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Posted to users@flex.apache.org by Joseph Hayes <Jo...@co.washington.or.us> on 2013/05/08 19:16:42 UTC
Flex Mobile Project Updates
Hello,
I've been developing apps in Flex for a couple years now and I love it.
I'm thinking about some mobile development now. However, I noticed
that Adobe's site said they weren't updating the Flex SDK to support
Android OS versions newer than 4.0.something. Has, or will, the Apache
Flex group be updating the SDK to support the newer Android versions?
Thanks,
Joe Hayes | GIS Tech III
Department of Land Use & Transportation
Planning and Development Services | Long Range Planning
503.846.3877
Re: Flex Mobile Project Updates
Posted by Jonathan Campos <jo...@gmail.com>.
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Joseph Hayes <
Joseph_Hayes@co.washington.or.us> wrote:
> If there's a resource I should read, please point me in the right
> direction.
>
Well... one of the pmc members did write a book about it ;)
http://manning.com/campos/
I've heard nothing but good things about it. Feel free to get into it.
--
Jonathan Campos
Re: Flex Mobile Project Updates
Posted by Alex Harui <ah...@adobe.com>.
On 5/8/13 10:31 PM, "Mark Line" <ma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> I haven't heard any plans for native extensions to be part of the Flex SDK,
> I could of course be wrong. There is work on mobile components continuing.
> (If your unaware there are Flex components and skins designed for mobile as
> there are more lightweight(faster)).
If someone wants to contribute native extensions to Apache Flex, I'm pretty
sure we'd accept them.
>
> Adobe air is the Flash runtime (which Flex has to run on, although there is
> some work on the compiler to export to html/js) but build for desktops and
> devices with some extra device apis.
Right now, there is an effort to get a Flex-like workflow to output apps
that run on Cordova/PhoneGap. See [1].
[1]
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Alex%27s+FlexJS+Prototype
--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
RE: Flex Mobile Project Updates
Posted by Mark Line <ma...@gmail.com>.
Hi Joe,
I haven't heard any plans for native extensions to be part of the Flex SDK,
I could of course be wrong. There is work on mobile components continuing.
(If your unaware there are Flex components and skins designed for mobile as
there are more lightweight(faster)).
Adobe air is the Flash runtime (which Flex has to run on, although there is
some work on the compiler to export to html/js) but build for desktops and
devices with some extra device apis.
The Flex sdk is great for building cross platform apps fast although you
will need to be very careful with performance coming from desktop to mobile.
If you already know flex there is little to none learning curve. Especially
if you have experience with desktop Air apps.
Flex is great for what it was designed for, so data driven type, ui
component based apps. I would not recommend using a Flex mobile app for a
base for mobile game development however.
What do you want to build?
-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Hayes [mailto:Joseph_Hayes@co.washington.or.us]
Sent: 08 May 2013 22:59
To: users@flex.apache.org
Subject: RE: Flex Mobile Project Updates
Mark,
Thanks for the reply. Your answer sheds some more light on the fact that the
Flex SDK is really independent from Android, but only tied via Air.
Sorry if I'm not asking the right questions, I'm new to mobile development
and still trying to wrap my head around it. Not sure if I should stick with
Flex (which is what I want) or go down the rabbit hole with native code.
Will Apache be making an effort to update/add/create "native extensions" for
IOS and Android? Or do I have this all wrong?
If there's a resource I should read, please point me in the right direction.
Thanks Again,
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Line [mailto:markline@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 10:38 AM
To: users@flex.apache.org
Subject: Re: Flex Mobile Project Updates
Adobe aren't updating Flex anymore. Just Apache/open source community
Flex apps required adobe air to run on mobile (android and iOS).
The current version of air (3.7) requires android 2.3 and above. I think you
can target older air versions to lower the minimal version of android.
If you just wanted to write in pure as3 you can look at other solutions
(hax, playscript, starling and feathers) On 8 May 2013 18:17, "Joseph Hayes"
<Jo...@co.washington.or.us>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I've been developing apps in Flex for a couple years now and I love
it.
> I'm thinking about some mobile development now. However, I noticed
> that Adobe's site said they weren't updating the Flex SDK to support
> Android OS versions newer than 4.0.something. Has, or will, the
Apache
> Flex group be updating the SDK to support the newer Android versions?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe Hayes | GIS Tech III
>
> Department of Land Use & Transportation
>
> Planning and Development Services | Long Range Planning
>
> 503.846.3877
>
>
>
>
>
>
RE: Flex Mobile Project Updates
Posted by Joseph Hayes <Jo...@co.washington.or.us>.
Mark,
Thanks for the reply. Your answer sheds some more light on the fact that
the Flex SDK is really independent from Android, but only tied via Air.
Sorry if I'm not asking the right questions, I'm new to mobile
development and still trying to wrap my head around it. Not sure if I
should stick with Flex (which is what I want) or go down the rabbit hole
with native code. Will Apache be making an effort to update/add/create
"native extensions" for IOS and Android? Or do I have this all wrong?
If there's a resource I should read, please point me in the right
direction.
Thanks Again,
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Line [mailto:markline@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 10:38 AM
To: users@flex.apache.org
Subject: Re: Flex Mobile Project Updates
Adobe aren't updating Flex anymore. Just Apache/open source community
Flex apps required adobe air to run on mobile (android and iOS).
The current version of air (3.7) requires android 2.3 and above. I think
you can target older air versions to lower the minimal version of
android.
If you just wanted to write in pure as3 you can look at other solutions
(hax, playscript, starling and feathers)
On 8 May 2013 18:17, "Joseph Hayes" <Jo...@co.washington.or.us>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I've been developing apps in Flex for a couple years now and I love
it.
> I'm thinking about some mobile development now. However, I noticed
> that Adobe's site said they weren't updating the Flex SDK to support
> Android OS versions newer than 4.0.something. Has, or will, the
Apache
> Flex group be updating the SDK to support the newer Android versions?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe Hayes | GIS Tech III
>
> Department of Land Use & Transportation
>
> Planning and Development Services | Long Range Planning
>
> 503.846.3877
>
>
>
>
>
>
Re: Flex Mobile Project Updates
Posted by Mark Line <ma...@gmail.com>.
Adobe aren't updating Flex anymore. Just Apache/open source community
Flex apps required adobe air to run on mobile (android and iOS).
The current version of air (3.7) requires android 2.3 and above. I think
you can target older air versions to lower the minimal version of android.
If you just wanted to write in pure as3 you can look at other solutions
(hax, playscript, starling and feathers)
On 8 May 2013 18:17, "Joseph Hayes" <Jo...@co.washington.or.us>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I've been developing apps in Flex for a couple years now and I love it.
> I'm thinking about some mobile development now. However, I noticed
> that Adobe's site said they weren't updating the Flex SDK to support
> Android OS versions newer than 4.0.something. Has, or will, the Apache
> Flex group be updating the SDK to support the newer Android versions?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe Hayes | GIS Tech III
>
> Department of Land Use & Transportation
>
> Planning and Development Services | Long Range Planning
>
> 503.846.3877
>
>
>
>
>
>