Distributing and Monetizing Adobe AIR Apps

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Developers that apply to distribute the Adobe AIR runtime are provided access to a tool, the Operating System Identifier (OSID) Generator application, that can be used to identify a platform-specific identifier for an installed AIR application. By obtaining these OS specific IDs, developers can detect and launch an installed AIR application.

A few developers reported that they were experiencing issues using this tool with their AIR 2 applications. In response, we recently made available an updated version of the OSID Generator application that addresses the issue.

Please see the mini-FAQ below for additional information on this update.

Q: Where do I find the updated OSID Generator application that is compatible with AIR 2?

A: If you were approved to distribute the AIR runtime for AIR 2 or earlier versions, you were sent an email that included a link to instructions for how to download the OSID Generator application. Please refer to this email to locate this link.

Q: Where can I find additional information on distributing the AIR runtime so that I can have access to the OSID tool? Where can I apply?

A: To request a distribution agreement for the AIR runtime, please see visit the request page. Once approved, you will be sent a link that includes instructions for how to download the OSID tool.

Q: Though I successfully applied and was approved to redistribute the runtime, I can no longer find the link to the page that allows me to download the OSID application. What should I do?

A: Please reapply to distribute the AIR runtime. Once approved, you will be sent a link that includes instructions for how to download the OSID tool.

Q: Where can I find instructions on how to use the OSID Generator application?

A: Once your distribution request is approved, you receive a link to a page that includes a link to documentation for the OSID Generation Application. Once the link is loaded in your browser, click on the "Download documentation" link in the "Adobe AIR Runtime Installer files" section. Once the "Adobe AIR Runtime Redistribution Instructions" instructions page is loaded, read the section titled "Using the OSID Generator application."

In recent weeks, we have seen a tremendous amount of activity related to Adobe AIR, Flash Player and other Adobe related technologies due to our recent product launches. In fact, there is so much activity that it can be difficult to keep up.

In the coming weeks and months, we will continue to spotlight new applications that customers are building using Adobe AIR with a focus on AIR 2 capabilities as well as AIR for Android apps. Today, I would like to provide a quick summary of some of the recent announcements that I believe developers may find valuable.

• Aptana, in partnership with Adobe, released the Adobe AIR Plug-In for Aptana Studio. The updated version of the plug-in allows JavaScript developers to easily build rich, out-of-browser applications powered by the latest capabilities availabilities in AIR 2. The plug-in includes advanced support for debugging, profiling, code hinting and more. For instructions on how to install the plug-in, see this page.
• Flash developer Grant Skinner recently published two very impressive experiments using Adobe AIR and Android. In his first experiment, he built a wireless slot car gas pedal. In his second experiment, he built a multi-screen game called Androideroids that, well, must be seen to be believed.
• Adobe AIR team member Christian Cantrell released MailBrew, an email notifier that supports Gmail (regular Gmail, and Google Apps email accounts) and IMAP. For a quick overview of the application, be sure to check out the video Christian put together.
• Serge Jespers not only posted a video tutorial demonstrating how to create native installers in AIR 2, he built an application using AIR that helps you package your native installers. The application is called Package Assistant Pro and is currently available for download.
• Greg Wilson announced the launch of Tour de Flex 2.0 powered by Adobe AIR 2. A special thank you to Greg and Holly Schinsky for helping to develop additional AIR 2 examples in this update
• Adobe recently released the 1.0 version of the Open Source Media Framework (OSMF). This framework simplifies the development of media players by allowing developers to assemble components to create high-quality, full-featured video playback experiences in Flash Player or Adobe AIR. The framework is now available for download. There are also many resources for developers interested in getting started with OSMF. If you are developing an AIR application that takes advantage of OSMF, please leave a comment and let us know as we are seeking out showcase applications.

Below are links to two of Grant Skinner's recent AIR and Android experiments. Be sure to check these out!

Androideroids (rough cut) from Grant Skinner on Vimeo.

