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One App Interacting Across 5 Screens
In this video I show an app created in Flash Professional CS5.5 and running across 5 screens: Android Mobile (Droid) iPad Android Tablet (Motorola Xoom) BlackBerry PlayBook Desktop Browser (Chrome) The powerful thing going on is that each device is talking to each other in REAL TIME! The Android is the controller that moves the [...]
Control a Flash-Based Presentation Using Android
In this tutorial I show how you can create a Flash-based presentation that can be controlled by an AIR for Android app. Both the presentation and the Android app are created from the same FLA file and uses a peer to peer connection to “talk” to one another. The result is an app that not [...]
Create a Chat App Using Flash
In this tutorial I walk through the basics of Peer to Peer communication using Flash Professional within the context of a real-time chat app. This technology can easily be extended for more robust collaboration projects such as real-time community white boards, social gaming or real-time online support. The source files can be downloaded here. For [...]
Simple Speed Tracking App Using Flash Professional
Yesterday it was reported that FitnessKeeper gets over one million dollars to build out a fitness app. I thought, how hard can that be? Well, with Flash Professional CS5 and an Android device in hand I knocked out a quick speed tracking app. It tracks your top speed and compares it to animal speeds, just [...]
AIR for Android: Access the Microphone
I this tutorial you’ll learn how to access the microphone and use that data to affect graphics. Then, you’ll see how easy it is to set up Flash to publish an AIR app for Android devices. The final result is a game playing on a Nexus One. Download Source Files
Accessing the Accelerometer Using Flash CS5
In this video you will see how easy it is to check to see if the device has Accelerometer capabilities and then manipulate an object based on the accelerometer data. Download Source Files
Creating Flash Content for Multiple Screens
In this tutorial I show you how to reposition and resize graphics to always fit the size of the screen it is playing on. So whether the content is playing in a browser on a laptop or on a mobile phone (with the Flash Player), the content will always fit appropriately. I also show how [...]
