Flash development for Android cookbook : over 90 recipes to build exciting Android applications with Flash, Flex, and AIR / Joseph Labrecque ; [foreword by Scott Janousek].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Labrecque, Joseph.

Contributor:

Janoušek, Scott.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flash (Computer file).

Android (Electronic resource).

Application software--Development.

Application software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, U.K. : Packt Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Labrecque Joseph: Joseph Labrecque is a creative developer, designer, and educator with nearly two decades of experience creating expressive web, desktop, and mobile solutions. He joined the University of Colorado Boulder College of Media, Communication and Information as faculty with the Department of Advertising, Public Relations and Media Design in Autumn 2019. His teaching focuses on creative software, digital workflows, user interaction, and design principles and concepts. Before joining the faculty at CU Boulder, he was associated with the University of Denver as adjunct faculty and as a senior interactive software engineer, user interface developer, and digital media designer. Labrecque has authored a number of books and video course publications on design and development technologies, tools, and concepts through publishers which include LinkedIn Learning, Apress, Peachpit, Packt, and Adobe. He has spoken at large design and technology conferences such as Adobe MAX and for a variety of smaller creative communities. He is also the founder of Fractured Vision Media, LLC; a digital media production studio and distribution vehicle for a variety of creative works. Joseph is an Adobe Education Leader, Adobe Community Expert, and member of Adobe Partners by Design. He holds a bachelor's degree in communication from Worcester State University and a master's degree in digital media studies from the University of Denver.

Summary:

Over 90 recipes to build exciting Android applications with Flash, Flex, and AIR

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; Foreword; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Ready to Work with Android: Development Environment and Project Setup; Introduction; Using Flash Professional CS5.5 to develop Android applications; Targeting AIR for Android with Flash Professional CS5.5; Using Flash Builder 4.5 to develop Android applications; Enabling Flash Builder 4 or Flex Builder to access Flex Mobile SDKs; Using Flash Builder 4 and below to develop Android applications; Enabling Powerflasher FDT 4.1 to access Flex Mobile SDKs

Using Powerflasher FDT 4.1 and below to develop Android applicationsConverting a standard Flex project to a Flex Mobile project; Configuring the AIR SDK to package AIR for Android applications on Windows; Configuring the AIR SDK to package AIR for Android applications on Linux or Mac OS; Chapter 2: Interaction Experience: Multitouch, Gestures, and Other Input; Introduction; Detecting supported device input types; Detecting whether or not a device supports multitouch; Verifying specific gesture support for common interactions; Using gestures to zoom a display object

Using gestures to pan a display objectUsing gestures to swipe a display object; Using gestures to rotate a display object; Accessing raw touchpoint data; Creating a custom gesture based upon touchPoint data; Emulating the Android long-press interaction; Invoking the virtual keyboard programmatically; Responding to Android soft-key interactions; Responding to trackball and D-Pad events; Chapter 3: Movement through Space: Accelerometer and Geolocation Sensors; Introduction; Detecting whether or not an Android device supports the accelerometer; Detecting Android device movement in 3D space

Adjusting the accelerometer sensor update intervalUpdating display object position through accelerometer events; Switching between portrait and landscape based upon device tilt; Detecting whether or not a device supports a geolocation sensor; Retrieving device geolocation sensor data; Adjusting the geolocation sensor update interval; Retrieving map data through geolocation coordinates; Chapter 4: Visual and Audio Input: Camera and Microphone Access; Introduction; Detecting camera and microphone support; Using the traditional camera API to save a captured image

Using the Mobile CameraUI API to save a captured photographUsing the Mobile CameraUI API to save a captured video; Using the device microphone to monitor audio sample data; Recording Microphone Audio Sample Data; Chapter 5: Rich Media Presentation: Working with Images, Video, and Audio; Introduction; Loading photographs from the device cameraRoll; Applying Pixel Bender Shader effects to loaded images; Playing video files from the local file system or over HTTP; Playing remote video streams over RTMP; Playing audio files from the local file system or over HTTP

Generating an audio spectrum visualizer

Notes:

"Quick answers to common problems"--Cover.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613349729

9781283349727

1283349728

9781849691437

1849691436

OCLC:

797917441