Video Article - Comparing AIR for Android Development Processes

Yesterday I made a post about my experiences with the new Flash Builder 4.5 and 4.1 IDEs while developing mobile applications. Today, we follow this up with a video to illustrate some of the key points you'll need to get started.



Flash Builder 4.5 download

FileBrowser.fxp (Flash Builder 4.01/AIR 2.5 SDK project - 76 kb)

FileBrowser.apk (Android Package - 1.02 MB)

Installed application size = 1.02 MB (without graphics, icons, splash images etc)

MobileFileBrowser.fxp (Flash Builder 4.5 project - 840 kb)

MobileFileBrowser.apk (Android Package -1.78 MB)

Installed application size = 768 kb (with graphics, icons, splash images etc)

Have fun!

New Video: 22nd Century performing in Los Angeles, CA

This video was shot Oct 6, 2009 when 22nd Century played at Adobe MAX 2009 in the LA Live Plaza. This was a great night for us to be privileged to perform at such a great venue in front of thousands of people. The song in the video is called U Generation, an assault on the lost generation between baby boomers and Gen X. The sound is totally raw (recorded on a video camera with one mic) but it turned out not too bad.

The first CD is starting to pick up in sales @ http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/22ndcentury. Only buy it if you really want to support the band. You can also download the 22nd Century MP3s from our MySpace (free). The CD offers far better quality in AIFF format.

Either way is cool with us. We don't do music for money but totally appreciate people who support the band via buying CDs.


22nd Century - U Generation (live) v2

22nd Century|MySpace Music Videos

Video: How to build chromeless AIR apps in 5 minutes (update)

I had previously posted a technical article on this topic however it is out of date due to changes to the Adobe AIR application descriptor file. This video is an updated tutorial on this topic. You can download the complete project files from http://www.web2open.org/codesamples/AIR-ApplePear.zip.

Duane's World 17 - Tagga.com, ScatterHeart and AIR tutorial

This episode of Duane's World features an interview with Tagga.com founder Amielle Lake. Tagga.com is a very compelling gateway to using mobile for web-based campaigns. Amielle's company has built out a great feature set on tagga.com.

The code and tunes section has a tutorial from James Ward on writing out files to a hard drive in Adobe AIR. The source code is below. Canadian band Scatterheart supplies two great tracks for this episode.

This episode starts in New York and ends with a run down Solar Coaster on Whistler Blackcomb.