The FlashCamp Italy is back and will take place friday, September 23 in Rimini. The cool news is that this year the main track will be put side by side with two vertical "unconferences" about:
- Mobile development with the Flash Platform
- Open Source: from "forma mentis" to "de iure condendo"
Confirmed speakers so far: Michael Labriola, James Ward, Justin MCLean, Michelle Yaiser, Christian Ferranti, Marco Fusetti (aka jaco@pixeldump), Giorgio Natili. I have to say this is going to be an awesome event! You can find more information and updates here (italian).
I just published a short tutorial about how to set up, compile and test an AIR for Android project using just Eclipse and FDT without even opening the Flash IDE:
If you own an Android 2.2 (Froyo) device you must know that you can already start building (and testing!) your AIR 2.5 applications for Android. There’s more: if you are an FDT user like me you should be glad to know that is very easy to build and package our AIR4Android applications without even leaving our favorite tool!
Read the full tutorial here.
There's a new page on Forum Nokia showcasing latest Flash Lite tutorials created by Forum Nokia and Omega Mobile, made possible by funding from the Open Screen Project Fund.
Want to learn how to best take advantage of support for Adobe Flash Lite on Nokia devices? If so, these demonstration applications are a good place to start. These tutorials are designed to provide you with working code for key aspects of Flash Lite integration with the latest S60 devices from Nokia. You will find code for key tasks such as obtaining location information, sending an SMS message, and many more.
Read the full article and download source code here.
Forum Nokia just published a series of Flash Lite tutorials along with source files including several interesting development topics.
These tutorials provide working code for key aspects of Flash Lite integration with the latest S60 devices from Nokia. Each tutorial includes the Flash project, skinned swf files that can be run on an S60 5th Edition device and a tutorial guide document. Several of the tutorials illustrate the packaging of Flash Lite content into a WRT widget.
This is the complete list:
Music application tutorial LBS application tutorial RSS news application tutorial All application tutorials Social Networking application tutorial Photostream application tutorial Event application tutorial Video application tutorial
(via Alessandro) - Sony Ericsson announced the Sony Ericsson WebSDK. It is an open source tool created in collaboration with the PhoneGap (mentioned by Aral Balkan in a recent post) open source community. The SDK makes it possible for web and mobile developers to create mobile apps using HTML, CSS and JavaScript programming. A bridge component allows JavaScript to access platform features and data such as accelerometer, GPS, Camera and contacts.
The HTML/CSS/JavaScript part can be authored in the developer’s tool of choice. Sony Ericsson provides the tools to make testing and deployment simple:
- PhoneGap Cross Platform Framework – provides the bridging functionality to access platform features
- Sony Ericsson PhoneGap Simulator – runs the application and simulates phone features for testing
- Packager – packages the application to deploy in sales channels
- Emulator – Use the Symbian or Android Emulator together with our Satio™ or XPERIA™ X10 skins.
"With the Sony Ericsson WebSDK our focus is on bringing all the capabilities of web technologies to mobile applications and giving web developers wide access to easy-to-use tools and mobile phone platforms." says Christopher David, Head of Developer and Partner Engagement at Sony Ericsson. "We are driving this initiative together with the PhoneGap open source community and invite developers to join us as we offer advanced mobile devices and a clear monetization path."
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