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Zainuu
Inspiring
April 16, 2012
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Building ios Newsstand App with AS3 for iPad?

  • April 16, 2012
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Hi,

How do I build an IOS newsstand App with AS3 for iPad? I will not need any updates for this app. It will be just a pdf magazine inside, same contents forever.

I cant find any tutorials/introduction on how to build this.

I get the idea on how to create normal ios App, but creating Newsstand App really confussed me.

Hope I can get a good start here

Help is appreciated!

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Correct answer sinious

Thanks for your help.

I'm just a little worried if as3 supports making ios Newsstand App. If it does not support, then no point continue doing.


You should give this a read:

http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/201110/101211AdobeDPSNewsstand.html

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sinious
sinious
Legend
April 16, 2012

Take a look at the StageWebView class. It's able to open an OS-level web browser which is capable of showing PDF, XLS, DOC, PPT, etc. You can display your PDF in there (I do it all the time). However you have very little to no information on what your user is doing inside the StageWebView. There is an old project (I'm not sure if it's updated) called the StageWebViewBridge which integrates more access into the StageWebView that might help.

Ultimately what you need to know about StageWebView is it is OS-level and runs "OVER" flash content. That means if you open a StageWebView the entire size of the screen you will have no way of closing it. You need to open it smaller than the screen size and give the user a way to get back to your "news stand" to open other PDFs. So keep the viewPort rectangle smaller than the devices size, provide that one control and it's pretty easy from there.

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ZainuuAuthor
Inspiring
April 16, 2012

Hi, regarding 'How to publish a newsstand App'.

Is this similiar to how we publish my normal ios App into the appstore?

Just curious how does apple know its a newsstand App so that they can install inside the news folder etc...

PS: I dont have any knowledge on how does ios works.

sinious
sinious
Legend
April 16, 2012

Ah you want to integrate your pdf into the newsstand app itself directly? I thought you wanted to create your own news stand like app.

You don't need an app for that, you need to contact Apple about getting your content included. People just load the newstand app and can directly download magazines Apple hosts. It's just about getting them to host your magazine.

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