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Detecting the End Of List ( EOL ) event
Here is one way to detect if a user has scrolled to the end of a <List>. <s:List id="myList" dataProvider="{ myAC }" itemRenderer="rend.someItemRend" width="100%" height="100%"...
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To use Captive Runtime or not to use Captive Runtime?
That is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the user reviews to suffer The slings and arrows of ignorant assholes, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by using Captive Runtime end them?...
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Check your Package Contents
In case you didn’t already know this – I sure didn’t – when you package an AIR app everything, everything, inside your assets folder gets packaged with your app unless you manually unselect things....
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Don’t tell Apple but I violated one of their ( ridiculous ) patents
In case you missed the news last week Apple was awarded a patent for “Swipe to unlock” on their mobile phones – read more from BBC.com. Clearly the patent process is entirely out of control and has...
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Question: how to decipher the Networkinfo ANE on iOS – you tell me
I have gotten the Networkinfo ANE for iOS to work – finally – and output the network info to the display. Now I just need to decipher it. I’m using an iPod Touch which is connected to the Internet via...
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Moble QR-code app using Actionscript
I built a QR-code reading app as a simple proof of concept for a potential client and thought I would share it. And why not, most of it is based off of an example app that Brian Rinaldi ( @remotesynth...
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Orientation and Accelerometer Mobile App Explorer
I’m doing a lot of work using the Orientation Adobe Native Extension ( ANE ) and Accelerometer so I built this simple little app to display a readout of the values as I move the phone around. Watching...
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Flash is dead – on mobile – Long Live AIR
In some unexpected news Adobe announced that they are no longer going forward with developing the Flash Player for mobile devices. They instead plan to focus their efforts on Adobe AIR and Flash for...
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OccupyAdobe
To my friends in the Flash community. It’s the day after getting kicked in the gut by Adobe. I know I don’t feel any better and from the Twitter stream it doesn’t sound like anyone else does either....
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Dear Adobe,
There’s been a lot of news to digest from you guys over the past week and it culminated with the Flex news you dropped on us Friday evening, which by the way interrupted @ruedaminute’s date-night....
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Flex 101 video tutorial : creating a custom component
Flex 4 custom component Here’s a simple video tutorial that covers how to create a Flex 4 custom component that extends the <s:Panel> class to place a close button in the upper-right corner of...
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Using Flex states without strings
I love using Flex <states> but the one thing that bothers me is when setting this.currentState = “some_state” I have to remember that string “some_state” precisely in order for it to work. If I...
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Help : using ApplicationUpdaterUI in a Flex mobile project exported for the...
UPDATE – It seems that my fears are true and ApplicationUpdaterUI is just plane not supported in a mobile project even if it’s being exported to the desktop. I’ll have to roll my own solution....
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Bizarre Label text behavior
Update: In the comments Jeff pointed out: When the strings are inside of the CDATA tags the mxml compiler treats them as raw text when generating actionscript to be compiled. Conversely when the...
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Solving the “Right” problem, a.k.a. working with good dummy data
It’s always the little things, right? So I’m working on a project for the first time in . . . forever, where I didn’t manage creating the backend services. I’ve definitely learned that it’s easier,...
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My “Console” is black and it’s beautiful
I just can’t look at a big white screen all day long while coding. So my Flash Builder background color is set to black. Unfortunately that’s the only screen I can seem to edit the background color...
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Mobile on the desktop: interactionMode=”mouse”
For a client project I’m building a Flex Mobile Project, for the desktop. Well, it’s also for mobile but the primary use case for the app is on the desktop. There are a few got’chas that I’ve dealt...
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I’m too lazy to be a HTML developer
There’s no denying it. I’m just to damn lazy to be an HTML developer. This really sunk in when I looked at a tutorial for doing a jQuery Lightbox – for a client project. The tutorial was titled “Super...
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Flex 4.1 application crashes on startup: cannot convert Object to Array in...
This was a thorn in my side for a week. My app ran just fine with Flex 4.6 but when I dropped down to 4.1 – so I could use Flash Player 10.0 instead of 11.0 – the app would crash on startup and give...
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Contest giveaway : USB Powered Beverage Cooler
USB Powered Beverage Cooler This fantastic giveaway prize has been provided by Binverse, Binverse provide fast secure Usenet access, and you can try them out today with a free Usenet trial. The guys...
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