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boat5
Inspiring
September 26, 2012
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Detect if iOS app is made with AIR?

  • September 26, 2012
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Is there an easy way to find air apps on the iOS app store? OR an easy way to detect if someones app is made with Air? I do not see the App ID in the itunes link like you do on google play

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User Unknow
User Unknow
Legend
October 1, 2012

1) Receive your IPA file

2) Unzip it

3) Go to the App root where all files placed

4) Find folder with META-INF folder

5) Open it. If you will see AIR folder - this is Adobe AIR application

Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
Inspiring
October 1, 2012

The need was to find out apps in the App Store that were made as AIR apps. You would have to actually buy apps to figure it out from the files. In Google Play you can see in the URL. For example, I did this app with Flash Pro:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.oogieloves.milkshakemayhemlite

User Unknow
User Unknow
Legend
October 1, 2012

I found that iTunes contain alot of Adobe Air based applications

I always unzip it to investigate this

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Adobe Employee
paul_robertson
Adobe Employee
October 1, 2012

I wouldn't necessarily call this as an "easy" way, but Adobe does use a mechanism to determine whether an iOS app is built with AIR -- here is an article that describes how to opt out of it:

http://helpx.adobe.com/air/kb/opt-out-air-app-analytics.html

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