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This application is obviously a bare-bones proof of concept. However, it is fully operational, and the same code can run on different runtime environments: AIR for Android, AIR on the Desktop, and Flash Player in the Browser. Users can participate in the same collaboration session regardless of the runtime environment they use.

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The 30 lines of code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" xmlns:cs="AfcsNameSpace" currentState="logon" fontSize="28">

	<fx:Script>
		[Bindable] private var roomURL:String = "http://connectnow.acrobat.com/YOUR_ROOM_NAME";

		protected function connect():void {
			auth.userName = userName.text;
			currentState = "default";
			session.login();
		}
	</fx:Script>

	<s:states>
		<s:State name="default"/>
		<s:State name="logon"/>
	</s:states>

	<fx:Declarations>
		<cs:AdobeHSAuthenticator id="auth"/>
	</fx:Declarations>

	<s:TextInput id="userName" includeIn="logon" top="200" horizontalCenter="0"/>
	<s:Button label="Connect" click="connect()" includeIn="logon" top="250" horizontalCenter="0" height="50" width="150"/>

	<cs:ConnectSessionContainer id="session" roomURL="{roomURL}" authenticator="{auth}" autoLogin="false" width="100%" height="100%" includeIn="default">
		<cs:WebCamera top="10" left="10" bottom="10" right="10"/>
	</cs:ConnectSessionContainer>

</s:Application>

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Download the Application and Source Code

• You can download the application (MobileTrader.apk) here
• You can download the source code (MobileTrader.fxp project file) here

The latest version of AIR for Android is available here.

NOTE: In this version of the application, the stock updates are simulated at the client side so that you don’t have to install the server infrastructure. Modifying the application to get the stock updates from a server is easy: use this application as an example.

The Employee Directory application demonstrates how to build Flex applications for Android using the AIR runtime.

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The key point when you look at the source code of this application is that you build Flex applications for Android the exact same way you build Flex applications for the Browser and the Desktop: same programming model, same language, same tools, same code. This application for example uses a local SQLite database on your device that you access using the same database API you’d use for any other Flex application running on the AIR runtime.

The other good news is that you have access to additional APIs (GPS, accelerometer), and you can integrate with other applications on your phone (dialer, SMS, email, etc).

Download the Application and Source Code

• You can download the application (EmployeeDirectory.apk) here
• You can download the source code (EmployeeDirectory.fxp project file) here

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Download the Application and Source Code

• You can download the application (VoiceNotes.apk) here
• You can download the source code (VoiceNotes.fxp project file) here

If you want to compile or run the application on your device, make sure you install the latest version of the AIR for Android SDK and Runtime respectively. The apk was built using the AIR for Android 20100720 build.

The “Mini AIR Web Server” is a simplistic implementation of an HTTPServer. Needless to say that it is far from being a production quality Web Server. The goal here is simply to use the well understood mechanics of a web server to learn how to use server sockets in AIR 2.0.

Installation Instructions

Make sure you have the AIR 2 runtime installed (you can download the AIR 2 runtime here), and install the application using the badge below:

Testing the Application

To test the application, open a browser and test the sample HTML pages provided with the application:

• http://localhost:8888/test1.html
• http://localhost:8888/test2.html
• http://localhost:8888/test3.html

NOTE: You may have to change the port number in these URLs depending on the port number you enter in the application.

You can add your own content in the webroot folder in the applicationStorageDirectory.

Downloading the project

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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 starts it. You can start and stop Tomcat manually from within the application, but in a real life application you would probably want to start Tomcat automatically when the AIR application starts.

Why would you want to embed Tomcat as part of an AIR application? First of all, I’m not saying that you should… This was just part of my exploration of new capabilities in AIR 2.0. That being said, I can think of a number of use cases where this could make sense. For example:

• Tighter communication with Java code using BlazeDS locally as a way to directly invoke methods on remote Java classes.
• Provide an offline mode for an application that closely mimics the online infrastructure.

