarded in the Flex community as an expert in RIA, and is also an Adobe Community Expert. He has authored or co-authored a number of books on Flex and AIR, and has a popular Flex and AIR blog at Everything Flex.
Comments about O'Reilly Media Developing Android Applications with Flex 4.5:
This book is very interesting for those who are starting on mobile development and has experience developing with Adobe Flex / Adobe AIR.
Demonstrate key techniques so you do not have to leave your comfort zone (development with Adobe Flex / AIR) and has to learn a new technology to start developing for Android.
It is a book that goes straight to the point with practical examples of key concepts and features needed to develop on Android devices.
5/19/2011
(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
5.0
Step by step, quick and easy
By Sandyboy44
from Saint Louis, MO
About Me Developer
Pros
Accurate
Concise
Easy to understand
Helpful examples
Well-written
Cons
Not comprehensive enough
Best Uses
Intermediate
Comments about O'Reilly Media Developing Android Applications with Flex 4.5:
What I like about this book is that it is pretty light-weight, quick and easy to follow with step by step instructions! Most books that I have read have at least 30%-50% wasteful material which makes them exhausting to read. I can't believe I finished reading this book in about 4 hours (and I am a slow reader!) and fully grasped what it takes to develop a solid Flex mobile application. I look forward to more from this author
5/8/2011
(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
5.0
one of the best book for Flex Developers
By Tahir Alvi
from Pakistan
About Me Developer
Pros
Accurate
Concise
Easy to understand
Cons
Best Uses
Expert
Intermediate
Comments about O'Reilly Media Developing Android Applications with Flex 4.5:
1.easy to use code examples 2.very simple language used throughout the book
