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Foundation Flash for Mobile Devices excerpt: Application development


Friends of Ed

Richard Leggett

Scott Janousek

Weyert de Boer

friendsofed.com

Created:
22 January 2007
User Level:
Intermediate

The following book excerpt is Chapter 5, "Application Development," from Foundation Flash for Mobile Devices by Richard Leggett, Scott Janousek, and Weyert de Boer, published by friends of ED. It is just the book you need to learn how to take advantage of the ever-expanding audience of mobile application users. Inside, authors Richard Leggett, Scott Janousek, and Weyert de Boer cover every facet of mobile Flash—from the essentials of the Flash Lite 1.1 and 2.x platforms and writing applications to testing your work and deploying to mobile users.

Applications presented include screen savers, wallpapers, data-consuming informational programs (for movies, news, and stock tickers), quiz games, action games, and more. You are given tips on mobile Flash development best practices. All of the essential topics are covered, too, including creating and using sound, vector graphics, and bitmaps; optimizing assets for the small screen; coding realistic physics for games; and consuming web services using PHP, Java, ColdFusion, and .NET.

The printed book is available at all good bookstores worldwide, both "real" and online, and also as an e-book via the Apress eBookshop. For more information visit friendsofed.com.

Requirements

To complete this tutorial you will need to install the following software:

Flash Lite 1.1, 2.0, or 2.1 Player

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Foundation Flash for Mobile Devices © 2006 Richard Leggett, Scott Janousek, Weyert de Boer. Reproduced by permission of friends of ED. All rights reserved.

About the author

Richard Leggett has over six years' experience with Flash and currently holds the position of senior creative developer at AKQA, London. His passion for everything new is the very thing that led him to Flash Lite in the first place, as he believes mobile technology is the next frontier and the next step in the logical progression of the web's expansion into every aspect of our lives. Richard has spoken at several industry conferences including Spark, Flashforward, and the very first Flash on the Beach. He has also been interviewed in magazine articles on the subject of Flash and occasionally speaks at user groups in the United Kingdom, his native country. Richard tries to remain heavily involved in the Flash community, and you can find him online in the Flash Lite Yahoo! Group as well as at his personal websites, richardleggett.co.uk and flashmobileforum.org.

Weyert de Boer is a new media designer and developer who currently works as a freelancer in the Netherlands. He has a wide range of skills, including over six years' experience with Flash and several years of .NET and Delphi programming under his belt. Weyert has worked in the field of mobile application development for two years and enjoys it particularly because of his interest in the limitations of mobile devices and how to solve the problems associated with mobile content delivery. He has been a Borland Technology Partner for five years. Aside from his freelance work, Weyert is studying for his bachelor's degree in interaction design and cultural anthropology. He will speak at WebDU in 2007 and likes to share his passion for development with other people around the world on his blog, innerfuse.biz/blog.

Scott Janousek is a Flash and mobile developer working in Boston, Massachusetts. He is an Authorized Adobe Certified Instructor for Flash Lite and co-author of Foundation Flash Applications for Mobile Devices (Friends of ED/Apress, ISBN: 1590595580). You can find out much more information, or contact him through his blog, at scottjanousek.com/blog/.