CFObjective() 2008 - Day 2 - Extreme Makeover: Creating an AIR app from a Flex app

www.robrusher.com Flex and AIR instructor and ACE Author of "AIR: Desktop Applications with Flex"

Turning YAFA from Flex to AIR (www.keaura.com/photosearch/)

Add Network Detection

SDK classes URLMonitor (port 80) or SocketMonitor (alternate ports) addEventListener - StatusEvent.Status Invoke start() method

example: listen for the flickr API using the urMonitor The monitor will continually check for a connection and then mark it as enabled or disabled.

Add Native Windows (that you will see in your task bar)

SDK classes - NativeWindow - NativeWindowInitOptions MXML component - Window addEventListener - Event.Closing (also a Closed event) - NativeWindowBoundsEvent.Resizing Interactive full-screen - StageDisplayState

Add HTML Content

Open source WebKit (webkit.org) - Also used by Safari SDK class - HTMLLoader MXML component - HTML

Add File System Access

SDK classes - File - FileStream - FileMode Synchronous or Asynchronous

Add Embedded Database (SQLLite)

Look for SQL Lite Administrator http://sqliteadmin.orbmu2k.de/

SDK classes - SQLConnection - SQLStatement - SQLResult Synchronous or Asynchronous

Other Things You Can Add

Native Menus Taskbar, system tray and dock icons Application update User presence Encrypted local storage PDF and DRM support

Check the AIR Marketplace for sample apps (that will often also provide source)