AIR for Android Wireless Slot Car Gas Pedal from Grant Skinner on Vimeo.

Following up on our recent Adobe AIR 2 runtime availability announcement, we are pleased to also announce that the Adobe AIR 2 SDK is available for download! To help developers quickly get up to speed on the latest capabilities of this release, we are making a number of resources available including release notes, documentation, articles, videos and sample applications.

Release Notes

First, be sure to review the AIR 2 Developer Release Notes where you will find additional information about the latest features, tips and tricks and known issues. This document is an excellent resource for learning about the release. The developer release notes are also available in Japanese and Chinese as well.

Documentation

Links to the Adobe AIR 2 documentation can be found on here.

Articles

If you are looking for tips on how to get started with AIR 2, visit the Adobe AIR Developer Center. Below are several new articles and videos related to AIR 2 that will help you get started with some of the new capabilities in the runtime.

• What's new about HTML, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript in AIR 2 by Mihai Balan
• Using the AIR 2 NativeProcess API to create a screen recorder by Benjamin Dobler
• Writing multiscreen AIR apps by Christian Cantrell
• Communicating between Flash Player and Adobe AIR with sockets by Charles Ward
• Video: Creative Native Installers in Adobe AIR 2 by Serge Jespers

Sample Applications With Source Code

In addition to articles, our team developed a number of sample applications with source code available to help get your started on the new runtime features. Sample applications are available for Flex, Flash and HTML/JavaScript.

Several new sample applications, grouped by product area, that we are making available for AIR 2 include:

• Native Process API
  • SearchCentral (Mac only) - SearchCentral lets you search your desktop, Google, or Wikipedia from within a single application. SearchCentral takes advantage of the new native process API to communicate with the Mac OS X Spotlight feature. It also uses the open document API to open files when double-clicked.
• Networking
  • KeePIPE - a JavaScript-based application that lets users share files on the same network. The application demonstrates how the new networking capabilities can be used to create peer-to-peer applications. KeePIPE also demonstrates the new open document capabilities. If you use an application such as VMWare, you can use this application to transfer files between your VM and host computer.
  • HTTPeek - HTTPeek is a proxy which demonstrates the new ServerSocket APIs in AIR 2. It listens on a designated port, and proxies HTTP requests while displaying the both the request and response HTTP headers.
• Mass Storage Device Detection
  • FileTile - FileTile demonstrates two new capabilities in AIR 2: mass storage device detection, and opening files with their default applications. When running, FileTile detects when a storage device (such as a USB drive or a Flip video camera) is connected, and displays the contents of the files on that device. Right-click on images to preview them, or double-click to open files with their default application.
• Local Audio Recording
  • Microphone - Microphone records and plays back audio locally. It demonstrates a new feature in AIR 2 that lets you write audio locally without requiring a server. You can also speed-up or slow-down the playback speed of the recorded audio.
  • EchoExample - The EchoExample application records a sound, then plays it back simulating an echo using the new ability in AIR 2 to sample microphone data directly. It also demonstrates the use of the SoundTransform object to modify the sound dynamically before playing it back.
• Multi-touch & Gestures
  • PhotoPhysics - PhotoPhysics is a multi-touch application that includes a built-in physics engine. Note: PhotoPhysics requires a multitouch device such as an HP TouchSmart PC or a Dell Latitude XT2 running Windows 7.
  • GeoTest - GeoTest lets you throw images around the screen using a built-in physics engine. This application demonstrates how a user with a non-multi-touch system may tests multi-touch APIs. Note: GeoTest does not require a multi-touch device.
  • SpriteFract - SpriteFract demonstrates a mouse-compatible, direct-manipulation interface. It has a built-in physics engine and leverages the new multi-touch APIs. It also uses PixelBender to asynchronously process a large amount of geometry data. Note: SprteFract does not require a multi-touch device. Optional multitouch devices include the HP TouchSmart PC or a Dell Latitude XT2 running Windows 7.
  • TouchTest - TouchTest allows you to drag, scale, and rotate images on the screen. This application demonstrates the new multi-touch capabilities in AIR 2. Note: TouchTest requires a multitouch device such as an HP TouchSmart PC or a Dell Latitude XT2 running Windows 7.
• Print Feature Demo
  • PrintFeatureDemo - Demonstrates many of the powerful new printing capabilities of AIR 2 including printing without a dialog, querying the list of local printers, and more.

