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marcelbatista
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June 6, 2012
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Flash or Flex?

  • June 6, 2012
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Hey guys,

I want to make a digital book-like application with lots of interactive objects inside it. For example, I want 3D models that can be rotated instead of images beside the book text, I want to launch games and then after they're done go back to the book.

This is intended to be for tablets (both android and IOS) so I intend to have control of the positioning of stuff depending on the current orientation of the device.

Would you use Flex or Flash? I am very confortable with Flash but I'm thinking maybe I'll have to learn Flex for this one...I really don't know the best thing to do...Maybe the book, text and style should be done in FLEX and the interactive objects with Flash?

Thanks people!

MB

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Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
Inspiring
June 6, 2012

You can't load an external swf that has code in it on iOS, which may make the idea of being based on Flex and loading Flash swfs a bit harder. I would just use Flash, and have your games be movie clips in the library.

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marcelbatistaAuthor
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June 6, 2012

Alright that's a good point I didn't take into account and it makes sense. Ok, let's suppose I'll be using Flash. Does anyone have a good idea of how to use something like a stylesheet to format text and reposition stuff on the screen after a device rotation is detected?

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