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Flash Lite Quick Start (1 Comment)

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:49:24 +0000

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Symbian have updated their wiki with some information on Flash Lite development.

Here's the blurb from their site:

This article presents the information necessary to get started creating Flash Lite applications for the Symbian platform. It gives a summary of the tools necessary and a basic example, adapted from Adobe's documentation.

You can read the full article here:

http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Flash_Lite_Quick_Start

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User Group Meeting - Flash on iphone & the Device central team (1 Comment)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:04:33 +0000

Entry by matt.Pollitt

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Hey all,

we will be holding the next UK mobile and devices user group meeting on Wednesday 4th November @ the adobe offices in London.

We will be having the Device Central team over to talk about the new version, and give a sneak peek at some of the new features that will be available to you in the upcoming version. You will also get a chance to ask questions, give feedback and talk about feature you would like to see available.

Mark Doherty will be giving a demo of the new work flow for developing iPhone applications, using the flash IDE that was announced at MAX this year, as well as going over some of the new developments we will be seeing for the mobile space in upcoming versions of the Adobe software.

As well as all this breaking news, we will be providing some drinks, as well as the chance to win a full version of CS4 Creative Suite, as well as some more adobe goodies.

Places will be limited, so please RSVP to matt AT ustwo DOT co DOT uk to secure yours, and be entered into the software draw.

Venue :

Adobe Offices

12 Park Crescent
London
W1B 1PH
Tel: +44 (0)207 317 4100

Date:

Wednesday, 4th november , 2009

Time :

7.30pm onwards

download the attached file for detailed instructions on how to get there,

look forward to seeing you all

Matt

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adobe, usergroup, meeting, flash

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directions.pdf (179KB)

New Job posting : Mobile Flash Master™ - ustwo (1 Comment)

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:47:32 +0000

Entry by matt.Pollitt

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There is a new job opportunity available on the Job board. One of our sponsers, ustwo™ , is looking to take on a Flash Master to help them develop cutting edge mobile content. The position is based in london, or malmo in Sweden.

for full info on the job, and candidate requirments, check out the post on the job board here

Also, if you have any job vacancies you would like filling, feel free to contact me with the details and i can add them to the jobs board for you. ( this is a free service, available to all group members)

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New SE components

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:43:36 +0000

Entry by matt.Pollitt

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The sony erricsson developer center has released a range of pre-made mobile components, which can be easily used in your flash lite projects.

With Sony Ericsson UI components, Flash developers can now build custom user interfaces in a fraction of the time it used to take without compromising too much on performance and memory. Sony Ericsson has introduced a great set of Flash Lite User Interface components, and they are all packed in one MXP file.

These UI components are light, robust, and customizable. They can be easily re-used by Flash developers to rapidly build complex and appealing Flash Lite applications. Sony Ericsson Flash Lite UI components include for example Scrollbar, different kinds of lists, Slider, Softkey, Progress bars, and many other useful UI components.

You can download the components from here, and also browse the rest of the SE mobile dev site.

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se, sony ericsson, mobile, flashlite, flash lite, conponents

Developing with Flash Lite Tutorial Series (1 Comment)

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:27:42 +0000

Entry by matt.Pollitt

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Mark Doherty has posted some interesting news about a new seriers of tutorials for flash lite that are being released.

From the series I expect that viewers will learn how to use Adobe Device Central, discover how to construct a mobile interface and to work with multimedia including FLV. We’ve tried to build out a set of topics that we get most questions on, things like video optimization, performance and the ‘basics’ such as object orientated programming and memory management. The focus will remain on Flash Lite 3.x, although many of the APIs and features work everywhere.

Dale Rankine of moket fame will be presenting them, and i am sure they will help people new to mobile to start making engaging flash based content.

read Mark's article here

check out the vimeo page here

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flash, mobile, flashlite, tutorials, moket

Adobe Releases Flash Platform Media and Text Frameworks as Open Source

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:35:55 +0000

Entry by stuartvarrall

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Not specifically mobile related, but shows Adobe's trend towards opening up and integrating the Flash Platform so worth taking a look at and keeping an eye on.

Extract from the press release:

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced two new Adobe® Flash® Platform open source initiatives for developers, media companies and publishers. Open Source Media Framework (OSMF), part of the project previously code named Strobe, enables developers to quickly and easily build more robust, feature-rich media players optimized for the Adobe Flash Platform. The Text Layout Framework (TLF) will help developers bring sophisticated typography capabilities to Web applications. Both OSMF and TLF are now freely available as open source software, helping content owners extend their online media efforts as they look to create new business opportunities and monetization strategies for publishing on the Web.

Read the full release or read more about it.

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flash platform, open source

Adobe Mobile Packager 1.1 now available (1 Comment)

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:05:40 +0000

Entry by matt.Pollitt

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Mark Doherty has announced the release of the new mobile packager 1.1

As you know we’ve been working very hard on the next version of the Adobe Mobile Packager. In fact a little harder than we anticipated as I’m sure you’ve noticed that I posted the sneak peek more than a couple of weeks ago. Ultimately I wasn’t happy with some features including the Symbian and Windows Mobile signing workflows. I think you’ll agree that the engineering team have done a wonderful job in making it easy to Create->Package->Sign->Distribute packages.

You can read the full story at mark's blog and list of improvements here

download the packager :

Mobile Packager 1.1 – English

Mobile Packager 1.1 – Italian

Mobile Packager 1.1 – Spanish

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Flash Player 10 Beta for Smartphones at MAX 2009 (1 Comment)

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:21:55 +0000

Entry by matt.Pollitt

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Mark Doherty has posted about the up coming beta release of the flash player 10 for mobile on his blog.

"This week Adobe’s CEO Shantanu Narayen announced during our earnings call with investors that we will release a beta version of Flash Player 10 for smartphones. Predictably this will happen during Adobe MAX 2009, where mobile will be front and centre."

He has also recommended some good resources to start brushing up your flex & AS3 skills :

Flex in a Week (very optimistic!)

gotoAndLearn from Lee

go over to his blog post here for full details