Feedback

If you have ideas on how to improve AIR, please visit our recently launched Adobe AIR Ideas website where you can submit and vote on new capabilities that you would like to see added to AIR. If you have a bug that you would like to report back to our team, please submit it back to our team by using our feedback form.

Thank you and happy developing!

Rob Christensen
Product Manager, Adobe AIR

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the Adobe AIR 2 runtime. Starting today, you can download and install the new version at get.adobe.com/air/. Developers can now deploy applications built for AIR 2 on Windows, Mac OS and Linux. (Note that the AIR 2 SDK is available in CS5 and will be available as a free standalone download on Tuesday, June 15th.)

AIR APPS

The Adobe AIR runtime is already installed on nearly 300 million desktop computers. We have carefully crafted a seamless installation and upgrade experience that makes it very easy for developers to distribute apps on Mac OS, Windows and Linux. With a few clicks, the Adobe AIR “badge” embedded on the app download page takes care of installing or updating to the right version of AIR if needed. In addition, once a week AIR apps check to see if an AIR update is available, and if so, users are presented with the option to update to the most up‐to‐date version, helping to ensure that end users get the benefits of improved security and performance.

There are some amazing apps built with AIR that will work even better with AIR 2. Here are a few we expect will work better because of reduced memory usage and improved performance:

• Graphic.ly: a splendid comics book reader that connects people who love sharing their passion about graphic novels
• The complete National Geographic: 120 years of National Geographic magazine at your fingertips in stunning digital clarity
• Moviefone: the latest HD movie trailers in outstanding quality
• The Simpsons unleashed: experience The Simpsons like never before as the characters come alive and interact with you on your desktop.
• Adobe Story: a collaborative story writing tool, part of the new CS Live online services.

WHAT’S NEW IN ADOBE AIR 2

Adobe AIR 2 is our most significant update to AIR since its original release two years ago.

Here is just one example of developer reaction to this release:

Adobe AIR 2 is the most robust & versatile yet. With minimum development effort, I was able to convert my AIR for Android app into a desktop app that runs on Windows, Mac OS X & even Linux. Being able reuse 90% of my code to build an application that runs on desktops, as well as mobiles is truly an amazing feature. AIR 2 has evolved into a ubiquitous platform! — Lee Graham, Co‐Founder of TRImagination

We have made huge improvements in the overall performance of the runtime. Without changing your AIR apps, they will now use less CPU and up to 30% less memory.

We are also introducing dozens of new features and hundreds of new APIs for developers to take advantage of. For example, our much improved networking APIs will make it possible to build new apps, from multi‐player games to enterprise collaboration apps. AIR is now even more tightly integrated with the operating system, including better interaction with the file system, detecting mounting and un‐mounting of volumes, improved printing APIs, support for native installers and, of course, one of our most request features, support for integrating native code with your application using the NativeProcess API.

We’re very excited to see the new class of apps made possible by our new multi‐touch and gesture APIs. Those APIs are also available on the beta mobile version of Flash Player and on the AIR for Android pre‐release, and more and more laptops and desktops are multi‐touch capable. We believe this is a great opportunity to build apps with innovative user interactions.

We have also made improvements to HTML support in AIR 2, which you can take advantage of whether you are building an application using only HTML/CSS and JavaScript, or incorporating the HTMLLoader view as part of a Flash/ActionScript‐based application. We have added support for some CSS3 and HTML5 features as well, including CSS transforms, transitions and animations and the <canvas> tag. Additionally, the new JavaScript engine in AIR 2 has been clocked up to twice as fast as before.