Installation Instructions

1. Make sure you have the AIR 2 runtime installed (you can download it here).
2. Because Tomcat Launcher uses the Native Process API, you have to use a native installer:
   • To install the application on Windows, download and run AIRAppWithEmbeddedTomcat.exe.
   • To install the application on a Mac, download and run AIRAppWithEmbeddedTomcat.dmg.

After starting the application, enter the path to your Java home folder, then click the Start button. The application will remember the folder you entered the next time you use the application. Try the “Embedded JSP Example” and “Embedded RemoteObject Example”. If you get a BindingException when you start Tomcat, make sure it isn’t already started. You can also click the Stop button to stop a running instance.

You can download the project here: AIRAppWithEmbeddedTomcat.fxp.zip.

NOTE: If you want to compile the project, make sure you use the AIR 2 SDK available here.

“Tomcat Launcher” allows you to start / stop Tomcat and view the standard output log without opening a DOS box or Terminal window. It also allows you to open that log in your default Text Editor which is another new feature of AIR 2.0 that I covered in the “AIR2Excel” sample application. Tomcat Launcher also provides a generic example showing how to use the AIR 2.0 native process API to execute Java code.

Installation Instructions

1. Make sure you have the AIR 2 runtime installed (you can download it here).
2. Because Tomcat Launcher uses the Native Process API, you have to use a native installer:
   • To install the application on Windows, download and run TomcatLauncher.exe.
   • To install the application on a Mac, download and run TomcatLauncher.dmg.

After starting the application, enter the paths to your Java home folder and to the Tomcat installation you want to start, then click the Start button. The application will remember the folders you entered the next time you use the application. If you get a BindingException, make sure Tomcat isn’t already started. You can also click the Stop button to stop a running instance.

You can download the project here: TomcatLauncher.fxp.zip.

NOTE: If you want to compile the project, make sure you use the AIR 2 SDK available here.

I updated the “AIR 2 Excel” sample application for the official AIR 2 launch. “AIR 2 Excel” demonstrates different techniques for AIR/Excel integration, including the new AIR 2 File.openWithDefaultApplication() API.

In Adobe AIR 1.0 and 1.5, there were different options to “open” the data of a Flex DataGrid in Excel. For example, you could leverage the AIR native drag-and-drop support to drag rows from the DataGrid to an open Excel spreadsheet. You could also drag rows to the desktop (or anywhere on the file system) as an .xls file. These two approaches are demonstrated in my Salesbuilder sample application. Another approach was to use a server roundtrip to download the generated .xls file from the server and force Excel to open with the data.

There was however no immediate way to implement a straight (client-side only) “Open in Excel” feature (aka click a button to open your DataGrid data in Excel). With AIR 2.0 and the new File.openWithDefaultApplication() method this becomes extremely easy to implement. In the sample below, I provide an example of this new feature. The sample also supports the drag-and-drop approach from the AIR application to Excel and from the AIR application to the desktop (or anywhere else on the file system). This sample uses the as3xls library to create the Excel spreadsheet. View Source is enabled.

Make sure you have the AIR 2 runtime installed (you can download the AIR 2 runtime here), and install the application using the badge below:

View Source (right click) is enabled.

NOTE: You can download the AIR 2 SDK here.

Voice Notes is a sample application that leverages the new Microphone API. The application lets you record voice notes and store them in a SQLite database so that you can replay them later.

Make sure you have the AIR 2 runtime installed (you can download the AIR 2 runtime here), and install the application using the badge below:

View Source (right click) is enabled.

NOTE: You can download the AIR 2 SDK here.

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The key point when you look at the source code of this application is that you build Flex applications for Android the exact same way you build Flex applications for the Browser and the Desktop: same programming model, same language, same tools, same code. This application for example uses a local SQLite database on your device that you access using the same database API you’d use for any other Flex application running on the AIR runtime.

The other good news is that you have access to additional APIs (GPS, accelerometer), and you can integrate with other applications on your phone (dialer, SMS, email, etc).

Download the Application and Source Code

• You can download the application (EmployeeDirectory.apk) here
• You can download the source code (EmployeeDirectory.fxp project file) here