AIR33 Where is it?

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Leo KanelAuthor

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And Adobe's announcement.

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marcanw

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So when do we have the new android 64?

What will be the implication with the ane?

When does the android q issue will be solved?

How much do we have to pay?

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Do you have any questions?

Paul Darky

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I just read about this.

Does it mean that I will have to keep paying for Adobe Animate and aside that I will have to pay HARMAN for the AIR SDK?

yoonesm68067284

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"From: Adobe Date: Mon, May 20, 2019 at 4:20 PM

Subject: RE: Adobe 64-bit for Google

Hi, We're aware of the 64-bit requirement and hope to have news for the community later this week or by mid next week at the latest.

Thanks,

Chris"

Leo KanelAuthorCorrect answer

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The announcement has been made. Harman - Adobe Partnership - HARMAN

chris.campbell

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Thanks for chiming in Chris.

Could you elaborate about the work distribution between your team and Harman?

Will you still work on Air?

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marcanw wrote
Thanks for chiming in Chris.
Could you elaborate about the work distribution between your team and Harman?
Will you still work on Air?
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The Flash Runtime team will be responsible for providing security updates for AIR on Windows and macOS until EOY 2020 via our v32 branch. Harman will provide all other new features, compat fixes, bug fixes, etc. for both desktop and mobile (v33 & higher). Our team will also be providing additional eng, documentation, etc. support during the transition as necessary.

Harman will dictate the roadmap for AIR, based on what makes sense for their business and the communities needs. I've encouraged developers to provide feedback to the Animate team if they'd like to see continued integrated support with that tool. Communication between Harman and Animate is separate from the Runtime team, and may have a different level/timeframe of involvement.

yoonesm68067284

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Daniel Sperl, creator of the Starling Framework :

I've sent another query to Adobe on this topic, as well, and I was told there'd be official (good!) news on this topic in just a couple of days, probably next week. I know, we've heard such messages already in the past, but it sounded very sure and sincere. So, please hang in there a little longer!

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hferreira80

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With the missing AIR 33 and now suddenly this tiny update, this is what I think:

1. Yes, they may be doing the support for Android 64

2. Yes, they may be facing compatibility issues, hard to provide in a timer manner;

3. Yes, they should be proactive and not reactive and start doing this years ago but this is the way that they seems to do the things about AIR !

4. Yes, this a AIR forum on a Adobe domain but it seems like a normal user forum so I there is not point to ask help for AIR dev here.

I will not use AIR for mobile anymore and it's not because AIR technology is bad, on contrary, is far advanced than other options out there, but I'm still using AIR for desktop and anyway I'm glad that they will continue supporting it (even in a maintenance mode as it is and there is not question about it).

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OMA2k

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hferreira80 escribió
4. Yes, this a AIR forum on a Adobe domain but it seems like a normal user forum so I there is not point to ask help for AIR dev here.

But that's not what this forum used to be. Not too long ago (namely, up until a few months ago), this forum was not only populated by AIR users, but also devs from the AIR team and other people working for Adobe. This is still the case for other forums in this site for other Adobe products, but not this one. This AIR forum has somehow been deserted by Adobe's staff, for some reason.

Also, even if we were to think that nobody from Adobe has any need to post here, at least somebody should be taking care of the reports in the Bug Tracker, don't you think so? It doesn't make sense that both reports about the need of a 64-bit compiler and about the Android Q issue have been completely ignored in the tracker for 5 months straight and nobody from Adobe has ever replied there even if just to say "we're working on it" despite those bug reports getting votes and comments in almost a daily basis. I don't understand why it's that hard for Adobe to have any kind communication lately.

Well, at least Daniel, who probably has a deeper connection with Adobe's staff, has managed to get some positive news from them. Finally some good news!

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I do not see why Adobe should feel obliged to provide psychological assistance on this thread. They do monitor bug posts and usually reply. To find peace I suggest meditation, sports, or in worst cases benzodiazepine. Love.

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FYI - yesterday new AIR beta release

Leo KanelAuthor

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Unfortunately this doesn't add anything to the existing sdk. It is probably some work done in the codecs for Video and Audio, we were told before. Nothing about Android Q or 64bit. It is also not a 33 update. Anyhow, we will soon some news, so let's wait for it

AlexUrrutia

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I guess they are not responding because they are busy working on the 64bit release, give them some more time

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OMA2k

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AlexUrrutia wrote:
I guess they are not responding because they are busy working on the 64bit release, give them some more time

As I said in my previous post (I know it's long), we're not talking about how the Adobe AIR development team is working. I'm sure they're doing their best. But no matter how hard at work they are, that shouldn't have anything to do with Adobe's communication, since it can be handled by a different department.

You see, in the past we used to have here people from the Adobe's PR department/"evangelists" inform us of the progress with important issues. Where have all that people gone?

Now there is no communication at all coming from Adobe. These forums are just like any other forums in other sites, where devs working with this technology help each other and that's it. No one from Adobe writes here anymore (but they are still quite active in forums for other Adobe products). It's as if Adobe decided to reallocate resources to somewhere else in the company. I know no one likes me saying this but this is definitely not a good sign.

Now the only way to get some news about AIR is from people working for a third party company, such as this guy from Harman who wrote in Facebook (and only after signing an NDA). At least now we can see some movement...

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This was posted on Stage3D Facebook group by someone who is connected to Adobe. If (as many claim here) your app has over 100k users you can contact this email (they are probably beta testing 64 bit):

Leo KanelAuthor

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I have contacted him when he posted this, about one of our apps which is 1.2m downloads on android. No luck / reply.

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I wonder why. He replied on Facebook ust 30 mins ago. You might have better luck there.

Never quit hope

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marcanw

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My feeling is they are deep in the shit, they don't really know when it will be finished and stable. So they can"t really say something because they are freaking out more than us :-)

Before the deadline they will come up with something at least a solution for android q and a grace period from google, if not a 64 bit version.

When it will be done, we will have new bugs and some old that will disappear.. Some ANE nightmare probably.

But when the 64 bits will be stable, we will have faster android app.

So I'm patient...