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rjoshicool
rjoshicool
Inspiring
February 1, 2011
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Can we install AIR files on Android?

  • February 1, 2011
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Can we install AIR file on an Android device with AIR runtime installed? I have tried publishing APK and it works. If yes, what is the difference between publishing it as an AIR app and publishing it as an APK?

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markerline
markerline
Inspiring
February 1, 2011

Air for Android will publish an APK.  You cannot install an AIR app natively on Android; similarly you cannot install AIR natively on iOS.  AIR is for Windows and Mac (and maybe Linux but not sure) only.  This is all speaking from a Flash perspective which has the AIR for Android Publish setting.

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MarkRIM
Participant
February 1, 2011

I have an Archos 101 tablet and am looking to install Air so I can run my program I developed with Air.  It has Android 2.2 so it should work no?  I can use it on my phone (was able to download from Android Market) but this device doesn't have Market.  Any Ideas on how I can get Air on this Archos tablet?

markerline
markerline
Inspiring
February 1, 2011

If you have administrator privileges on your Archos Tab you can try to side-load the AIR installer onto your Archos from your Android phone.  Copy the AIR APK from your phone to a location on your computer and then connect your Archos to your computer.  Or if you have a directory on the internet you can upload and download, though I don't know the legal ramifications concerning all of this side-loading.  You may only be licensed to use AIR on the device on which it was downloaded.

But if you can port your AIR application as a .air file, you might have an extension to your Adobe AIR publication software that allows you to publish an APK file, in which case all you have to do is connect the Archos to your computer and copy the apk to the Archos and install the application, if you have administrator privileges to install applications outside of the Archos market.

Does this make sense?  By no means should you "root" your device though because that could void your warranty and also incur other personal damages to you that you do not need to have.

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