More Great Adobe AIR Apps
If you need more proof that Adobe AIR is a viable option for developing mobile phone and tablet apps then look no further than these two great examples. First up is the really stylish Red Bull Illume HD iPad app, which showcases some of the best skateboarding and surfing photography out there. Next up is […]
AIR 2.7 Released
Adobe has just announced the availability of AIR 2.7 and there’s some great news for those targeting iOS. The rendering performance of AIR 2.7 for iOS is up to four times faster, meaning Flash is quickly becoming a viable platform for a number of iOS projects. Adobe Developer Evangelist, Renaun Erickson highlights the faster rendering […]
Adobe AIR 2.6 is Live
Good news, particularly for those interested in iOS development with Flash. Adobe AIR 2.6 is now live (runtime and SDK), with AIR for iOS now having feature parity with AIR for Android. If you remember, Adobe temporarily halted development of the Packager for iPhone leaving those wishing to target the platform limited to AIR 2.0, […]
AIR for Android – Six of the Best
It’s early days for Adobe AIR for Android but I thought I’d do some digging around on the Android Market and see what apps are already available. Overall I was fairly impressed and some very polished content has certainly been released. The following six however really caught my eye for one reason or another. 6. […]
Publishing AIR for Android Apps
A big congratulations to all those on the public AIR for Android pre-release that have gone on to release their apps onto the Android Market. It’s great to see content getting out there and I seriously hope all you guys and girls get the recognition you deserve for your efforts. For those who are close […]
AIR available on Android Market
Good news, Adobe AIR for Android is now available on the Android Market. You still need to sign-up to the AIR for Android public beta if you want to actually develop AIR apps at the moment, but I’m guessing that restriction will end pretty soon. I’m sure we can also look forward to seeing some […]
AIR for Android Books
I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the AIR for Android pre-release but given my limited time I certainly haven’t been able to explore everything it has to offer. So it was extremely pleasing to find out that there will be a few books on the subject coming out at the end of this year. O’Reilly will be […]
Getting Started with AIR for Android
You’ve probably noticed my posts haven’t been as frequent of late. We’ll it’s all Adobe’s fault! You see I’ve been spending way too much time coding cool stuff for my Google Nexus One rather than blogging. Hold on, actually maybe that’s a good thing. Anyway, I have managed to finish an AIR for Android app […]
Adobe AIR 2.0 Released
Not content with giving us lucky people Flash Player 10.1, Adobe has also very generously announced the release of AIR 2.0 for Windows, Mac and Linux. Billed as the most significant update of AIR since its original release, it consists of dozens of new features and hundreds of new APIs for developers to take advantage […]
Happy Birthday Adobe AIR
Yup, it’s hard to believe but Adobe AIR is now two years old and it’s incredible just how far it has come in that short space of time. Given the growing debate over Flash’s future within the browser it’s often easy to forget that the Flash platform allows developers to create rich Internet applications that […]