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Posted to dev@flex.apache.org by David Coleman <da...@hotmail.com> on 2013/01/25 13:57:01 UTC
facebook api
Hello,
Our company makes facebook games. We are considering releasing an AIR version of one of our games. We have considered using this library [1]. The writeup says that it is "fully supported by Facebook and Adobe". This begs me to ask the logical question... Is it (or could it be) supported by Apache Flex? Social gaming is a very visible arena, and I would love to be one of the first to be able to announce that we have a multimillion user Facebook game fully based on Apache Flex. I have already started testing to see if there are any benefits to upgrade our codebase to 4.9.0, and I'm curious what the community's opinion would be on our ability to use this library in a possible AIR app, in conjunction with 4.9.0.
Is this library going to stay with Adobe and cease progress at 4.6, or, will it continue to be supported by the Apache Flex community?
Cheers,
Dave
[1] http://code.google.com/p/facebook-actionscript-api/
RE: facebook api
Posted by David Coleman <da...@hotmail.com>.
I ask here, because our *web* version uses the Flex sdk... And we would like to have a common code base. So, we were wondering if there was any "official" opinion on the ability of this library to operate in a web app built with the Apache Flex SDK in a future web version, which of course would (in theory) be sharing a large portion of its code/assets, etc with our (still theoretical) AIR app... It seemed wise to seek clarification from the various Adobe members of this list if they were aware if Adobe has long term plans to actively maintain this library, prior to deciding on its level of usefulness to us.
> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:48:09 +0100
> From: dev-lists@basgrani.com
> To: dev@flex.apache.org
> Subject: Re: facebook api
>
> Hi,
>
> To develop games have the AIR SDK ASC2:
>
> http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/asc2.html
>
> This is totally independent, not dependent on Flex. You can use this
> with Starling and custom libs for development on these games.
>
> Greetings.
>
> El 25/01/2013 13:57, David Coleman escribió:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Our company makes facebook games. We are considering releasing an AIR version of one of our games. We have considered using this library [1]. The writeup says that it is "fully supported by Facebook and Adobe". This begs me to ask the logical question... Is it (or could it be) supported by Apache Flex? Social gaming is a very visible arena, and I would love to be one of the first to be able to announce that we have a multimillion user Facebook game fully based on Apache Flex. I have already started testing to see if there are any benefits to upgrade our codebase to 4.9.0, and I'm curious what the community's opinion would be on our ability to use this library in a possible AIR app, in conjunction with 4.9.0.
> >
> > Is this library going to stay with Adobe and cease progress at 4.6, or, will it continue to be supported by the Apache Flex community?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dave
> >
> > [1] http://code.google.com/p/facebook-actionscript-api/
> >
> >
>
Re: facebook api
Posted by "Dev Lists [Basgrani]" <de...@basgrani.com>.
Hi,
To develop games have the AIR SDK ASC2:
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/asc2.html
This is totally independent, not dependent on Flex. You can use this
with Starling and custom libs for development on these games.
Greetings.
El 25/01/2013 13:57, David Coleman escribió:
> Hello,
>
> Our company makes facebook games. We are considering releasing an AIR version of one of our games. We have considered using this library [1]. The writeup says that it is "fully supported by Facebook and Adobe". This begs me to ask the logical question... Is it (or could it be) supported by Apache Flex? Social gaming is a very visible arena, and I would love to be one of the first to be able to announce that we have a multimillion user Facebook game fully based on Apache Flex. I have already started testing to see if there are any benefits to upgrade our codebase to 4.9.0, and I'm curious what the community's opinion would be on our ability to use this library in a possible AIR app, in conjunction with 4.9.0.
>
> Is this library going to stay with Adobe and cease progress at 4.6, or, will it continue to be supported by the Apache Flex community?
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
> [1] http://code.google.com/p/facebook-actionscript-api/
>
>
Re: facebook api
Posted by Nick Tsitlakidis <ni...@perfectedz.com>.
The library is functional. I'm using it myself as well. There are problems
though.