A broad range of AIR 2 applications are expected to be available shortly after the release of the AIR 2 runtime, ranging from publicly available apps like the updated Avatar (movie) application from 20th Century Fox, to enterprise apps such as Intuit Spheres, a messaging and file sharing application.

FIND OUT MORE

Use the following resources to learn more about AIR 2:

• Attend a webinar: Going Multi‐Screen with the Flash Platform, June 22‐24
• Read the AIR 2 release notes
• Read in‐depth articles on AIR 2 at the Adobe Developer Center
• Try or buy Flash Professional CS5 and Flash Builder 4 as well as Dreamweaver CS5 ‐‐ all already include support for the AIR 2 SDK.
• Tell us what you’d like to see in future versions of AIR at ideas.adobe.com
• Sign‐up for the AIR for Android developer pre‐release program

We believe web developers should be able to use their skills and the tools they are already familiar with to build great standalone applications on any device. Our goal is to provide the best tools, frameworks and runtimes to give developers the shortest path from a brilliant idea to an application ready to distribute.

AIR 2 is a significant leap forward. We’re looking forward to the awesome new applications that you will build with AIR 2. I can’t wait to see what you will come up with!

Also, in case you didn’t know, Flash Player 10.1 for Windows, Mac OS and Linux is also available today. Get it from get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ and read the Flash Player team’s blog post about the new release.

Adobe Story is a new collaborative tool designed for writing scripts and screenplays and is a part of the new CS Live online services. Story includes a number of powerful productivity features including collaborative screenwriting, auto-completion tools, Adobe Premiere CS5 and OnLocation integration, scene tagging and many more.

Using Adobe Story, screenwriters have the option of either using a web browser or a desktop application powered by Adobe AIR to access the application.

The video demonstration below provides an excellent tutorial on Adobe Story including a demonstration of the AIR app. This is another stunning application of the types of advanced applications that can be built, in part, with Flash Player and AIR. Congratulations to the Adobe Story team for its public release of a terrific new tool!

Adobe Enterprise Café is a new application powered by Adobe AIR that helps you track the latest news and information related Adobe's enterprise products including Adobe LiveCycle ES (Enterprise Suite), Acrobat, Connect, and ColdFusion. Targeted at developers and technical staff, Café is the one tool you need to search across the entire community knowledge base and stay in touch with the Adobe teams.

Features of the application include:

• News - Highlights important news and alerts about Adobe's enterprise-focused applications and other relevant Adobe software. Note that news items differ based on your login credentials.
• Search - A dedicated tool searching across multiple targeted sites focusing on product specific content.
• RSS Reader - A feature-rich content aggregator that lets you share stories via AIM, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, e-mail and more without copying and pasting, or dragging and dropping.
• Notes - Saves search results and other text snippets for viewing later, whether you are online or offline. You can also share notes with the community.
• Water Cooler - Provides a live chat room for the community to engage and discuss product related issues.
• Forums - A direct link into the latest information found on Adobe Forums.
• Events - Allows you to quickly locate upcoming LiveCycle events in your area or online.
  
• Training - Provides a listing of upcoming training events for your product.
• Demos and Sales Tools - a launchpad to LiveCycle solution demonstrations and enterprise sales tools for Adobe employees and partners.
• Partner Showcase - Partners can upload solution demonstrations for review, approval, and dissemination.
• Adobe TV - Pre-filtered enterprise-focused shows are continually updated with the latest videos.

For additional information about the Enterprise Cafe, please visit the following links:

• Download Adobe Enterprise Cafe
• Watch an overview presentation

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Last week at the Google I/O conference, we announced the public availability of the Adobe AIR for Android Developer Prerelease program. This week, we wanted to highlight a few excellent examples of AIR and Android powered enterprise applications developed by two members of our evangelism team, Christophe Coenraets and James Ward.

Both Christophe and James recently recorded inspiring video demonstrations of some of the sample applications they have been working on lately.

