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Compose – A greeting maker for android (Update)

Very happy to announce that compose has finally made it to a major version and is ready for day to day use. Its one of a kind multi-touch enabled greetings maker. Unlike  usual greetings apps on android, this application used vectors instead of png files which brings stunning quality to your e-cards no matter how you scale or rotate objects. (more…)

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Vinicius
Vinicius

How you use the select picker native in a AIR Aplication ?
Rajdeep Rath
Rajdeep Rath

Create a native extension, and trigger color picker wrapped in dialog from it.

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VideoManager native extension for android !! browseForVideo and native playback enabled!!

Presenting VideoManager native extension to help you get over your video handling woes on android. After a dull week of trying to churn something new, finally got this extension built for my project which requires quiet a bit of video related stuff.  It gives you some of most important features required to work with video in adobe air on android.   This extension will help you get over your native video playback hurdles on android (And help you forget StageWebView issues for good).

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pcoyne
pcoyne

Hi, great native extension. Have you included an isSupported flag like Vinicius was talking about? If there is a default…
Mauro Villa
Mauro Villa

Hi there, Thank you for your extension. It's great! Could you please add support to open YouTube videos using the…
Rémy
Rémy

Hi there, Can we load a local video ? I'm trying to do it bu without success ! videomanager.openVideoNative("video/orange.mp4", "video/*");…
Rémy
Rémy

Hello, Does someone know what the right local path on android. Everything is working but I don't know how to…
Francesco
Francesco

Hi there, can i play local video stored in File.applicationStorageDirectory? Thanks

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Why do most adobe air streaming apps on google play carry poor user ratings ?

Just this week end i have been curious as to what video streaming applications on google play are deployed using adobe air. Although a simple Google search was not useful, i decided to hunt some of them down manually. However narrowing down some of  the apps it was still not clear if all of the streaming apps were done in Adobe air or not.

Finally i did find some apps that i was sure were made in AIR, and furthermore i found a common factor in all those apps. They all seem to carry bad user ratings. Dont know why it is so but its true. Almost all video streaming apps on google play done using AIR are burdened by user complains.Most of them say app does not work, blank screen , crashes etc.

Here is a brief list of my observation:

 

Application Made in AIR User ratings
ITV Player Yes 2/5
SnagFilms Yes 3/5
SPIEGEL.TV Yes 3/5
Ustream Not SURE 4/5
LiveStream Not SURE 3/5
blogTV Broadcast Not SURE 3/5

Well i am not sure but to me it looks like all video apps powered bt AIR seem to be bringing them a bad name. But then that’s what i think. Today after more than 2 years of  adobe air on android i am still to see some proof of stability and performance when it comes to Adobe AIR. If you have something to say please comment below and let your voice be heard. In the past year ever since the abandoning of flex the community seems dormant.  My doubt still remains on whether Adobe air is a usable solution for a video streaming business or not.

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Doug
Doug

I built the media player for ITV and i can tell you wholeheartedly that i made it work on every…

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Opening for Adobe AIR developer with fluency in as3 in kolkata (India)

There is a job opening, requiring action script developer with knowledge in Adobe air for mobile development.  Please contact at the provided contact number for more info. Developer must have some experience in working with Adobe AIR on mobile devices.  Developers preferred in Kolkata (India) only.

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Rachana Dhabalia
Rachana Dhabalia

Oh great news. My one of the friend is qualified for your job opportunity. I will surely tell him this…