I am having troubles including bitmaps in swc files created in Flash CS6. I am working on an AIR project, and I am using Flash Builder 4.7 with AIR SDK 17.0 to compile it, and Flash CS6 for the artwork.
I keep the application screens as MovieClips in Flash (with buttons, backgrounds, some text fields, etc.) and link them to classes so I can instantiate them in Flash Builder. I am exporting the Flash file as a SWC, that I use later in the Flash Builder project.
It is working, but...the background images of the screens are wiped out. I can instantiate the screens, add listeners to their components, and so on, but when I compile the project they have no backgrounds. I am using 1024x768 bitmaps (png) as background on each screen.
I tried giving the bitmaps a class too, but it is still the same.
Just to test it, I converted the bitmaps to shapes and this way they are shown well. but what I need is a nice bitmap, not flat shapes.
Does anyone know how to get this done?
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Is there a way to specify a splash screen for an Android AIR application in Flash Pro? I've seen a number of techniques but none for Flash Pro.
Thanks.
Flash Pro is no different than any other AS3 IDE except that it gives you visual tools to create with. You still have access to the exact same code and techniques. You can use SplashScreenImage to do it, if you're using Flex. For the most part, you don't want to do anything that runs code on mobile, which is why Flex doesn't allow you to. So no animation, no movement, no anything. Just a static image.
Regardless, any technique you've found should work just fine on Android and with Flash Pro. As I said, there is no difference between an app created with Flash Builder, IntelliJ, Flash Develop, and Flash Pro. They all use the same compiler, same runtime, same codebase, etc.
If you right-click on a game of movie in a website and see a box with the bottoim line "About Adobe Flash Player..." does that necessarily mean that the content was made with Flash (Either Flash Pro, Flash Builder, FDT, Flash Develop)?
Does it mean that the creators for sure used AS3, or could you in thery have an html5 or union project running in flash player?
Yes, it means the content is made in Flash. If you view source for the website, contents made in flash have .swf extension.
But the creators may not have used AS3, it may be made using AS2 if older.
I already know about StageWebView and HTMLLoader, but that only works in Adobe AIR. Is there any way (maybe third party) to do the same in a SWF.
Reason:
I'm building a game in AS3 that will run on mobile devices with Adobe AIR, and there is also a web version that will run as a SWF.
The game has some links, URLs that open in a StageWebView for mobile. My problem is that the SWF has to open these URLs in a browser popup or i-frame... I don't like it :(
What you're trying to accomplish isn't possible in a SWF. However, on the web you will have access to javascript and HTML, and with that, you could replicate the functionality with an iframe that sits directly over your SWF.
I want to get several Flash animations to come up on different displays at start up. Is there a way in Actionscript that I can force the movie to go fullscreen on a particular display?
Package your flash animations into AIR applications - you can then set the x,y of each application within the properties box / xml.
Flash Player chooses which monitor to full-screen to. If there is a solution, it is not AS3.
"Flash Player and AIR use a metric to determine which monitor contains the greatest portion of the SWF, and uses that monitor for full-screen mode."
I have written a flash cs4 custom button class in actionscript 3 with its unique look-and-feel and transitions on up/down etc events. How can I import the Flash assets and use it Flash Builder for an AIR application?
Export your flash cs4 document as a swc that you can then add to your Library path in your FlashBuilder project, but before doing so, you should consider linking your button to an external class which would be accessible in FlashBuilder.