Flex for Mobile – Device Form Factor Detection

Here’s a quick tip for detecting device form factor (tablet vs phone) within your Flex mobile applications. First, get the stage dimensions for the screen size in pixels, then divide that by the applicationDPI (screen pixel density).  This will give you the approximate size in inches of the device’s screen.   I say “approximate” because […]

Ready For Adobe MAX 2011?

Adobe MAX 2011 is rapidly approaching, are you ready? Next week will bring some exciting announcements, so be sure to watch the MAX Keynotes steamed live online if you aren’t able to be there in person (Monday AND Tuesday). Definitely do not miss them. For those of you who will be able to attend, don’t […]

Visualizing Complex Enterprise Data in a Tablet World

My recent Developer Deep Dive webinar “Visualizing Complex Enterprise Data in a Tablet World” is now available on the Adobe Enterprise Developers Portal.   In this webinar, I walk through the fundamentals of a rich, enterprise-data driven mobile experience, powered by Flex, AIR, LCDS, & LCCS. Take a look at this short clip to get […]

Flash Player 11 & AIR 3

Can you feel the excitement?!?!?! Adobe has just announced the availability of AIR 3 and Flash Player 11 for early October! This release will bring a wave of change to the Internet and development tooling as you know them. From console-quality hardware accelerated 3D, to AIR captive runtime, to native extensions… Adobe tools will enable […]

Getters & Setters vs. Public Properties

Here’s a post that I originally wrote way back in 2006, when Flex 2 was all the rage.   No, seriously, Flex 2 was awesome – it is the base of today’s Flex framework, helped to revolutionize applications on the web, and heralded the “RIA” frenzy.   The best part is that this post is […]

Adobe Flex & AIR: One Developer Platform, Many Devices

In this series, I’d like to highlight Adobe’s mobile offerings, and the variety of platforms that can be supported from a single codebase.     I wrote a simple URL Monitoring utility application that will check the status of various HTTP endpoints using the AIR URLMonitor class.   I now have that application running on […]

Flex/AIR on Devices: From Flash Builder to the Nook Store

This post is a part of my series “One Developer Platform, Many Devices“. In this post, we will focus on the workflow of getting your APK from Flash Builder into the Barnes & Noble Nook Store.    First, review the process for building an Android APK file within Flash Builder. However, there are a few additional […]

Flex/AIR on Devices: From Flash Builder to the Amazon App Store

This post is a part of my series “One Developer Platform, Many Devices“. In this post, we will focus on the workflow of getting your APK from Flash Builder into the Amazon Appstore.    First, review the process for building an Android APK file within Flash Builder.  Once you have your APK generated, you’re ready to […]