• Employee Directory Application sample using Flex and AIR for Android by Christophe Coenraets
• Android Trader Application with Flex 4 and AIR by Christophe Coenraets
• Flex on Android in Flash Player and AIR by James Ward

Mobile version of Employee Directory application by Christophe Coenraets.

Trading sample application by Christophe Coenraets.

Example of a Flex and AIR application that includes multi-touch support by James Ward.

We are pleased today to announce the public availability of the Adobe AIR for Android Developer Prerelease program. Any designer or developer interested in building Android applications using the Flash Platform is welcome to join this program to get access to our beta SDK. Whether you are already an experienced Flash developer or just interested in learning Flash, we encourage you to join our prerelease program to get started on building Android applications today using AIR.

Click here for more information on Adobe Labs Click here to Register You will gain immediate access to our beta AIR Android SDK

By joining the prerelease program, developers will also have access to a new extension to
Flash Professional CS5 that publishes directly to Android devices. The extension adds a new AIR for Android publish setting that works in the shipping and 30-day trial versions of Flash Professional CS5.

At Google I/O today, we are also showing several AIR applications running on Android smartphones. These applications were built by members of a small private prerelease program we have been running for the past month. Their experience has been very positive and they have already created some great applications with our early builds.

A selection of AIR applications shown at Google I/O

Qrossfire - Bowler Hat Games Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Mobile Google I/O Scheduler-Veronique Brossier BlogRadio Fruit Smash - Electrotank Trackometer - Spin Technologies

We continue to make great progress towards releasing AIR for Android in the second half of this year. We look forward to working with Google and other Open Screen Project partners to bring innovative applications created with AIR to multiple platforms and devices.

Thanks,
Michael Chou
Product Manager, Adobe AIR for Android

Vimeo is a popular online video community due to its support for high-quality video playback, beautiful and easy-to-use site design and social networking features. Needless to say, I was thrilled to discover that Vimeo built a powerful uploading tool powered by Adobe AIR. There are a number of online services today that rely on AIR for uploading content including Photoshop.com.

The Vimeo desktop uploader allows users to:

• Upload multiple files
• Batch edit video info and privacy
• Pause & resume an upload
• Reliably upload large video files up to 1GB and beyond

Below is a tutorial recorded by a member of the Vimeo community that demonstrates how the uploading tool works.

Congratulations to the team at Vimeo for building an extremely useful tool!

The Dreamweaver team recently released the Adobe Dreamweaver Widget Browser on Labs that allows web developers to quickly build out rich visual interfaces using JavaScript and CSS. With the Widget Browser, you can quickly preview and download OpennAjax widgets available on the Adobe Exchange. Once downloaded, you can add widgets to Dreamweaver CS5 and easily insert them within your web pages. If you are interested in adding your own widgets, the Dreamweaver team released a developer's guide that provides all of the details you need to get started.

The video above by James Williamson provides an excellent overview of how the Widget Browser works. The application is powered by Adobe AIR and the Flex SDK.

Note: While you can download the Widget Browser and browser the available widgets, you will need to use Dreamweaver CS5 in order to take advantage of many of the features described above.

The Adobe AIR 2 Release Candidate (RC) build is now available on Adobe Labs. Please be sure to download the latest AIR runtime and, if you are an application developer, SDK. If you run into any issues, please let us know by using our feedback form to send us a bug. Please be sure to include all relevant information necessary to reproduce the issue.

Important: Applications built against Adobe AIR 2 beta 2 *will not run* using the AIR 2 RC runtime. In order for an AIR 2 beta 2 application to run on the AIR 2 RC runtime, the namespace of the beta 2 application descriptor file must first be updated to "2.0" and compiled against the AIR 2 RC SDK.

Today, I had the pleasure of connecting with the talented team at HipChat, developers of a new instant messaging service. HipChat is designed to help companies easily collaborate on projects using chat rooms and file sharing. The video above provides an excellent overview of the service and demonstrates the desktop application powered by Adobe AIR (users can also use a web interface).

