Flash Pro CS6 and Adobe AIR (and Android APK)

[markerline]

I have a compiled SWF that I can't convert to a newer ActionScript 3.0 format.  Anything that I try breaks the file.  It is basically just an animation with a tad bit of code on the Movie Clips.  I can't seem to identify the culprit that causes the newer files to generate with errors so I have decided to use the load method to load the ActionScript 1/2 format into an AS 3.0 container.  This still does not work for generating APK's directly.

However when I generate a desktop AIR file it plays just fine.

Is there a way to take the AIR file and convert it to an APK using the command line?  I have heard of using adt on the command line but most posts speak of converting SWF's directly.  I would like to try it with the already-compiled AIR file.  If I use the SWF I might as well compile that into a non-functioning APK directly from Flash.  That's not what I'm looking to do.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[kglad]

if there's not much to the as2 swf, you're better off working with it directly to convert it to an as3 swf because there are a number of problems that can be caused by loading an as2 file.

do you have the fla that created the as2 swf?

[markerline]

Hi kglad,

Yes I have the original FLA.

I think you're right, working with it to convert it to AS3 would be optimal.  Unfortunately it is not such an easy task because I tried that route already and I thought I had a good file but in the Android APK it still played back strangely.  With the desktop AIR I didn't have any problems after using the original FLA to reauthor the SWF movie.

I also find it strange that when I try to import the SWF into a version of Flash below CC it does not import properly.  I guess at runtime it takes some of the ActionScript commands into account but at import-time to get it into the Library or on Stage it throws the AS out the window.

Best,

markerline

[kglad · Accepted solution]

you shouldn't "import" a swf.  you should load it.

you may still have problems loading it but, you're sure to have problems if you import it.  (ie, no actionscript will execute in the imported swf.)

[markerline]

you are correct kglad.  loading is the preferred method.  i have done just that in my adobe air for desktop version of the compiled file.  however the apk file still animates strangely when i package this using air for android.  same exact file, different results.  there must be a bug in the compiler.  i have noticed when i tried this a long time ago that my iOS version also behaved strangely.

One thing of note is that initially I didn't notice anything wrong with the android and ios versions of the animation installers but it seemed that all of a sudden one day they broke and they never restored to their original glory.  the ios certificate has long since expired so i cannot troubleshoot that any longer.

[kglad]

what "strange" behavior do you see.

[markerline]

it's difficult to describe kglad and i do not feel comfortable posting both versions in this forum.  however i can say that the animations do not match.  in the apk version there are many mistakes and inconsistencies that i did not code/design in the Flash GUI.  But again this is probably due to it having been an older AS version than AS 3.0 .  There wasn't that much code but there was a whole lot of keyframing and the like going on in the file to make it difficult to edit to a new version.  i will still try if I have time though.

[kglad]

can you post videos?

[markerline]

thanks but i actually dont feel comfortable sharing the content in general terms.  that is not always the case but for this particular file i prefer to keep it private.