Professional Flash Lite Mobile Development - Softcover

Anderson, Jermaine G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470547480 ISBN 13: 9780470547489

Publisher: Wrox, 2010

Synopsis

Everything you need to start developing for mobile devices today

Adobe Flash Lite allows you to quickly create and publish engaging mobile content for games, wallpapers, video, music, or applications. With this essential guide, you'll discover how to develop applications for Flash-enabled mobile devices using ActionScript 2.0 and the latest version of Flash Lite. Detailed walkthroughs take you from concept to completion for a variety of examples.

The author provides an overview on extending Flash Lite capabilities and shows you how to distribute complete applications using the Adobe Distributable Player and Packager.

• Discover how Adobe Flash Lite allows you to quickly create engaging mobile content to Flash-enabled mobile devices
• Demonstrates every step in the development process, from concept to completion
• Reinforces four critical topics throughout the book: ActionScript 2.0 mobile device considerations, PureMVC framework, native device properties, and the ability to extend Flash Lite

This in-depth exploration of Adobe Flash Lite is no lightweight!

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About this title

From the Back Cover:

Discover how to create Flash Lite mobile apps from the ground up

Adobe Flash is an ideal choice for developing rich interactive content for "Flash-enabled" mobile devices; and with this book, you'll learn how to create unique applications with Flash Lite. Through a series of code samples and extensive example applications, you'll explore the core concepts, key features, and best practices of the Flash Lite player. Coverage reveals various ways to develop Flash mobile content, create applications with a cross-platform programming framework based on the Model, View and Controller concept, and use a number of open web and device manufacturer service APIs.

Professional Flash Lite Mobile Development:

• Looks at Adobe Flash Professional and Adobe Device Central, the essential tools used in developing and testing Flash mobile device content

• Explores object-oriented programming as well as the PureMVC framework

• Shares techniques for extending the capabilities of mobile devices

• Provides detailed insight into using audio, video, and images in applications

• Introduces ways to extend Flash mobile apps beyond the features of the Flash Lite Player

• Walks you through packaging and distributing complete Flash Lite mobile apps to different mobile platforms

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About the Author:

Jermaine Anderson is a Flash Platform Developer who has developed a wide range of concept mobile applications using Flash Lite. He works for a leading entertainment and communications company, pushing the boundaries of the Adobe Flash Platform on multiple devices.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wrox
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470547480
• ISBN 13: 9780470547489
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576