Flash Mobile. Developing Android and i: OS Applications

✍ Scribed by Matthew David (Auth.)

• Publisher: Focal Press
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 310
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Build rich media applications for the iOS and Android platforms with this primer to Flash mobile development. It helps you get all of the essentials - from setting up your development environment to publishing your apps to the Google Market Place/Apple iTunes App Store. Develop elementary applications without coding; then realize the power of ActionScript 3 to add rich complexity to your applications. Step-by-step instruction is combined with practical tutorial lessons to deliver a working understanding of the development stages including: rapid prototyping; adding interactivity, audio, and video; employing iOS and Android Interface Calls; hardware optimization with AIR; game development; game engines, controlling physics, and 3D; designing for iPad, Android tablets, and Google TV; and, code optimization, testing, and debugging User interfaces are presented in full color to illustrate their nuances. The companion website, includes all of the AS3 code, project files, and a blog to keep you up to date with related news and developments; publication within weeks of Adobe's release of the Android packaging utilities; full-color illustrations of UI and design implementations; and, companion website with tutorial media and author forum

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front matter, Pages i-ii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Foreword, Pages xiii-xiv
Author's Note, Page xi
Setting up Flash CS5 for Android Development, Pages 3-25
Project: Creating Your First APP Using Flash CS5, Pages 27-46
Rapid Android Development in Flash CS5, Pages 49-87
Project: Optimizing Animation, Audio, Video, and Component use in Your air for Android Apps, Pages 89-98
Developing Mobile Apps Using Actionscript, Pages 101-125
Project: Building Sprite's 123, Pages 127-137
Leveraging Custom Iphone and Android Interface Calls with Actionscript, Pages 141-164
Project: Building a Gesture-Driven Application, Pages 165-178
Building Games with Flash for the Mobile Market, Pages 181-240
Project: Building a Mobile Game, Pages 241-255
Deploying Mobile Apps with Flash CS5, Pages 259-272
Project: Publishing Your Apps Into the Many Different App Stores, Pages 273-282
Index, Pages 283-295