For example I keep getting javascript warnings that some methods are marked
as deprecated by Facebook. And the library is using these methods.
The latest available build seems to have been released in October 2011
(funny date for the flash community) and I see no other activity since then
to fix issues so I'm a little concerned myself.
I've been thinking about implementing my own as3 wrappers for Facebook's
javascript sdk but I think I'll wait some more before going down that road.
Regarding your questions about having a common code base, I think it can be
done. I did something similar a year ago with a small fb app I wanted to
port to Android. No major problems during the transition.
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 6:41 PM, David Coleman <
david_coleman_007@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you, Alex, I'll contact them directly then. I saw that it also said
> "Adobe has taken over day-to-day management of the project" so i thought
> that maybe you or someone else here might have an inside scoop on the
> future of the lib.
>
> Thanks again for your time.
>
> > From: aharui@adobe.com
> > To: dev@flex.apache.org
> > Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:15:54 -0800
> > Subject: Re: facebook api
> >
> > That page says that Grant Skinner and friends are working on it. Grant
> is
> > not an Adobe employee and last I heard, is alive and well, so this
> library
> > appears to be outside the influence of Adobe (although I suppose that
> Adobe
> > could be providing monetary incentives to Grant or others to work on it).
> >
> >
> > On 1/25/13 5:56 AM, "Harbs" <ha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Since that seems like it's targetting games, I'd imagine that Adobe is
> serious
> > > about maintaining it. It does not seem tied to Flex specifically. It's
> a Flash
> > > library.
> > >
> > > Harbs
> > > On Jan 25, 2013, at 2:57 PM, David Coleman wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> Our company makes facebook games. We are considering releasing an AIR
> > >> version of one of our games. We have considered using this library
> [1]. The
> > >> writeup says that it is "fully supported by Facebook and Adobe".
> This begs
> > >> me to ask the logical question... Is it (or could it be) supported by
> Apache
> > >> Flex? Social gaming is a very visible arena, and I would love to be
> one of
> > >> the first to be able to announce that we have a multimillion user
> Facebook
> > >> game fully based on Apache Flex. I have already started testing to
> see if
> > >> there are any benefits to upgrade our codebase to 4.9.0, and I'm
> curious what
> > >> the community's opinion would be on our ability to use this library
> in a
> > >> possible AIR app, in conjunction with 4.9.0.
> > >>
> > >> Is this library going to stay with Adobe and cease progress at 4.6,
> or, will
> > >> it continue to be supported by the Apache Flex community?
> > >>
> > >> Cheers,
> > >> Dave
> > >>
> > >> [1] http://code.google.com/p/facebook-actionscript-api/
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Alex Harui
> > Flex SDK Team
> > Adobe Systems, Inc.
> > http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> >
>
>
--
Nick Tsitlakidis,
CEO and Software Architect at Perfect Edge LTD.
www.perfectedz.com
RE: facebook api
Posted by David Coleman <da...@hotmail.com>.
Thank you, Alex, I'll contact them directly then. I saw that it also said "Adobe has taken over day-to-day management of the project" so i thought that maybe you or someone else here might have an inside scoop on the future of the lib.
Thanks again for your time.
> From: aharui@adobe.com
> To: dev@flex.apache.org
> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:15:54 -0800
> Subject: Re: facebook api
>
> That page says that Grant Skinner and friends are working on it. Grant is
> not an Adobe employee and last I heard, is alive and well, so this library
> appears to be outside the influence of Adobe (although I suppose that Adobe
> could be providing monetary incentives to Grant or others to work on it).
>
>
> On 1/25/13 5:56 AM, "Harbs" <ha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Since that seems like it's targetting games, I'd imagine that Adobe is serious
> > about maintaining it. It does not seem tied to Flex specifically. It's a Flash
> > library.
