Hi Swen, Sure, No worries :). Thanks...
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Swen van Zanten <f...@hdsign.nl> wrote: > Hi Deepak, > > Those warning are there because of the import and use of the experimental > components. This is an already known issue :) > Nothing to worry about for now. > > Regards, > > SWEN VAN ZANTEN > Hoofdstraat 160 > 2171 BL, Sassenheim > > Op 28 aug. 2013, om 14:04 heeft Deepak MS <megharajdee...@gmail.com> het > volgende geschreven: > > > Hello, > > > > I checked background processing of the app(on iPad) with renderMode set > to > > ‘direct’. As Will mentioned, it does break the background processing. I > had > > to revert it back to ‘gpu’ and it worked fine. However, performance wise > it > > still remains comparatively faster even if I set the renderMode to ‘gpu’. > > So I am retaining it to ‘gpu’, as background processing is very important > > to retain(especially while a file downloading is in progress) > > > > > > > > However, I encountered around 16 warnings, which weren’t there in flex > > 4.6|AIR3.6 : > > > > Cannot resolve namespace qualified type 'BorderDataNavigator' in CSS > > selector 'BorderDataNavigator' – this one is repeated 12 times > > > > The style 'cornerRadius' is only supported by type > > 'spark.components.ButtonBarButton' with the theme(s) 'spark'. – this one > is > > repeated 4 times. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have no idea what 'BorderDataNavigator' is. It isn’t there anywhere in > my > > project. I haven’t used 'cornerRadius' too anywhere in the project. Any > > idea how can we get rid of these warnings? > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Will <willvj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I believe you lose the ability to perform any background tasks by > setting > >> rendermode to direct, at least on IOS. This will be a dealbreaker for > many > >> apps. See this bug for more details and be sure to vote: > >> > >> https://bugbase.adobe.com/**index.cfm?event=bug&id=3349232< > https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3349232> > >> > >> > >> On 8/23/2013 1:47 PM, jude wrote: > >> > >>> When using direct mode do you lose any functionality? I think there > was a > >>> GPU mode and you lost filters and other features so I could not use it > at > >>> the time. Is direct mode the same? Thanks > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 5:17 AM, Deepak MS <megharajdee...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Swen, > >>>> Thanks a lot. That really helped. It works fine now :) > >>>> > >>>> I'll surely be blogging about performance boost that we have in 4.10 > soon > >>>> in my blog...I just felt like adding up NOS (Nitrous) in NFS, while > using > >>>> my app ! ;) Thanks for such a cool release! > >>>> > >>>> Cheers! > >>>> Deepak > >>>> http://deepflex.blogspot.com/ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Swen van Zanten <f...@hdsign.nl> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi Deepak, > >>>>> > >>>>> I also had that problem, > >>>>> this one is easily fixed by editing the skin. > >>>>> > >>>>> inside the scroller it looked like this: > >>>>> <s:Grid id="grid" > >>>>> > >>>> itemRenderer="spark.skins.**spark.DefaultGridItemRenderer"**> > >>>> > >>>>> <s:GridLayer name="backgroundLayer"/> > >>>>> <s:GridLayer name="selectionLayer"/> > >>>>> <s:GridLayer name="editorIndicatorLayer"/> > >>>>> <s:GridLayer name="rendererLayer"/> > >>>>> <s:GridLayer name="overlayLayer"/> > >>>>> </s:Grid> > >>>>> > >>>>> now it looks like this: > >>>>> <s:Grid id="grid" > >>>>> > >>>> itemRenderer="spark.skins.**spark.DefaultGridItemRenderer"**> > >>>> > >>>>> <s:gridView> > >>>>> <fx:Component> > >>>>> <s:GridView> > >>>>> <s:GridLayer name="backgroundLayer"/> > >>>>> <s:GridLayer name="selectionLayer"/> > >>>>> <s:GridLayer > >>>>> > >>>> name="editorIndicatorLayer"/> > >>>> > >>>>> <s:GridLayer name="rendererLayer"/> > >>>>> <s:GridLayer name="overlayLayer"/> > >>>>> </s:GridView> > >>>>> </fx:Component> > >>>>> </s:gridView> > >>>>> </s:Grid> > >>>>> > >>>>> Hope it helps you. > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> > >>>>> SWEN VAN ZANTEN > >>>>> Hoofdstraat 160 > >>>>> 2171 BL, Sassenheim > >>>>> > >>>>> Op 23 aug. 2013, om 11:08 heeft Deepak MS <megharajdee...@gmail.com> > >>>>> het > >>>>> volgende geschreven: > >>>>> > >>>>> I had built an iPad app using Flex 4.6|AIR 3.6 sometime back. Looking > >>>>>> > >>>>> at > >>>> > >>>>> this email, I got curious to see how my app would perform on 4.10. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Agreed! Overall performance in comparatively good. > >>>>>> - Popups used to have a delay of 3-4 seconds, but now it just pops > up > >>>>>> without any > >>>>>> delay. > >>>>>> - Switching between tabs(for the first time) in a > TabbedViewNavigator > >>>>>> > >>>>> had > >>>> > >>>>> a delay of 3 to 4s (based on number of UI elements on each of the tab > >>>>>> views). But now it takes 1.5s or less. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> But size got increased a little: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> - Compiled size was 9,178,761 bytes using flex 4.6|AIR 3.6 and it is > >>>>>> 9,762,490 bytes using flex 4.10|AIR 3.8, which is just fine for me, > it > >>>>>> > >>>>> not > >>>>> > >>>>>> a big issue. