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Samples
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.
Adobe AIR Developer Derby winners
Winner—Best HTML Business Application
ORA Time and Expense
Developer: John Wu
ORA Time and Expense tracks timesheet tasks and expenses. It can also generate and export reports such as timesheets, expense reports, and invoices. It uses the webcam APIs assist in the filing of expense reports by taking pictures of receipts and including them in the expense reports. Built using the Ext JS Ajax framework, the user interface includes wizards to help with data entry. A timer in the upper left discretely logs the amount of time that has been spent on a specific task making it easier to keep track of billable hours. Data is managed using the local embedded database and reports are written to the local file system in HTML format.
See John Wu demo his app at MAX 2007
Download ORA Time and Expense
Winner—Best HTML Community Application
Spaz
Developer: Edward Finkler
Spaz is an Adobe AIR based desktop client for Twitter. It provides users the ability to customize the user interface with multiple themes, user CSS overrides, event sounds, and access to extended features of the Twitter API. Its tabbed interface allows a user to keep an eye on what their friends are doing, as well as what others are up to. On the technical side, Spaz utilizes the Spry and jQuery JavaScript frameworks. It uses the local file system to store preferences in XML and connects to the Twitter web service.
Check out all Adobe AIR Developer Derby winners.
Community sample application
You need the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed, and JavaScript enabled, in order to install AIR and this application.
To-do List
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
Note: If you have a cool sample application built on Adobe AIR that will inspire your peers to build Adobe AIR apps, submit it. If we agree, we'll post it along with a brief description to this page.
Adobe sample applications
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.
Bee
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.
BkMark
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.
dAIRnotes
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.
Drag'n Share
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.
Fresh
Developers: Raul Hudea, Dragos Georgita
Fresh is a skinnable RSS reader built entirely using Ajax running on Adobe AIR. The Fresh reader features offline RSS reading, multiple panels within a single window, customizable reader pane, tabbed browsing, notifications, basic browser integration, and local database support. Fresh uses the latest 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.
PeekAgenda
Developers: Raul Hudea, Dragos Georgita
This sample application uses the Backpack APIs from 37signals to keep track of your tasks. PeekAgenda shows how an Ajax-based desktop application can work offline to create lists and then synchronize this data using Backpack APIs. Prior to running PeekAgenda, you will need to obtain a Backpack API key (or token): Sign up for a free Backpack account, log in, follow the Account link at the top of page, and click the Show the API key link near the bottom of the page.
You need the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed, and JavaScript enabled, in order to install AIR and this application.
PodcastPlayer
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.
RoadFinder
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.
Scout
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.
Signet
Developers: Lijie Yu, Ben Rodgers, Sandra Lee-Doersam
This sample application enables you to take your del.icio.us bookmarks to the desktop. Built entirely in HTML and JavaScript, Signet uses the YUI-Ext / Ext JS library by Jack Slocum.
You need the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed, and JavaScript enabled, in order to install AIR and this application.
SyncIn
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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