Building Adobe AIR Applications
Building Adobe AIR Applications
Building Adobe AIR Applications
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BUILDING ADOBE <strong>AIR</strong> APPLICATIONS<br />
Creating your first <strong>AIR</strong> application<br />
adt -package -storetype pkcs12 -keystore sampleCert.pfx HelloWorld.air<br />
HelloWorld-app.xml HelloWorld.swf<br />
You will be prompted for the keystore file password. Type the password and press Enter. The password characters<br />
are not displayed for security reasons.<br />
The HelloWorld.air argument is the <strong>AIR</strong> file that ADT produces. HelloWorld-app.xml is the application descriptor<br />
file. The subsequent arguments are the files used by your application. This example only uses three files, but you<br />
can include any number of files and directories.<br />
After the <strong>AIR</strong> package is created, you can install and run the application by double-clicking the package file. You<br />
can also type the <strong>AIR</strong> filename as a command in a shell or command window.<br />
For more information, see “Packaging a desktop <strong>AIR</strong> installation file” on page 51.<br />
Creating your first <strong>AIR</strong> application for Android with the<br />
Flex SDK<br />
To begin, you must have installed and set up the <strong>AIR</strong> and Flex SDKs. This tutorial uses the AMXMLC compiler from<br />
the Flex SDK and the <strong>AIR</strong> Debug Launcher (ADL), and the <strong>AIR</strong> Developer Tool (ADT) from the <strong>AIR</strong> SDK. See “Setting<br />
up the Flex SDK” on page 18.<br />
You must also download and install the Android SDK from the Android website, as described in: Android Developers:<br />
Installing the SDK.<br />
Note: For information on iPhone development, see Creating a Hello World iPhone application with Flash Professional CS5.<br />
Create the <strong>AIR</strong> application descriptor file<br />
This section describes how to create the application descriptor, which is an XML file with the following structure:<br />
<br />
...<br />
...<br />
…<br />
<br />
…<br />
<br />
...<br />
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1 Create an XML file named HelloWorld-app.xml and save it in the project directory.<br />
2 Add the element, including the <strong>AIR</strong> namespace attribute:<br />
The last segment of the namespace, “2.7,”<br />
specifies the version of the runtime required by the application.<br />
3 Add the element:<br />
samples.android.HelloWorld The application ID uniquely identifies your application along with the<br />
publisher ID (which <strong>AIR</strong> derives from the certificate used to sign the application package). The recommended form<br />
is a dot-delimited, reverse-DNS-style string, such as "com.company.AppName".<br />
4 Add the element:<br />
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