As a follow up to my last post … Mark Doherty has created and made available several Flash Lite example files (including source code): that includes a wallpaper, Flash Lite 2 network app, Flash Lite 3 network and Flash Video app, Flash Lite 3 XMLSocket example as well as others.
They’re provided to allow Flash [...]

I forgot to post this a while back, but here is a new zip containing a new Flash CS3 template and accompanying .adpp (device central update file).
This is for those used to working within a mobile context and ADC and just want to carry over a more familiar workflow process. It is not required [...]

A new Adobe DevNet article: “Ten tips to help you develop better Flash Lite games” is available from Mariam.
“Mobile games are a big business with many talented developers creating compelling device content. Although most developers can write effective code, create interesting graphics, and test their games successfully, it is always helpful to review the best [...]

I just got an email dropped in my inbox from Adobe about the Adobe Community Experts program this year.
Among its contents:
“The Adobe Community Experts Program is a community based program made up of Adobe customers who share their product expertise with the world-wide Adobe community. The Adobe Community Experts’ mission is to provide high caliber [...]

Customizing the _focusrect color
After seeing some Flash Lite 2.x applications posted within the community with the default yellow _focusrect enabled, I thought I might post a tip to remind those working with Flash Lite that in Flash Lite 2.x and 3.x it is possible to customize the _focusrect color on supported handsets.
By default _focusrect [...]

Tony had a recent post about a mobile based AIR application that was created for Intel for the CES Show.
The touchscreen based app is called “Teknision Media Junction” and split into a music and video applications.
If you don’t have UMPC handy (who buys these things?!), you can download the AIR frameworks, and run off [...]

It’s fitting that this is tip #13 (ironically, I just watched Room 1408 (for those that have seen it: 1408 = 14+0+8 = 13!).
Unfortunately, both can give you nightmares, but tip #13 can be addressed, if … of course, you pay attention to the rest of this post!
Flash Lite 3 Security Model
This tip is [...]

If you’re working with the chumby … you can set a top level _root variable called _chumby_widget_done to a value of the string value of “true” to immediately advance to the next widget in a channel … and without waiting around for the default play time of the current widget to expire.
Here’s the code:
[AS]_chumby_widget_done = [...]

Welcome to Flash Lite 3

Fellow, Flash mobi-Lites … Welcome to the world of Flash Lite 3 development!know
Yes … if you hadn’t heard yet, the Developer’s Edition of the Adobe Flash Lite 3 player is now up on Adobe Labs.
For those new to Flash Lite and mobile, you can essentially think of this as a “Flash [...]

On Dec 18th, there is a scheduled e-seminar session entitled: “Exploring Flash Lite Video Capabilities for Mobile”, which you pre-register for here.

Speaker: Giorgio Natili is a Forum Nokia Champion and this e-Seminar is co-sponsored by Forum Nokia
The aim of this eSeminar is to teach developers how to integrate video media in mobile applications using [...]