Last week I mentioned the Adobe AIR App Challenge sponsored by Sony. To help you get started, and to learn more about using AIR to build apps for the upcoming Sony tablet devices, we're hosting two webinars later this week. Details online , and registration is now open.
Title says it all, and this post over on the Flash Platform blog provides lots of details.
Adobe and Sony are challenging developers to build breakthrough Adobe AIR apps optimized for the new Android-based Sony Tablet codenamed S1 and S2. Build apps using Flash and AIR for a chance to win $200,000 in total cash prizes and other rewards. Details about the Adobe AIR App Challenge are now...
Adobe is hosting summits and tech days in India and China, and I plan to attend both. The Adobe Flash Platform Summit 2011 will take place in Bangalore, India, July 27th - 29th, 2011. The Adobe Developer Tech Day (focused on gaming) will take place in Shanghai, China, on August 3rd. Registration...
The Red Bull Illume is an impressive example of an iPad application built using Flash and AIR. Check out Lee Brimelow's post and video .
I mentioned the PolitiFact app a couple of days ago. Quick update: The iOS version is now available. And yes, it is the exact same Flex codebase as the Android version.
I'm a big fan of PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize winning political fact checking site. PolitiFact has released an app so you can check on the latest reviews and rankings from your favorite device. The Android app has already been released, the iOS and BlackBerry PlayBook versions will be available...
Product manager (and former evangelism team member) Andrew Shorten has posted some details on the relationship between Flash Builder 4.5.1, Flex SDK, and AIR SDK.
The AIR team has just announced the availability of AIR 2.7. Improvements include AIR apps for iOS rendering up to 4x faster in CPU mode, app installation on SD cards for Android devices, acoustic echo cancellation, and more.
Fellow Adobe evangelist Tom Krcha has been working with partners to port some very big Flash projects to iOS. And based on these experiences, he has posted a tip on how to compile big projects with lots of SWFs while not running afoul of iOS license restrictions.