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Bill Perry

Bill Perry

Macromedia

Created:
3 January 2006
User Level:
Intermediate
Products:
Devices

Flash Lite 2 Preview Seminar

You're probably already familiar with Flash Lite Player 1.1 and the types of content you can create, which range from animations to dynamic applications. As part of the evolution of Flash Lite, we're excited to announce that developers can now start developing content for Flash Lite Player 2, leveraging all of the new features.

Some of the main new features of Flash Lite Player 2 include:

  • Flash Player 7 support
  • ActionScript 2.0 support
  • Loading and parsing XML data
  • Ability to store and retrieve persistent data
  • Dynamic loading of multimedia content and playback using device-based codecs
  • Improved display and handling of fonts
  • Shape drawing and animation through ActionScript

In this presentation, I discuss the evolution of Flash Lite from versions 1.0 to 1.1 to 2, and then show you how to make a Flash Lite 2 video application using the device video playback feature. After testing the application in the mobile emulator using the new Flash Lite 2 Update for Flash Professional 8, I then transfer it to a Symbian S60 device and show how to play, pause, and resume a 3GP video clip.

Previewing video playback in the Flash Professional 8 mobile emulator

Figure 1. Previewing video playback in the Flash Professional 8 mobile emulator

After watching the presentation, visit the Flash Lite Developer Center as well as the Flash Lite forum for more information and developer support.

This is one of our monthly presentations made in Macromedia Breeze from Adobe that we post on the Mobile and Devices Developer Center. If you find these types of presentations informative or helpful, please let us know which subjects you'd like us to cover in the future.

About the author

Bill Perry is in charge of developer relations for mobile and devices at Macromedia and is helping to shape the future of mobile devices using Flash technologies. He interacts and supports developers, content providers, media owners, mobile operators, and handset/device manufacturers from around the world. When he's not busy with work, Bill enjoys cycling and spending time with his wife and friends.