In a new Adobe Developer Connection article Christian Cantrell explain several techniques to help Flash developers author content that will render properly on any device, regardless of its screen resolution and pixel density: Authoring mobile Flash content for multiple screen sizes.
Adobe recently announced that Adobe Flash Professional CS5 will give Flash developers the ability to build and deploy native iPhone and iPod touch applications. As the Flash Platform continues to proliferate and reach more devices, developers need to adopt techniques for authoring with multiple screen sizes and resolutions in mind. This article discusses several techniques to help Flash developers author content that will render properly on any device, regardless of its screen resolution and pixel density.
Read the full article here.
(via Mark) - The Mobile World Congress is a massive event with some 50,000 attendees from around the world. Each year there are around 50 Adobe employees from across the organization in attendance, including all the key members of the platform team at Adobe.
As always, the Spanish User Group are proud to host the Adobe Day at Adobe’s offices in Barcelona. This is your chance to hear direct from the Adobe team about their announcements, and to see Flash Player 10.1 on devices for the first time.
Timing/location:
- Torre Mapfre – Avinguda Litoral, 08005 Barcelona, Spain
- 09.30am – 5.00pm 19th February
- Space for 100 attendees
Note: Passing security takes time, arrive 15-30 mins early. More info here.
(via Mark) - Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, given the huge investments with the Open Screen Project, will be Adobe's most important event in the mobile calendar. There will be a lot of interest for the launch of Flash Player 10.1 and iPhone native apps with Flash and Adobe AIR®. For this reason Adobe is giving away upon request complimentary passes to the Mobile World Congress exhibition halls. The free passes are limited to two per company on a first-come, first-served basis. Send an email to mwcstaff@adobe.com with your name, company name, and email address.
Join us at Mobile World Congress 2010, where Adobe and partners of the Open Screen Project will preview some of the innovations enabled by the Adobe® Flash® Player runtime for smartphones, smartbooks, and netbooks running popular entertainment, gaming, and video websites. In 2010, more devices will come to market supporting Adobe Flash Player and a new class of application known as "contextual applications." Experience firsthand contextual applications from leading brands that adapt presentation and performance to different application contexts — including various operating systems, platforms, and devices — and user personalization.
Read more here.
Lee Brimelow (Platform Evangelist at Adobe) published today his Flash Player 10.1 multi-touch FAQ page. Lee tried to answer to the most asked questions that have come up after the publication of Lee's videos and examples...
As you can tell I have been having tons of fun lately playing with the new multi-touch and gesture APIs in Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2.0. Based on my videos and examples there have been a ton of questions that have come up, many of which I didn’t know the answers to. There are still many things to test and I will pick Danny Dura’s brain while we are sunning ourselves this week in Brasil. Danny has done a lot of work with these APIs and will be doing a session on them at Flash Camp Brasil. Below are some answers to the most asked questions that have come up.
You can read the full post here.
Google recently announced Google Nexus One (made by HTC), the latest Android device out there. As Adobe announced at MAX, Google has joined the Open Screen Project to bring another level of openness to the Web that is good for both developers and users and the Google Nexus One will support Adobe Flash Player 10.1 (as browser plugin). The Flash 10.1 is not shipping with the phone but it will be added later on.
Watch Adrian Ludwig preview an early version of Flash Player 10.1 running on the new device.
(via Ryan Stewart) - Tonight Adobe released the AIR 2 and Flash Player 10.1 betas on Adobe Labs (direct download links for Flash Player and AIR). This is the first time Adobe simultaneously release the desktop (AIR) and browser (Flash Player) runtimes for all three platforms (Mac, Windows, Linux) at once which is a great milestone for the Flash Platform. One of the biggest thing with this release is the huge memory improvements we seen at MAX this year.
Developing and Getting started with the new Runtimes:
There are already lots of resources online and you can find more info below. Sounds like we can start on it and prepare for mobile!
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