Trials and tribulations of software development…
In case you haven’t heard the news yet, the Apache Flex team just delivered their first release, Apache Flex 4.8.0! Though it’s just a parity release (no new features yet), this is a major milestone for the team and validates the strength of the community and the dedicated Adobe folks coming together and proving they can deliver. This release will also help Apache Flex in it’s journey to... 
If you’re a Flex/AIR developer or any developer focused on mobile for that matter, I believe it’s worth your while to spend some time reading this first post in a series of posts I will be writing on using PhoneGap (aka Cordova) for building mobile apps. It’s another great technology choice for rapid cross-platform mobile development and becoming more and more popular. I’ve heard... 
So you’ve heard the great news and downloaded Flash Builder 4.5.1 supporting iOS, what now?! The process to become an iOS developer with Apple can be a bit daunting. This post is intended to help make the process easier and more understandable for those looking to develop applications for iPhone, iPad etc. My best advice before diving into this is to try not to get too caught up in the jargon and... 
Recently I was tasked with localization of the Adobe AIR Launchpad application (making it multi-lingual) and thought I would write up some notes for those facing this task. Flex 4 makes the localization task much easier. To read more about framework localization in particular (such as modifying the defaults used in the Alert dialog or Date controls etc), skip to this part of the post.
The quick summary of... 
The Adobe AIR Launchpad Beta application has been updated again with the following list of changes for version 2.5:
Localization
I’m happy to say the Adobe AIR Launchpad is now multilingual and has been translated into 8 different languages! The language used at runtime is determined based on the default OS language. The languages currently supported... 
Tour de Flex (desktop and web version) were updated today to include a new mobile section showing samples using the Flex 4.5 SDK (Hero), so be sure to check it out! There are also links to download Flash Builder Burrito (Preview), Adobe AIR Launchpad, Tour de Mobile Flex and other resources to help you get up to speed with Flex and mobile development quickly.
Each mobile sample includes tabs showing the... 
If you’re doing any mobile development with the Flex 4.5 (Hero) SDK or Flash Builder Burrito, this tip may be useful to you. A fairly typical use of a TextArea in an application is to use it as a log where you would want it to scroll automatically as text is being added. Currently if you’re using the Mobile theme on your project, the Spark TextArea will not automatically scroll when text is... 
This post is intended to give developers a quick reference guide to using Flex 4 containers and layouts. Though it’s not necessarily a complex issue, it does seem to be a source of frustration for many, and particularly those beginning Flex. Code often ends up with too many nested containers and extraneous properties that aren’t serving any purpose because the developer may not understand how... 
Version 2.0 of Adobe AIR Launchpad Beta is now available. It includes support for the creation of AIR Mobile projects as well as some other important updates (start a new project or switch back and forth between mobile or desktop AIR projects without restarting the app)!
This new version allows you to create mobile projects based on the AIR for Android APIs and Flex Hero (codename for next version)... 
Holly Schinsky is a Developer Evangelist at Adobe Systems, Inc.
Disclaimer: This blog contains my personal thoughts and not those of my employer.
