Flash and AIR for iOS, Android, Blackberry Training

Who should attend

Developers who are looking to hugely reduce development time when targeting multiple mobile and web platforms for app deployment.

Prerequisites

Some experience of developing Flash / ActionScript / Flex apps would be ideal. Please contact us if you need a kickstart / refresher course in these areas.

On-site

If you are interested in custom / on-site Flash / AIR mobile app development training for any size of team, please get in touch - we would be glad to help build a course that meets your learning requirements.

We can take into account your existing technical skills, project requirements and timeframes, and specific topics of interest to tailor the most relevant and focussed course for you.

This can be particularly useful if you need to learn just the new features and Best Practices with Flash / AIR for building mobile apps, or need to include extra topics to help with prerequisite skills.

Adobe AIR Development for iOS/Android/Blackberry Training Course Syllabus

Mobile Application Architecture and Design Principals

• A refresher of Mobile App Design Best Practices
• Typical Application Architecture / Patterns
• Target platform considerations (Android, iOS, Blackberry)

Previewing, packaging, exporting and deploying applications

• Code-signing an application
• Writing efficient, battery-friendly code
• Techniques to cope with multiple screen sizes
• Screen orientation and screen dimming implications
• Invoking the soft keyboard as required

Working with Mobile-Specific Features

• Accelerometer
• Geolocation
• Multitouch and gestures

Understanding Events

• Framework and User events
• Implementing event handlers

Native Windows

Changing the window chrome and the window type
Full screen display
Handling window events

• close
• resize
• move

File System Operations
Using the File class and accessing common directories

Launching files in their default application

Clipboard, Drag and Drop

• Moving data with copy and paste
• Introducing the drag and drop stages

Application Data Persistence

• Embedded database
• Storing and loading complex data
• Storing and retrieving binary image data
• Database encryption

Mobile App Security Best Practices

• Security Considerations
• Sandboxes
• Detecting mobile device capabilities
• Encrypting local database files

Accessing Remote Data and Content

• Using web services
• Handling faults
• Passing parameters
• Loading Visual AssetsCreating Mobile App Projects in Flash

Deploying & Testing Stage

Compiling
Handset Emulators:

• iPhone emulator
• Android emulator
• Blackberry

Debugging

Optimisation Tips