Need to load random images from XML (AIR for Android)

Report · Mar 27, 2014

What I am trying to do, is to have an image slideshow/gallery that displays random images at an interval, these images are to be picked randomly from an xml file. I found a code online that works just dandy as a Flash Player 8 file, but when i change it to a Air 3.2/3.4 for Android file, it simply gives me countless errors. Here is the code that i am trying to use:

pauseTime = 2000;
xmlImages = new XML();
xmlImages.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlImages.onLoad = loadImages;
xmlImages.load("images.xml");
function loadImages(loaded)
{
    if (loaded)
    {
        xmlFirstChild = this.firstChild;
        imageFileName = [];
        totalImages = xmlFirstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes.length;
        for (i = 0; i < totalImages; i++)
        {
            imageFileName = xmlFirstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes.attributes.title;
        }
        randomImage();
    }
}
function randomImage()
{
    if (loaded == filesize)
    {
        var ran = Math.round(Math.random() * (totalImages - 1));
        picture_mc.loadMovie(imageFileName[ran],1);
        pause();
    }
}
function pause()
{
    myInterval = setInterval(pause_slideshow, pauseTime);
    function pause_slideshow()
    {
        clearInterval(myInterval);
        randomImage();
    }
}

Again, it works as a computer file, but not as an air for android file, here are the errors i recieve when trying to test on my Android device:

Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 12	1120: Access of undefined property xmlFirstChild.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 13	1120: Access of undefined property imageFileName.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 14	1120: Access of undefined property totalImages.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 14	1120: Access of undefined property xmlFirstChild.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 15	1120: Access of undefined property i.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 17	1120: Access of undefined property imageFileName.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 17	1120: Access of undefined property i.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 17	1120: Access of undefined property xmlFirstChild.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 17	1120: Access of undefined property i.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 15	1120: Access of undefined property i.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 15	1120: Access of undefined property i.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 15	1120: Access of undefined property totalImages.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 24	1120: Access of undefined property loaded.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 24	1120: Access of undefined property filesize.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 26	1120: Access of undefined property totalImages.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 27	1120: Access of undefined property imageFileName.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 33	1120: Access of undefined property myInterval.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 33	1120: Access of undefined property pauseTime.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 36	1120: Access of undefined property myInterval.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 1	1120: Access of undefined property pauseTime.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 3	1120: Access of undefined property xmlImages.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 4	1120: Access of undefined property xmlImages.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 5	1120: Access of undefined property xmlImages.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 6	1120: Access of undefined property xmlImages.

It acts as if the code is completely remote to the thing i am trying to do with XML, could someone write me a simple code to load a random image as i am doing, but for AIR for Android, please try and go easy on me as I am a very new beginner to this. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Report · Mar 27, 2014

This is AS2 code. I am pretty sure there is no way to use AS2 for apps development. You need to use AS3.