Developing Scalable Mobile Video Chat Applications

I’m making the assets and workbook from my lab at Adobe MAX available for download. The attached ZIP contains the following:

• L2709_Presentation.ppt
• L2709_Workbook.pdf
• FlashP2PLib.fxpl
• MAX2011MobileVideoChat.fxp
• EyeChat.fxp
• EyeChatDesktop.fxp

The last two projects are completed versions that you can use for testing or to skip ahead.

I plan to follow up with posts related toREAD MORE

Using Owned Native Window Functionality with Spark Windows

The release of AIR 2.6 brought about a lot of enhancements and features. One of which was owned native windows. What’s special about this is it makes it easy to have a main window that owns other windows, which is ultra-useful for applications that makeREAD MORE

Using ANT to Compile a Flex Mobile Project for iOS

It’s 3am. You have a sexy Flex mobile project that takes full advantage of the Hero SDK and its Spark mobile components. You’re dying to deploy to iPhone and iPad but unfortunately, you either have to build your app using Adobe’s iPhone packager via theREAD MORE

Google Analytics for Air Applications

After uncovering very little info on the subject, I decided to write about how you can use Google Analytics (GA) to monitor usage of an AIR application. Implementation isn’t complex but it does require putting some thought into what you actually want to track sinceREAD MORE

BlackBerry PlayBook – Calling All Developers

Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock for the past month, you’ve probably heard that Research In Motion (RIM), creator of the infamous BlackBerry smartphone, is soon to release an entry into the tablet market: The BlackBerry PlayBook. This device will definitely have an impactREAD MORE

Flex 4 – Dynamic FXG Path Data

You’ve created a component skin in Flash Catalyst CS5 that you want to use in a Flex 4 application. Your skin design involves a spark.primitives.Path object whose width you want to scale dynamically based on display state changes.

Here’s what happens when you try to scaleREAD MORE

Flex 4 – Base64 Image Decompression and Decoding

If you ever run into a situation where you need/want to work with Base64-encoded images using AMF, here’s an example of the process involved in retrieving the encoded data packed with GZip compression from the backend. Source view is enabled on the SWF and theREAD MORE

Flash Builder 4 – Java Heap Space Issues

If you ever experience a message like “Error: Java Heap Space” when building, cleaning or generating a bin-release for a project in Flash Builder 4, try the following as a remedy:

1. Open the following files: a) /install_dir/sdks/3.5.0/bin/jvm.config b) /install_dir/sdks/4.0.0/bin/jvm.config

2. Locate the following line found underREAD MORE

Apple vs. Adobe – Hero’s Perspective

After reading Steve Job’s dismissive stance on Adobe’s Flash technology, I felt compelled to add my two cents on the subject by penning my own letter to Steve.

Dear Steve,

After reviewing your recent comments regarding Flash and the recent amendments to the Apple Developer TOS,READ MORE

Upgrading Flash Builder

Whether you’re upgrading because you’re using BETA versions that change rather frequently or upgrading to the next major release, you don’t want to lose all your hard work invested in configuring your setup. Here’s how I handle it and hopefully it’s useful to you. IfREAD MORE