[...]... LocalConnection, NativeMenu, NativeWindow, PrintJob, SecureSocket, ServerSocket, StorageVolumeInfo, SystemTrayIcon, Updater, XMLSignatureValidator Mobile Flash Player 10.1 Versus AIR 2.6 on Android The Flash Player, version 10.1, first became available in Android 2.2 in June 2010 It runs within the device’s native browser Developing applications for the mobile browser is beyond the scope of this book However, understanding... It was initially developed by Google, and was further expanded by the Open Handset Alliance for use with mobile devices Android runs applications developed using the Java programming language and packaged as an Android Package (APK) file 1 Adobe adapted AIR as a tool for ActionScript programmers to make Android applications HTML/Ajax mobile development is not available for AIR for Android The purpose... will also be deployed via the Android Market to adapt to Android evolution For instance, the AIR 2.6 runtime became available in February 2011 to run on Android 2.2 (Froyo), Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), and Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) It provides new features and performance improvements Using AIR on Android creates an additional layer on top of the platform, and communicates with it You do not need to know... and virtual machine The AIR runtime comes installed on some new Android devices, but not all As with all applications installed on an Android device, the AIR runtime is packaged as an APK file If you do not have Adobe AIR yet, search for it in the Android Market application on your device, download it, and install it You will need it in the next chapter Future AIR updates will also be deployed via... hope that AIR will be to mobile development what Flash Player is to the Internet It enables ease of development and distribution of applications across platforms and browsers Installing the Adobe Development Tools The Adobe development tools come in several forms: Flash Professional CS5.5 and Flash Builder 4.5 They support Android OS 2.2 (named Froyo) and later, as well as devices with an ARMv7 or higher... Developing Android Applications with Adobe AIR by V ronique Brossier Copyright 2011 V ronique Brossier, 978-1-44939-482-0.” If you feel your use of code examples falls outside fair use or the permission given here, feel free to contact us at permissions@oreilly.com We’d Like to Hear from You Please address comments and questions concerning this book to the publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc 1005 Gravenstein... Project offer AIR as a development tool for various mobile systems Both efforts bring some uniformity to this fragmented world This book is about developing for the Android platform using Adobe AIR My goal is to provide in-depth information on the various topics specific to mobile development My wish is that this book will help you create quality applications Audience This book is for developers It aims... or higher processor AIR for Android does not work with earlier versions of the Android system Flash Professional CS5.5 The latest version of Flash Professional comes with the AIR for Android extension bundled No separate download or additional installation is needed When you launch CS5.5 and select File→New, you will see an AIR for Android option under the General tab or an AIR for Android category under... devices We will build our first AIR for Android application in Chapter 2 Installing the AIR Runtime on an Android Device The AIR runtime stores the native AS classes which an Android application can reference It is invoked by your application when it launches It only needs to be installed on the device once and is shared by all AIR applications 2 | Chapter 1: AIR The AIR runtime is the C/C++ implementation... instructions to install the AIR runtime on your device from the Android Market Development, packaging, and debugging can all be done using Flash Professional CS5.5 or Flash Builder 4.5 (code named Burrito), available in the Adobe labs at the time of this writing All tools come bundled with the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) used to run and install applications on an Android device For the rest of the book, . < w w w.woweb o o k . c o m > Developing Android Applications with Adobe AIR by V ronique Brossier Copyright © 2011 V ronique Brossier. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of. class="bi x0 y0 w0 h1" alt=""