> >
> > Harbs
> > On Jan 25, 2013, at 2:57 PM, David Coleman wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Our company makes facebook games. We are considering releasing an AIR
> >> version of one of our games. We have considered using this library [1]. The
> >> writeup says that it is "fully supported by Facebook and Adobe". This begs
> >> me to ask the logical question... Is it (or could it be) supported by Apache
> >> Flex? Social gaming is a very visible arena, and I would love to be one of
> >> the first to be able to announce that we have a multimillion user Facebook
> >> game fully based on Apache Flex. I have already started testing to see if
> >> there are any benefits to upgrade our codebase to 4.9.0, and I'm curious what
> >> the community's opinion would be on our ability to use this library in a
> >> possible AIR app, in conjunction with 4.9.0.
> >>
> >> Is this library going to stay with Adobe and cease progress at 4.6, or, will
> >> it continue to be supported by the Apache Flex community?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Dave
> >>
> >> [1] http://code.google.com/p/facebook-actionscript-api/
> >>
> >>
> >
>
> --
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Team
> Adobe Systems, Inc.
> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>
Re: facebook api
Posted by Alex Harui <ah...@adobe.com>.
That page says that Grant Skinner and friends are working on it. Grant is
not an Adobe employee and last I heard, is alive and well, so this library
appears to be outside the influence of Adobe (although I suppose that Adobe
could be providing monetary incentives to Grant or others to work on it).
On 1/25/13 5:56 AM, "Harbs" <ha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Since that seems like it's targetting games, I'd imagine that Adobe is serious
> about maintaining it. It does not seem tied to Flex specifically. It's a Flash
> library.
>
> Harbs
> On Jan 25, 2013, at 2:57 PM, David Coleman wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Our company makes facebook games. We are considering releasing an AIR
>> version of one of our games. We have considered using this library [1]. The
>> writeup says that it is "fully supported by Facebook and Adobe". This begs
>> me to ask the logical question... Is it (or could it be) supported by Apache
>> Flex? Social gaming is a very visible arena, and I would love to be one of
>> the first to be able to announce that we have a multimillion user Facebook
>> game fully based on Apache Flex. I have already started testing to see if
>> there are any benefits to upgrade our codebase to 4.9.0, and I'm curious what
>> the community's opinion would be on our ability to use this library in a
>> possible AIR app, in conjunction with 4.9.0.
>>
>> Is this library going to stay with Adobe and cease progress at 4.6, or, will
>> it continue to be supported by the Apache Flex community?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
>>
>> [1] http://code.google.com/p/facebook-actionscript-api/
>>
>>
>
--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
Re: facebook api
Posted by Harbs <ha...@gmail.com>.
Since that seems like it's targetting games, I'd imagine that Adobe is serious about maintaining it. It does not seem tied to Flex specifically. It's a Flash library.
Harbs
On Jan 25, 2013, at 2:57 PM, David Coleman wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Our company makes facebook games. We are considering releasing an AIR version of one of our games. We have considered using this library [1]. The writeup says that it is "fully supported by Facebook and Adobe". This begs me to ask the logical question... Is it (or could it be) supported by Apache Flex? Social gaming is a very visible arena, and I would love to be one of the first to be able to announce that we have a multimillion user Facebook game fully based on Apache Flex. I have already started testing to see if there are any benefits to upgrade our codebase to 4.9.0, and I'm curious what the community's opinion would be on our ability to use this library in a possible AIR app, in conjunction with 4.9.0.
>
> Is this library going to stay with Adobe and cease progress at 4.6, or, will it continue to be supported by the Apache Flex community?
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
> [1] http://code.google.com/p/facebook-actionscript-api/
>
>
RE: facebook api
Posted by Avi Kessner <ak...@gmail.com>.
When it comes to Facebook, if you want to keep your game ahead of the curve
I strongly suggest making the calls directly. As you noted, Facebook tends
to change their apis and sometimes even their basic assumptions on a very
frequent basis. I've been burned more than once when trying to use a
wrapper, even ones created by Facebook. (For example on the windows
phone) It really pays to create the calls yourself and learn their direct
calls and batched calls.
On Jan 29, 2013 4:06 AM, "Michelle Yaiser" <my...@adobe.com> wrote:
> Hi, Dave.