From the HipChat website, features include:

• File sharing and storage. Share PDFs, mockups, and documents for instant feedback. Access them any time from the HipChat client or on the web.
• Chat rooms. Use rooms for departments, teams, or projects. Rooms can be open for anyone to join, or private for only invited members.
• One-on-one messaging. Have side conversations with your teammates. You'll have chat history and file sharing to help you keep track.
• Notifications. Customize HipChat alerts with sounds, flashes, and pop-ups. Get someone's attention by typing @name.
• Chat and file history. HipChat automatically saves your conversations and files. Never forget who said what, and when. Access history anywhere you have internet
• Emoticons. Express yourself using emoticons.
• Spell checking. HipChat will keep you from embarrassing yourself in front of your team members (at least spelling-wise).
• ... explore additional features on the HipChat website

If you are interested in checking out the service, it is free for 30 days and you can sign-up here.Congratulations to the team! It is great to see another company targeting the enterprise with a service that includes an AIR application.

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The Adobe Developer Connection (ADC) is an amazing resource for developers looking to explore the latest content related to Adobe tools, frameworks and runtime technologies like Flash Player and Adobe AIR. With the recent launches of the Flex 4 SDK, Flash Builder 4, Flash Catalyst CS5, and Flash Professional CS5, there is an incredible amount of new material to explore.If you have not had the opportunity to visit the ADC already, there is a dedicated section that focuses on Adobe AIR content.

Below are a few articles that are applicable to building out-of-browser applications using Adobe AIR that I would encourage you to explore:

• Retrieving a list of network interfaces in Adobe AIR 2 by William Liang
• Resolving DNS records in Adobe AIR 2 by William Liang
• Building a data-centric application using Flash Catalyst CS5 and Flash Builder 4 by Andrew Shorten
• Building a micro-blogging solution for the enterprise by Mark Ellis
• Reducing CPU usage in Adobe AIR by Jonnie Hallman
• Exploring the Spring tool in Flash Professional CS5 by Chris Georgenes
• Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 best practices by Andrew Shorten
• Using the States Model in Flex 4 by Serge Jespers
• Moving projects from Flex Builder 3 to Flash Builder 4 by Andrew Shorten
• Flash Catalyst Overview by Terry White

If you have an idea for an article that you would like to see on the Adobe Developer Connection website, please leave a comment with your proposal. If you are interested in writing an article on your proposed topic, be sure to mention that in your comment as well.

Congratulation to the team at Graphic.ly for releasing an alpha version of their upcoming desktop application powered by Adobe AIR. If you are or ever have been a fan of comic books, you simply must download this application and take it for a spin.

Features of the desktop application include:

• An application store that allows you to browse and purchase comic books (several are currently offered for free!)
• An activity feed that displays what others in the Graphic.ly community are reading and rating
• A built-in achievement system that recognizes users for discovering new features
• A beautiful, full-screen interface for navigating the pages and individual frames of a comic book
• A social feature that allows you to write comments on individual frames that others in the community can read

The Graphic.ly team describes what they are building as a "a cutting-edge community and digital content delivery platform for comic books, graphic novels and other forms of publishing." I am looking forward to seeing feature iterations of the application; especially as Graphic.ly becomes available on new types of devices.

 

Over the last few days, developers in the Adobe AIR for Android private beta started creating AIR applications for the Android OS. Using existing code from Flash applications or their AIR applications created for the iPhone, developers were able to create applications in just a few short hours and for one developer in just 10 minutes! Here are a few quotes found on the blogs of our private beta developers:

"It literally took me 10 minutes to compile for Android, and get the game on my new Nexus One phone"
-Alan Queen

"Performance-wise, AIR for Android is fast. With barely any work on my part, I got my three existing mobile games running in AIR for Android."
-Josh Tynjala

