Quick Tip: Exploring the Flash CS5 Code Snippets Panel
“In this Quick Tip I’ll show you how to use the brand new Flash CS5 Code Snippets Panel to easily add keyboard and mouse interaction to your projects, without necessarily needing to learn AS3. Let’s take a look!”
Flash for Android: Introduction to BitmapScroller
This is an introduction to my BitmapScroller class. I’ll explain how to get it up and running with ANT and FDT.”
Flash for Android: Beer Tapper Preview
“Today’s quick screencast is a preview of the latest Flash Android game I am working on with Aidan Coyne. This game is a port of Beer Tapper and I plan on reskinning it to help promote my Developer Happy Hours.”
Frash is a new app that brings Flash to the iPhone. It only works on jailbroken devices.
Enhance Your Flash Layouts with Draggable Windows
“In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create draggable windows using Flash and AS3. I’ll cover the basics of drag&drop, window bounds, adding content, and how to minimize the window.”
Flash for Android: Introduction to Git
“GitHub.com is a web-based hosting service for projects that use the Git revision control system. This screencast is designed to help you work with projects on GitHub.com.”
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Flash for Android: Android’s Web Browser
“To kick off the Flash for Android series I show off how FlashBum.com runs on two Android phones, the Nexus One with Flash Player 10.1 and the HTC EVO with Flash Player Lite 4. I’ll then walk through a couple of other sites, pointing out some of the things you should bear in mind whilst developing for mobile devices.”
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“Flash for Android” Screencast Series + Free Desktop Wallpaper
“Welcome to a new series on Activetuts+ created solely to cover Flash on Android. During the coming weeks Jesse Freeman will be taking you through a massive collection of screencasts to get you and your Flash completely mobile. Read on to learn more about the series and pick up the free accompanying wallpaper!”
“Apple news followers will recall a report last week that Apple has recently purchased Poly9, a Quebec based company that makes a Google Earth-like app. If you missed this you can get updated quickly with this AppleInsider post.
“Why would we here at FITC care about this acquisition, other than that it seems Apple is looking for ways to severe ties with Google’s mapping technology? Well after looking at one of Poly9’s javascript api demos and then doing a little view source sleuthing you’ll see that Poly9’s app is in fact largely based on a swf – one with a Flex loader nonetheless.”
Display Suggestions in a TextField using AS3 and External Files
“Suggested Terms is an excellent usability element which helps the user select a better option or just increase search speed.
“In this tutorial, we will learn how to create and display suggested terms in a Flash application.”
