Refer to these sample applications from the Adobe AIR developer community and Adobe engineers for ideas and demonstrations of what you can build with Adobe AIR.
Note: You will need to have Adobe AIR installed in order to run the applications on this page.
You need the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed, and JavaScript enabled, in order to install AIR and this application.
Developer: Jack Slocum
This sample application demonstrates how the Ext.air package simplifies the use of the Adobe AIR APIs within an HTML/JavaScript application. Simple Tasks v2 uses the Ext library to manage native window, SQLite database, drag-and-drop, clipboard, system tray, and sound support in AIR.
Download Simple Tasks
Download the source code (part of the Ext 2.0.2 distribution)
Read the tutorial
You need the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed, and JavaScript enabled, in order to install AIR and this application.
Developer: Jonathan Snook
This sample app enables you to create a simple to-do list for all kinds of occasions. The goal of the tutorial that accompanies this article is to show you how to develop on Adobe AIR using your HTML and Ajax development skills.
Download To-do List
Download the source code
Read the tutorial
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The following sample applications will help you get started using Adobe AIR. These are basic applications built by Adobe engineers to demonstrate the capabilities of the runtime. By downloading the sample applications listed below you confirm that you have read and agree to the terms of the Adobe AIR SDK License.
You need the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed, and JavaScript enabled, in order to install AIR and this application.
Developers: Romanian Internship Team
Bee is a desktop blog editor build on Adobe AIR in HTML/JavaScript. Bee integrates WordPress blogging platform and Flickr photo sharing support and offers simple unified workflows for photo blogging. This application integrates a number of JavaScript frameworks and libraries, including Prototype, script.aculo.us, Spry, TinyMCE, and Walter Zorn's Tooltips for JavaScript.
You need the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed, and JavaScript enabled, in order to install AIR and this application.
Developer: Claudius Iacob
This sample app allows you to create a permanent bookmark for your favorite website or application. The application shows how to use JavaScript to store data locally using the file system APIs, as well as how register an application to run at startup.
You need the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed, and JavaScript enabled, in order to install AIR and this application.
Developers: Mirela Budaes, Horia Olaru, Alex Chiculita, Raul Hudea, Marius Ioana, and Tudor Muscalu
BlackBookSafe is an HTML/JavaScript contact list sample application built on Adobe AIR 1.5. The application uses the JQuery framework and the AS3CoreLib library, and leverages three new AIR 1.5 features: Pixel Bender effects, 3D transformations, and the encrypted local database.
Download BlackBookSafe
Download the BlackBookSafe source code
Learn more about BlackBookSafe
You need the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed, and JavaScript enabled, in order to install AIR and this application.
Developers: Claudius Iacob
dAIRnotes is an HTML-based AIR sample application that allows several users to keep track of their notes on a computer. The application leverages the popular Dojo Toolkit Ajax framework for the user interface components, including a calendar and a rich text editor.
Developers: Claudius Iacob, Raul Hudea, Alexandru Chiculita
Drag'n Share lets you manage your documents on Google Documents by dragging them to or from the desktop. The application connects to the Google Documents Service and is built with HTML/JavaScript using the Yahoo! UI framework.
You need the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed, and JavaScript enabled, in order to install AIR and this application.
Developers: Raul Hudea, Dragos Georgita
Fresh is a skinnable RSS reader built entirely using Ajax. It features offline RSS reading, multiple panels within a single window, customizable reader pane, tabbed browsing, notifications, basic browser integration, and local database support. Fresh has been localized into 11 languages (German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese) and uses the Ext JS library and RSS Feed Viewer sample by Jack Slocum.
You need the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed, and JavaScript enabled, in order to install AIR and this application.
Developers: Raul Hudea, Dragos Georgita
PodcastPlayer is an easy-to-use Ajax application that allows you to subscribe and listen to your favorite podcasts. Check out how PodcastPlayer calls the Adobe AIR sound APIs from HTML to play audio without using any Flash or Flex.
Download PodcastPlayer
Download the PodcastPlayer source code
You need the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed, and JavaScript enabled, in order to install AIR and this application.
Developers: Raul Hudea, Dragos Georgita
Roadfinder combines two of the most popular online maps, Yahoo! Maps and Google Maps, into a single application. Search for an address by typing it in or dragging it from the desktop. There is close collaboration between these two maps as moving or zooming on either map effects the other.
You need the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed, and JavaScript enabled, in order to install AIR and this application.
Developer: Christian Cantrell
This app gives web developers the ability to look inside a web page. Scout takes advantage of the HTML capabilities of Adobe AIR to inspect a page as it's rendered on the client.
You need the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed, and JavaScript enabled, in order to install AIR and this application.
Developer: Alexandru Chiculita
SyncIn is a sample application that demonstrates how to communicate between HTML and PDF to maintain a synchronized object across two different presentations. It uses a simple shopping cart to demonstrate multiple windows and the adding and removing of items..
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