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Re: Adobe AIR now Available for Android

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Post by SingAlong » Fri, Oct 08, 2010, 3:30 PM UTC

SwaroopH wrote: post #19

tomlin wrote: post #12

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Or not pay thousands and just compile for free using a handful of OS tools that work just as good, perhaps even better. (ie: http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/ )

I don't think Adobe's Builder [tool] is free?

No the flex builder isn't free. But the flex sdk is opensource

Re: Adobe AIR now Available for Android

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Post by SingAlong » Fri, Oct 08, 2010, 3:37 PM UTC

slantyyz wrote: post #5

stackthat wrote: post #2

This is a big deal, if Google improve Android Store as well then new Android - AIR apps can be a new era for Android.

I think this would be a bigger deal if AIR was made available on Blackberry QNX, Windows 7 Phone and WebOS as well. I'm not sure that most desktop AIR apps will translate nicely to the mobile experience at first, nor will you see a lot of nice ports of desktop AIR apps for some time. Having AIR across all the major mobile OS's (except Apple's) would make it quite compelling as a mobile development platform, though.

I got a mail from Adobe today as a part of the prerelease program. They'll soon have a private beta of Adobe air for iPhone and qnx for select developers (those who impress them with good apps for air for android, which will be shown at MAX 2010).

Re: Adobe AIR now Available for Android

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Post by stackthat » Fri, Oct 08, 2010, 4:26 PM UTC

slantyyz wrote: post #5

stackthat wrote: post #2

This is a big deal, if Google improve Android Store as well then new Android - AIR apps can be a new era for Android.

I think this would be a bigger deal if AIR was made available on Blackberry QNX, Windows 7 Phone and WebOS as well. I'm not sure that most desktop AIR apps will translate nicely to the mobile experience at first, nor will you see a lot of nice ports of desktop AIR apps for some time. Having AIR across all the major mobile OS's (except Apple's) would make it quite compelling as a mobile development platform, though.

That's the obvious plan isn't it? Sure iPhone won't be in the list but that's because of Apple not Adobe.

Re: Adobe AIR now Available for Android

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Post by tvon » Fri, Oct 08, 2010, 4:39 PM UTC

tomlin wrote: post #13

eiji wrote: post #7

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It installs itself together with "Adobe Reader 9" with NO option for exclusion ("... to leverage A.Air"). You can deinstall it separatly after installation.

It doesn't, though. I just installed Adobe Reader 9 and it clearly asked me about Air. These FUD statements don't deserve any respect.

It's a bit argumentative to assume it's FUD and not an honest mistake or a change in the Adobe Reader 9 installation process.

Re: Adobe AIR now Available for Android

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Post by tomlin » Fri, Oct 08, 2010, 5:24 PM UTC

tvon wrote: post #24

tomlin wrote: post #13

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It doesn't, though. I just installed Adobe Reader 9 and it clearly asked me about Air. These FUD statements don't deserve any respect.

It's a bit argumentative to assume it's FUD and not an honest mistake or a change in the Adobe Reader 9 installation process.

In this case maybe.

Adobe, just like any entity, deserves a true projection.

If I sat on HN bashing Adobe I'd have much higher karma. Good thing I'm not here for karma.