>
> We (Adobe Developer Connection) will be publishing a tutorial on how to
> use the Facebook JavaScript SDK with ActionScript 3. The author, Tom Krcha,
> has worked with a number of development studios integrating Flash games
> into Facebook and has found that this solution is more reliable than the
> AS3 SDK/API. Feel free to ping me directly if you have any questions.
>
> Cheers,
> Michelle
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Michelle Yaiser
> Gaming Content & Community Manager | Developer Relations
> Adobe Systems | myaiser@adobe.com | 781-839-1697
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Coleman [mailto:david_coleman_007@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 12:55 PM
> To: dev@flex.apache.org
> Subject: RE: facebook api
>
> - He doesn't think there is anyone at Adobe or Facebook that is actively
> supporting it.well that answers my question. I'm not interested in dealing
> with a dead library along with 100K lines of my own code. Especially when
> Facebook changes their API on what seems like an hourly basis these days.
>
> Thank you, Carol. That was the "in the know insight" on the topic that I
> was looking for.
>
> Thanks to everyone for your input!
>
> -Dave
>
> > From: cframpto@adobe.com
> > To: dev@flex.apache.org
> > Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:43:42 -0800
> > Subject: Re: facebook api
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/25/13 7 :57AM, "David Coleman" <da...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >Hello,
> > >
> > >Our company makes facebook games. We are considering releasing an
> > >AIR version of one of our games. We have considered using this library
> [1].
> > >The writeup says that it is "fully supported by Facebook and Adobe".
> > >This begs me to ask the logical question... Is it (or could it be)
> > >supported by Apache Flex? Social gaming is a very visible arena, and
> > >I would love to be one of the first to be able to announce that we
> > >have a multimillion user Facebook game fully based on Apache Flex. I
> > >have already started testing to see if there are any benefits to
> > >upgrade our codebase to 4.9.0, and I'm curious what the community's
> > >opinion would be on our ability to use this library in a possible AIR
> > >app, in conjunction with 4.9.0.
> > >
> > >Is this library going to stay with Adobe and cease progress at 4.6,
> > >or, will it continue to be supported by the Apache Flex community?
> >
> > I thought I knew who at Adobe worked on this so I sent him mail this
> > morning. I just heard back from him.
> >
> > - Yes, he was working on it but hasn't touched it in about 2 years.
> > - He doesn't think there is anyone at Adobe or Facebook that is
> > actively supporting it.
> > - There is a relatively active group that self-supports the API though:
> > https://groups.google.com/group/facebook-actionscript-api
> >
> > Carol
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
RE: facebook api
Posted by Michelle Yaiser <my...@adobe.com>.
Hi, Dave.
We (Adobe Developer Connection) will be publishing a tutorial on how to use the Facebook JavaScript SDK with ActionScript 3. The author, Tom Krcha, has worked with a number of development studios integrating Flash games into Facebook and has found that this solution is more reliable than the AS3 SDK/API. Feel free to ping me directly if you have any questions.
Cheers,
Michelle
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Michelle Yaiser
Gaming Content & Community Manager | Developer Relations
Adobe Systems | myaiser@adobe.com | 781-839-1697
-----Original Message-----
From: David Coleman [mailto:david_coleman_007@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 12:55 PM
To: dev@flex.apache.org
Subject: RE: facebook api
- He doesn't think there is anyone at Adobe or Facebook that is actively supporting it.well that answers my question. I'm not interested in dealing with a dead library along with 100K lines of my own code. Especially when Facebook changes their API on what seems like an hourly basis these days.
Thank you, Carol. That was the "in the know insight" on the topic that I was looking for.
Thanks to everyone for your input!
-Dave
> From: cframpto@adobe.com
> To: dev@flex.apache.org
> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:43:42 -0800
> Subject: Re: facebook api
>
>
>
> On 1/25/13 7 :57AM, "David Coleman" <da...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >Our company makes facebook games. We are considering releasing an
> >AIR version of one of our games. We have considered using this library [1].
> >The writeup says that it is "fully supported by Facebook and Adobe".