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> However, I came across one issue(which wasn't there in Flex 4.6). I > am > >>>>>> using a datagrid with a skinClass. If I use a skin class, it shows > up a > >>>>>> blank datagrid on the screen. But when I remove this skinclass > >>>>>> > >>>>> property, > >>>> > >>>>> it > >>>>> > >>>>>> displays the datagrid properly with all data in it. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Though datagrid is not optimized for mobile, I am still using it > for my > >>>>>> app(iPad), as I did not find any scrolling issues. It works > smoothly as > >>>>>> > >>>>> it > >>>>> > >>>>>> works for web. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Screentshots for reference: > >>>>>> http://snag.gy/nAcyD.jpg - with skinClass in flex 4.10 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> http://snag.gy/zwWnA.jpg - without skinClass in flex 4.10 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:05 PM, DarkStone <darkst...@163.com> > wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Great! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> But my friend is getting married this weekend, I've got no time to > do > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> a > >>>> > >>>>> benchmark test. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Maybe next weekend I can do it, I'll try my best, I'm too busy just > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> like > >>>> > >>>>> everybody else. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> DarkStone > >>>>>>> 2013-08-23 > >>>>>>> At 2013-08-23 14:13:21,"OmPrakash Muppirala" <bigosma...@gmail.com > > > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Aug 22, 2013 10:21 PM, "DarkStone" <darkst...@163.com> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Can anyone help spreading the good news? > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> I think we need Apache's official support to publish the news, > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> indicating > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> that Flex 4.10 + AIR 3.8 running very smooth on iOS and Mac > devices > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> when > >>>>> > >>>>>> renderMode is set to direct. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> This is very important for the rise of the Flex. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Can someone from the inside verify it and take it seriously, > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> please~~~ > >>>> > >>>>> We can probably do a blog post about it. But we need some solid > >>>>>>>> benchmarks that compares prior versions to current versions. Is > that > >>>>>>>> something you can help build and publish? > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Thanks for all your help! > >>>>>>>> Om > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> DarkStone > >>>>>>>>> 2013-08-23 > >>>>>>>>> 在 2013-08-22 16:37:22，"Ram Lee" <ranbolee...@gmail.com> 写道： > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Good to know that, I will try Adobe Scout sometime, I think your > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> data > >>>> > >>>>> is > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> awesome! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Ram Lee > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> 在 2013-8-22，14:58，DarkStone <darkst...@163.com> 写道： > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Hi Ram, > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> You're welcome. > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> If you want precise performance benchmark, you can use Adobe > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Scout. > >>>> > >>>>> A friend of mine said, by using Scout, a Flex mobile application > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> which > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> has a Spark List of 500 itemRenderers on it, running on the iPod > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> touch > >>>> > >>>>> 5, > >>>>> > >>>>>> madly swiping finger across the itemRenderers, Scout reported this: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> If set Flex Application' framerate to 24, the runtime testing > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> result > >>>> > >>>>> is 24, no dropping frames! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> If set framerate to 60, the result is 48-55 frames per second, > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> which > >>>> > >>>>> is already a big deal! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> You can do your own test using Adobe Scout, good luck. > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> DarkStone > >>>>>>>>>>> 2013-08-22 > >>>>>>>>>>> At 2013-08-22 14:09:48,"Ram Lee" <ranbolee...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks a lot for the notes and good to know that! > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> I did try the direct renderMode on my retina Macbook and feel > the > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> performance improvement! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> And I was wondering if there are some good performance test tools > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> to > >>>>> > >>>>>> make this improvement more qualified? because what I do now is just > >>>>>>>> resizing the app window to see if it renders the diplay object > faster > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> and > >>>>> > >>>>>> smoother. