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chris.campbell
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chris.campbellCommunity Manager
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July 25, 2017
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Locked by Moderator, Not on subject anymore,AIR Roadmap Update

  • July 25, 2017
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Hello AIR developers,

With the news today regarding Flash Player, I'm sure many of you have questions regarding AIR and its future roadmap.  Let me start by saying that today's announcement was not about AIR, and instead focuses entirely on Flash Player and the browser plugin environment.  Adobe remains committed to AIR and we believe it continues to be a great desktop and mobile development platform.

Many of you have asked for a roadmap update.  We hope to have our official Flash Runtime roadmap updated soon, but until then I wanted to share some of the features we'd like to accomplish in our upcoming releases.  As always, this list may change as we receive feedback from the community.

  • Support for 64-bit AIR – Windows Captive Only
  • AIR SDK installer on Windows
  • Desktop async texture upload
  • DirectX11 support for AIR desktop
  • Increase the GPU memory texture limit
  • Improved monitor and resolution settings for AIR Desktop
  • GPU render mode for AIR Desktop
  • Support for the latest SDK on iOS 11 and Android O
  • ASTC Support for mobile
  • VR/AR support for AIR apps
  • ANE support for Swift on iOS
  • METAL bindings for Stage3D
  • Motion detection for Android devices

We've also been following a feature request thread on the Starling forums.  We wanted to get your feedback on some of the items outlined by the community.  If you'd like to provide additional input, please take a minute and take this three question survey so we can better understand what folks would like to see in future releases.

Community AIR Feature Requests​ Survey

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    kennylerma
    kennylerma
    Participating Frequently
    July 25, 2017

    Thanks for the list Chris, but the lack of any mention towards an HTML output solution remains concerning to everyone. A statement needs to be made on this.  This is not just a Flash Player thing, but an ActionScript issue and it's future.  No response to a gaping hole seems irresponsible.

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      Born2code
      Known Participant
      July 25, 2017

      Thanks so much Chris.

      That is GREAT news, we believe this may also help AIR untangle itself from Flash which we think is just holding it back from really shining.

      We have major investment in AIR and are delighted to see that Adobe continues its commitment to this awesome technology.

      As far as Flash is concerned, in our view it's already dead, RIP flash!

      Thanks as always and have a great week ahead,

      Sean.

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        natural_criticB837
        Legend
        July 25, 2017

        Thanks Chris, this announcement probably explains the delay on the Air roadmap. Any chance to hear something about an HTML5 target for Air? With Flash fading out as the only current option to export for web, we will need a replacement for the technology stack or lose 20% of our userbase. Are you considering an HTML target it or is off the table?

        Thanks

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          Born2code
          Known Participant
          July 25, 2017

          rewb0rn, you should checkout this effort on ANE for HTML5, its very promising and has a lot of momentum behind it:

          GitHub - tuarua/WebViewANE: WebView Adobe Air Native Extension for OSX 10.10+, Windows Desktop, iOS 9.0+ and Android 21+…

          Maybe Adobe can fork it and add it to the main build.

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