"Well with no code changes, about 2 hours to have the graphics tweaked (thanks to @pneal), I was able to port Happy Peg over to Android."
-Matthew Keefe

"My Nexus One arrived yesterday (FedEx Saturday delivery FTW) about 4pm, and I had Fruit Smash Organic ported to the device and running beautifully by 7pm! That includes downloading and installing the SDKs, walking through a Hello World tutorial, charging the device for a little while, and making some minor code edits."
-Jobe Makar

For business reasons, Apple recently updated the terms of their iPhone developer program license which now restricts applications built with Adobe technology and other 3rd party technologies to be distributed in the Apple App Store. As a result of this business decision our customers will no longer be able to distribute their apps in the Apple App Store but not to worry since Adobe is committed to our developers and we will continue to support multi-screen and multi-platform content creation. This week Andy Rubin, Google VP of Engineering, made a guest post on the Adobe Featured blog stating Google's commitment to bringing Flash and AIR to Android-based devices. With the continued support from OSP partners and the ubiquity and flexibility of the Adobe Flash Platform the possibilities are endless for our customers.

Listed below are a few blog posts and videos from some our developers who have created AIR for Android apps in the last few days from the AIR apps they originally developed for the iPhone. You may have already seen some of these in my colleague Lee Brimelow's previous blog post. Just imagine how easy it will be in the future to create desktop and mobile apps with Adobe AIR.

AS3TV
Blog
Video

BaoZi Jump!
Blog
Video

BlogRadio
Blog
Video

CavityFree 3D
Blog
Video

Chroma Circuit
Blog
Video

Dermoscopy Tutorial
Blog
Video

Digit Cards
Blog
Video

Fruit Smash Organic
Blog
Video

Gold Strike
Blog
Video

Happy Peg
Blog
Video

Innocent Angel
Blog
Video

Magenn
Blog
Video

Mahjong
Blog
Video

Mingoville Sudoku
Blog
Video

MoaiMawashi
Blog
Video

Moobix
Blog
Video

PlayNLearn
Blog
Video

Pop Pies
Blog
Video

Qrossfire
Blog
Video

SketchNSave
Blog
Video

Slots O'Luck
Blog
Video

SpriteABC
Blog
Video

StarMatchABC
Blog
Video

StudyShuffler
Blog
Video

The Producer
Blog
Video

Tik Tak Zoo
Blog
Video

Tiny Dot Edit
Blog
Video

Vasectomy App
Blog
Video

World Geography Hangman
Blog
Video

Brush
Video

First Aid
Blog

mWine
Video

mytoons
Video

Nabdroid
Video

If you are interested in creating AIR applications for Android and would like to be notified regarding the AIR for Android Beta please sign-up to be notified

Thank you for your continued help and support. In addition to our blog, please be sure to follow us on Twitter for AIR-related updates.

Michael Hu - Senior Product Marketing Manager, Adobe Flash Platform

The Simpsons Unleashed is a new desktop AIR app that allows you to play pranks on your friends using characters from "The Simpsons" television show. In addition to pranking your friends, Homer will also wander out onto your desktop to heckle you from time to time. This is an excellent example of how to create a unique, engaging AIR application that integrates with services from social networks like Facebook. Download it now and check it out for yourself. .

After queuing for an hour at the flagship Apple Store in SF this morning, we finally got our hands on a stack of magical devices. We've spent the rest of the day having fun getting the first Adobe AIR apps running on the iPad.

We've tested many of the existing AIR apps that are on the Apple App Store today (Alchemist, BaoZi Jump, Something Fishy, Gridshock, Space On-Air, Moai Mawashi etc, etc...), and they all have been working beautifully.

We have also been working on bringing up the first "HD" apps that take advantage of the gorgeous screen of the iPad.

Christian Cantrell from our team also got a multiscreen AIR app working on the iPad today.

The performance is pretty impressive, seems to be about 2x the performance of the 3GS. We're looking forward to all the cool new apps that are going to be possible with this form factor.