> >This begs me to ask the logical question... Is it (or could it be)
> >supported by Apache Flex? Social gaming is a very visible arena, and
> >I would love to be one of the first to be able to announce that we
> >have a multimillion user Facebook game fully based on Apache Flex. I
> >have already started testing to see if there are any benefits to
> >upgrade our codebase to 4.9.0, and I'm curious what the community's
> >opinion would be on our ability to use this library in a possible AIR
> >app, in conjunction with 4.9.0.
> >
> >Is this library going to stay with Adobe and cease progress at 4.6,
> >or, will it continue to be supported by the Apache Flex community?
>
> I thought I knew who at Adobe worked on this so I sent him mail this
> morning. I just heard back from him.
>
> - Yes, he was working on it but hasn't touched it in about 2 years.
> - He doesn't think there is anyone at Adobe or Facebook that is
> actively supporting it.
> - There is a relatively active group that self-supports the API though:
> https://groups.google.com/group/facebook-actionscript-api
>
> Carol
>
>
>
>
RE: facebook api
Posted by David Coleman <da...@hotmail.com>.
- He doesn't think there is anyone at Adobe or Facebook that is actively
supporting it.well that answers my question. I'm not interested in dealing with a dead library along with 100K lines of my own code. Especially when Facebook changes their API on what seems like an hourly basis these days.
Thank you, Carol. That was the "in the know insight" on the topic that I was looking for.
Thanks to everyone for your input!
-Dave
> From: cframpto@adobe.com
> To: dev@flex.apache.org
> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:43:42 -0800
> Subject: Re: facebook api
>
>
>
> On 1/25/13 7 :57AM, "David Coleman" <da...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >Our company makes facebook games. We are considering releasing an AIR
> >version of one of our games. We have considered using this library [1].
> >The writeup says that it is "fully supported by Facebook and Adobe".
> >This begs me to ask the logical question... Is it (or could it be)
> >supported by Apache Flex? Social gaming is a very visible arena, and I
> >would love to be one of the first to be able to announce that we have a
> >multimillion user Facebook game fully based on Apache Flex. I have
> >already started testing to see if there are any benefits to upgrade our
> >codebase to 4.9.0, and I'm curious what the community's opinion would be
> >on our ability to use this library in a possible AIR app, in conjunction
> >with 4.9.0.
> >
> >Is this library going to stay with Adobe and cease progress at 4.6, or,
> >will it continue to be supported by the Apache Flex community?
>
> I thought I knew who at Adobe worked on this so I sent him mail this
> morning. I just heard back from him.
>
> - Yes, he was working on it but hasn't touched it in about 2 years.
> - He doesn't think there is anyone at Adobe or Facebook that is actively
> supporting it.
> - There is a relatively active group that self-supports the API though:
> https://groups.google.com/group/facebook-actionscript-api
>
> Carol
>
>
>
>
Re: facebook api
Posted by Carol Frampton <cf...@adobe.com>.
On 1/25/13 7 :57AM, "David Coleman" <da...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Our company makes facebook games. We are considering releasing an AIR
>version of one of our games. We have considered using this library [1].
>The writeup says that it is "fully supported by Facebook and Adobe".
>This begs me to ask the logical question... Is it (or could it be)
>supported by Apache Flex? Social gaming is a very visible arena, and I
>would love to be one of the first to be able to announce that we have a
>multimillion user Facebook game fully based on Apache Flex. I have
>already started testing to see if there are any benefits to upgrade our
>codebase to 4.9.0, and I'm curious what the community's opinion would be
>on our ability to use this library in a possible AIR app, in conjunction
>with 4.9.0.
>
>Is this library going to stay with Adobe and cease progress at 4.6, or,
>will it continue to be supported by the Apache Flex community?
I thought I knew who at Adobe worked on this so I sent him mail this
morning. I just heard back from him.
- Yes, he was working on it but hasn't touched it in about 2 years.
- He doesn't think there is anyone at Adobe or Facebook that is actively
supporting it.
- There is a relatively active group that self-supports the API though:
https://groups.google.com/group/facebook-actionscript-api
Carol