What IDE do I use to develop Adobe AIR applications?

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November 2, 2011
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You can leverage any existing IDE that you already use for Flash, Flex, or HTML/JavaScript development. Adobe AIR does not require a specific IDE; however, Adobe AIR is integrated into Adobe Creative Suite, Flash Professional, and Flash Builder (formerly known as Flex Builder).

We also provide a set of command line tools that allow developers to test and package AIR applications from the command line. These tools can be found in the Adobe AIR SDK.

Basically, you can use any tool that outputs SWF or HTML files.

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Subodh K Sharma

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Can we build an AIR App(one code base) that can work on Android devices, iOS (iPad), run as a web application and desktop application?

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DanielKozimor

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Yes!

One way you can do it is to split the codebase into three (or more) projects. One swc, and two top-level applications, one for web, one for mobile (and one for desktop air if you want). The swc project is a dependency for both. Any shared code (whether business logic or ui components) goes into the swc. Any platform specific code, can go into your top-level projects. You can also put your interfaces in the shared swc and have platform specific implementations in your top-level projects. There's quite a bit of flexibility there.

It works great for us, and we had some really tricky requirements (e.g. Web-version had to support FP10, while Mobile could be bleeding edge).

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