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Again, thanks a lot for the NEWS! > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Ram Lee > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> 在 2013-8-22，13:28，DarkStone <darkst...@163.com> 写道： > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Ram, > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> The major performance improvement is done by AIR 3.8 (not > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> earlier > >>>> > >>>>> AIR versions), and the reason why Adobe didn't mention this is > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> because > >>>> > >>>>> they > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> always have the lousy PR (Public Relations), which hide the good > news > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> and > >>>>> > >>>>>> spread the bad news, they should fire their PR managers immediately. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> At the same time, Flex 4.10 fixed a lot of bugs, which improves > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> the > >>>>> > >>>>>> framework perfomance as well. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> So with Flex 4.10 and AIR 3.8, you can really build mobile apps > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> with > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> it, and running smooth on iPhone & iPad & Mac & PC. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Now, we can proudly say that Flex has become the best > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> crossplatform > >>>>> > >>>>>> application development & deployment solution on earth! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> DarkStone > >>>>>>>>>>>>> 2013-08-22 > >>>>>>>>>>>>> At 2013-08-22 13:10:38,"Ram Lee" <ranbolee...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is this from AIR 3.8 or earlier versions? just searched the > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> internet, wonder why Adobe didn't mention such performance > >>>>>>>> boost on > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> the > >>>> > >>>>> Apple devices? > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> 李楠 > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 在 2013-8-22，12:23，Joel Tan <joel...@cype.com.my> 写道： > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, I can feel the performance improvement as well on Flex > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> mobile > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> app! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Aug 21, 2013, at 7:20 PM, DarkStone <darkst...@163.com> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> It surprised me when I try to recompile my old Flex 4 > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> projects > >>>> > >>>>> with Flex 4.10 & AIR 3.8 SDKs, and deploy them to iPhone & iPad & > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> MacBook, > >>>>> > >>>>>> they runnning incrediblely smooth, like 2 to 3 times faster than > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> before, > >>>>> > >>>>>> nealy native app performance! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> The trick is you need to set <renderMode>direct</**renderMode> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in > >>>> > >>>>> the -app.xml file, this will boost performance on iOS and Mac OS, so > >>>>>>>> everybody just keep in mind of this. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Now that the performance issue of Flex has been greatly > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> improved > >>>>> > >>>>>> on mobile devices, I'm very excited, finding that Apache Flex has a > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> great > >>>>> > >>>>>> future! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Flex is an awesome framework, which has great development > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> efficiency, I think it's time to let the world know that > Flex > >>>>>>>> is > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> still > >>>> > >>>>> kicking and it is the best solution for application (not game) > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> development > >>>>> > >>>>>> and deployment across all platforms. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> So we should really working on the official Flex Showcase, > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> more > >>>> > >>>>> video demos of Flex Mobile Apps on iPhone & iPad will be great! I'm > >>>>>>>> planning to submit my own demo to the showcase when I got the > time. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> I've already wrote a decent blog post to spread the good news > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to > >>>>> > >>>>>> the Chinese Flex Developers, here is the link: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/**blog_6f56a2bf0101dm98.html< > http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_6f56a2bf0101dm98.html> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Many thanks to the Apache Flex Community, I love Flex, > and we > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shall attract more and more people to the Flex community! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DarkStone > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2013-08-21 > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>> > >> > >
