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mc_gfx
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December 1, 2013
Question

Adobe Air and Flash Future on Desktop and Mobile Devices

  • December 1, 2013
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Hello,

iam interested to develop for mobil and desktop devices with AS3 and Flash Professional and i have any question.

I see also many benefits to develop in flash as in java because javas gui development is based on swing a old java graphics engine.

Next reason is the plattform like Linux,Windows,IOS.,the Game Development and other stuff.

With Flash i can create nextgen interactive stunning cool gui interfaces for apps.

I dont know why flash sucks for the market and devices.

My question: is as3 and flash save for the future ?

Make it really sense to learn as3 and Flash ?

I have read many blogs,threads on adobe and other forums year 2012 Adobe stop flash development,

and now 2013 google androids kitkat now have removed api features that kills complete flash !!!

Other comments says Flash is dead for the market!? Many frustradet flash developers he work 10 years and more with flash are crying.

So what is really the Future for the A3 and Flash Development ?

Thanks and greetings

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Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
Inspiring
December 1, 2013

Although Flash playing in browsers on mobile doesn’t work on iOS, and doesn’t work on the latest Android OS, Flash is still a very good tool for developing mobile apps. You can create a single project and publish it to iOS, Android, standalone applications for Mac and Windows, or as a swf for playback in desktop browsers.

With Flash you usually create all the UI graphics yourself, so it’s up to you if you want to make those look futuristic! Sometimes though you do want to have UI that looks correct for the platform you are using, and in the case of iOS and Android you can use add-ons that will show OS native controls.

As you know, more sites are using HTML5 instead of Flash content, but by using CreateJS you can develop those sites using Flash Pro. Here’s a page on getting started with that:

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/createjs/articles/using-flash-pro-toolkit-createjs.html

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mc_gfxAuthor
Participant
December 2, 2013

Hello Colin,

big thanks for your comment,time and support.

i know that html5 go more popular but i dont know how the way go flash now.

I know flash since to my Teenage time as Macromedia developed this and i found this very amazing and oustanding.

Now on the Age of Mobile Devices and more interesting in programming i want to develop apps with flash because with flash i can create nice interactive ui interfaces what i can make not on Java.

The question: Make it sense to learn now Flash ? Is Flash development Dead ?

The Java script extensions looks cool. I can convert flash to html 5 also ?

Thanks and greetings

Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
Inspiring
December 2, 2013

Flash development is still going on, and it’s a very good tool to use for making mobile apps.

The CreateJS Toolkit gets added as an Extension to Flash Pro, and then yes, you can export from Flash to HTML5.

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