Adobe has officially stated that their roadmap is reflected in this "living" document : http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplatform/whitepapers/roadmap.html
They have stated that they will be supporting AIR for a while -- it is one of the directions they plan on continuing and going forward with. -Nick On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Jens Loeffler <jensi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Adobe is fully committed to Adobe AIR - in November Adobe announced that > there won't be further versions of Flash Player for Android, and the recent > announcement was a result of this. It doesn't impact AIR. > > > On Jul 3, 2012, at 10:29 AM, "aYo ~" <a...@binitie.com> wrote: > > > "Is Adobe really planning to pull AIR from both iOS and Android? " > > > > Ok on this one I really want to hear a concrete YES or NO > > ~a~ > > www.ayobinitie.com > > http://mrbinitie.blogspot.com > > > > > > On 3 July 2012 14:59, David Coleman <david_coleman_...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> I have to ask... I have heard rumors but I don't trust rumors any > further > >> than I can throw them... Maybe Alex or someone close to the source can > >> answer this for me. > >> > >> Is Adobe really planning to pull AIR from both iOS and Android? Or are > >> these just inflamatory rumors that I hear. Please tell me this isn't > true. > >> These are scary times for me as a flex mobile developer... I worry > daily > >> that projects i have in progress are going to be squashed by some sudden > >> arbitrary decision at Adobe that will kill all my contracts. > >> > >> -Dave > >> > >>> Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 08:51:42 -0400 > >>> Subject: Re: Problem with native air > >>> From: nicho...@spoon.as > >>> To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org > >>> > >>> No, you can make ANEs in just about any IDE. I personally use > >> straight-up > >>> Eclipse, sometimes XCode, sometimes Visual Studio. All the tools to > >>> actually 'build' them are command-line anyway, or they could be driven > by > >>> ANT scripts. Flash Builder, by itself can only USE ANEs. > >>> > >>> Adobe has stated that they are getting out of business of producing a > >> Flash > >>> Player for mobile based browsers, not the devices themselves. It has > >>> become the overwhelming trend to push websites that required the power > of > >>> the Flash Player to be separate apps. Adobe has committed to AIR > (Flash > >>> Player as an App), for both desktop, mobile and televisions. > >>> > >>> It's been said that a future version of Flash Builder will give the > >> ability > >>> to package ANEs, but that's about it. You really need to dip into an > >>> actual C/C++ IDE in order to actually make the things -- and that is > not > >>> what Flash Builder is (and even less Flash Pro). > >>> > >>> If you are interested in the process, I did put together a video series > >> on > >>> how to make your own ANEs. > >>> > >> > http://quetwo.com/2011/10/31/creating-an-windows-air-native-extension-with-eclipse-part-1/ > >>> I used Eclipse and their C/C++ editor to create them (and command > >>> line to > >>> compile them). > >>> > >>> -Nick > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 6:05 AM, איליה גזמן <gazman1...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Isn't FlashBuilder is the only way to compile ANE today? In the new > >> Flash > >>>> Professional CS6 you can't generate it, just use it. After adobe > >>>> announced<http://mashable.com/2012/06/29/flash-in-android-4-1/> > >>>> June 28, 2012 that they are no longer going to support flash in > >>>> mobiles(only air) I thought they will put more resources in this. I > >> really > >>>> don't understand Adobe now. WHAT ARE THEY DOING??? > >>>> > >>>> 2012/6/30 Nicholas Kwiatkowski <nicho...@spoon.as> > >>>> > >>>>> Unfortunately, the Adobe AIR engine did not get donated to Apache, > >> and is > >>>>> not apart of this project. > >>>>> > >>>>> I totally feel your pain on this one -- I hate how the entire ANE > >> process > >>>>> comes together, but it is what we have to live with for the moment.. > >>>>> > >>>>> -Nick Kwiatkowski > >>>>> Apache Flex PPMC Member > >>>>> > >>>>> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 8:47 PM, איליה גזמן <gazman1...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Hi guys, > >>>>>> I got a problem please tell me what do you think about it and if > >> it is > >>>>>> going to be solved in Flex Apache release. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> *Target:* > >>>>>> Create an android air application with native Api. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> *Adobe solution:* > >>>>>> Create native api with air bridge following this > >>>>>> toturial< > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/articles/developing-native-extensions-air.html > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> It creates Native android project, > >>>>>> Flex library project, > >>>>>> Then you need to unzip the SWC file to SWF file, > >>>>>> Then you need to create extension.xml file > >>>>>> And finally you need to package all in to ANE file > >>>>>> Add it to your main air project, > >>>>>> And set manifest settings > >>>>>> > >>>>>> *Expected solution:* > >>>>>> Create native android project with air bridge, > >>>>>> Create Flex library project, > >>>>>> Import native android project to Flex Apache > >>>>>> In main project import library project > >>>>>> That's it! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> All the rest should be done automatically by Flex Apache > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Ilya Gazman > >>>> Flex/Flash/Android/C# dev > >>>> > >> > >> >
