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Author Archives: Christophe Coenraets

Real Time Trader Desktop for Android Updated

I updated my Real Time Trader Desktop for Android sample application to work with the latest AIR for Android build (8/26/2010). To make it easier to find the latest version of the application, I also created a project page for the application where you will always be able to download the lastest build. That way [...]
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Employee Directory for “AIR for Android” Updated

I updated my Employee Directory on AIR for Android sample application to work with the latest AIR for Android build (8/26/2010). To make it easier to find the latest version of the application, I also created a project page for the application where you will always be able to download the lastest build. That way [...]
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Multi-User Google Maps Collaboration on Android

This application allows users in different locations to work together in Google Maps. The collaboration features in this application include: Video Chat Map Synchronization on move, zoom, etc. Whiteboarding Cursor sharing When running on Android, the application can use the device’s GPS to share your location. This is just another example of “built-in” collaboration (go [...]
Posted in Air, Android, Flex, Froyo, LiveCycle Collaboration Service | 5 Comments

Multi-User Video Tic-Tac-Toe for Android

My previous post, “Video Chat for Android in 30 Lines of Code”, has generated a good level of interest. A slight twist on the same idea is to build collaboration into your applications. The use case here is slightly different: instead of enabling simple “video conversations” between remote users, this level of collaboration enables remote [...]
Posted in Air, Android, Flex, LiveCycle Collaboration Service | 5 Comments

Video Chat for Android in 30 Lines of Code

Here is a simple Video Chat application I built with Flex 4 and deployed on AIR for Android. The Application is just 30 lines of code and allows multiple users to join a chat room and “video chat”. Video streaming is powered by LiveCycle Collaboration Services, a set of hosted Flash Services that enable developers [...]
Posted in Air, Android, Flex, Froyo | 50 Comments

Android Trader Desktop with Flex and AIR — Updated for Froyo + Source Code Available

A few weeks ago, I posted a video of a Mobile Trader Desktop application I built using Flex 4 and AIR for Android. I recently updated the application for Froyo (Android 2.2), and I can now share the application file and the source code. Watch the video: Download the Application and Source Code You can [...]
Posted in Air, Android, Flex, Froyo | 6 Comments

Employee Directory Sample Application Using Flex and AIR for Android – Updated for Froyo

I finally took the time to rebuild the Employee Directory application with the latest version of AIR for Android (available here) to run on Froyo. See the links below to download the apk and the source code. (If you are still running Eclair see my original post). The Employee Directory application demonstrates how to build [...]
Posted in Air, Android, Flex, Froyo | 7 Comments

“VoiceNotes for Android”: Sample App using Flex, AIR, and the Microphone API

VoiceNotes for Android is a sample application built with Flex and deployed on Adobe AIR for Android. The application allows you to record voice messages and play them back later. It demonstrates the Microphone API introduced in the latest builds of AIR for Android. VoiceNotes for Android is based on the desktop version of VoiceNotes [...]
Posted in Air, Android, Flex | 12 Comments

Creating a Web Server using the new Server Socket API in AIR 2

During the Adobe AIR 2 beta, I wrote a simple Web Server application to explore the new Server Socket API available in AIR 2. Here is the updated version of the application for AIR 2 GA. The “Mini AIR Web Server” is a simplistic implementation of an HTTPServer. Needless to say that it is far [...]
Posted in Air, Flex | 10 Comments

Embedding Tomcat and BlazeDS in an AIR 2 Application

This was by far my most popular sample during the beta. So, here is an updated version for AIR 2 GA. In this sample application, Tomcat and BlazeDS are embedded as part of the native installer. The first time you run the application, Tomcat is automatically copied to your applicationStorageDirectory from where the AIR application [...]
Posted in Flex | 7 Comments