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Jan
20

Flex Mobile Development – Dynamic Splash Screens

Flex Mobile Development – Dynamic Splash Screens Flash Builder 4.6 includes a new feature to allow you to add a dynamic splash screen component to your mobile application. This feature will allow you to load a different image based on a few different properties you can set to ensure you get the best image for the right device. The properties you can use to determine which image is displayed for the splash screen are: dpi minResolution aspectRatio You can...
Jan
19

Apache Flex Update!

Apache Flex Update! It’s been quite the roller coaster in the Flex world these past few months to say the least! Now seemed like a good time for an update on the latest status of things. Adobe Flex to Apache Flex Adobe Flex is now Apache Flex (in case you’ve been under a rock lately or perhaps just discovered Flex ). It’s been contributed to the Apache community and is in incubator status. Incubator...
Dec
7

Game of Flex for Tablets Released!

Game of Flex for Tablets Released! My fellow teammate Michael Chaize recently had an idea for creating a ‘game’ to showcase Flex and the latest 4.6 release features with Tour de Mobile Flex being the initial inspiration. I’m happy to announce that the Game of Flex is now available on both the Apple iTunes and Android Market for your downloading pleasure ! The Game of Flex consists of 16 questions which if answered...
Dec
6

Flex Mobile Development – Adding Maps with the MapQuest AS3/Flash API!

Flex Mobile Development – Adding Maps with the MapQuest AS3/Flash API! A topic that has come up often in my conversations with developers lately is how to easily add mapping components to their their Flex and Flash mobile apps. Now I’m super excited to share this latest AS3/Flash API for mobile from MapQuest for everyone to check out! The new version contains touch-friendly maps and controls and was streamlined for performance on mobile. To get started, first check out...
Dec
1

Flex Mobile Development – SplitViewNavigator Tutorial (w/ source)

Flex Mobile Development – SplitViewNavigator Tutorial (w/ source) The SplitViewNavigator is another new Flex 4.6 component targeted for tablet development that can be used when you want to create a master view / detail view in your application, where the master view typically serves as a source of navigation and the detail view displays the results of the action taken on the master view. The master view is typically the left or top of the screen, and the detail view is...
Nov
29

Flex Mobile Development – Flex 4.6 Cool New Soft Keyboard Features – sample w/ source!

Flex Mobile Development – Flex 4.6 Cool New Soft Keyboard Features – sample w/ source! Flex 4.6 (release going public TODAY – I will update this post with the link as soon as I have it) – includes some nice soft keyboard enhancements to be aware of, including setting a certain type of keyboard or setting the default return key lable, and even auto-correcting and auto-capitalizing text. This post will show how to use each of them along with some sample code. The sample application...
Nov
17

Flex Mobile Development – DateSpinner Sample (with source)!

Flex Mobile Development – DateSpinner Sample (with source)! The next feature I want to highlight in the upcoming Flex 4.6 release is the new DateSpinner control. The DateSpinner allows you to represent and select a date and/or time through a custom-skinned set of SpinnerList controls out of the box in Flex 4.6. Here’s an example: If you take a look at the DateSpinner.as source code in the SDK, you will see there are a number of SpinnerList controls defined...
Nov
14

Flex Mobile Development – SpinnerList Sample (with source code)

Flex Mobile Development – SpinnerList Sample (with source code) There was a lot of news from Adobe last week surrounding the Flash platform and Flex SDK (understatement !!) I know many have formed their own opinions on the state of affairs, but the bottom line is, we need to move forward now and be productive again. Flex 4.6 will launch soon and there are some really cool new components that I want to continue to highlight prior to the launch. The next in my series...
Nov
2

Flex Mobile Development – ToggleSwitch Sample (with source)!

Flex Mobile Development – ToggleSwitch Sample (with source)! The Flex/Flash Builder 4.6 prerelease includes a new ToggleSwitch control that can be used to indicate a binary value (like a CheckBox). Below is a screenshot showing a sample of two being used. The first switch shows it selected by default using a specified slide duration (for animation in milliseconds), and the second one uses a custom skin class to define different labels: The important part of the...
Oct
31

Flex Mobile Development – Building Tablet Apps – Full Example with Source Code!

Flex Mobile Development – Building Tablet Apps – Full Example with Source Code! I just returned from RIA Unleashed where Christophe and I presented a Flex Mobile Boot Camp session. In this session we built an Expense Reporting application called XpenseIt, specifcally targeted for tablet devices. We originally presented a 4.5.1 version at MAX, but wanted to utilize all the awesome new components available in Flex 4.6. We’re sharing the assets from this 3 hour lab HERE for those...
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