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Flash iOS Apps Cookbook

By : Christopher Caleb
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Flash iOS Apps Cookbook

By: Christopher Caleb

Overview of this book

The latest version of Flash Professional can directly target iOS, allowing Flash developers to write applications that will run natively on Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. What's more, with Apple loosening its restrictions on third-party technologies, apps written in Flash can now be sold and distributed within the App Store.Flash iOS Apps Cookbook provides the recipes required to build native iOS apps using your existing knowledge of the Flash platform. Whether you want to create something new or simply convert an existing Flash project, the relevant steps and techniques will be covered, helping you achieve your goal.Learn how to configure and use Flash Professional for iOS development by writing and deploying a simple app to a device. Implement many iOS-specific features such a multi-touch, the virtual keyboard, camera support, screen orientation and the Retina display. Overcome the limitations of mobile development by mastering hardware acceleration and optimization. Whether you're an enthusiast or professional developer, the Flash iOS Apps Cookbook is your toolkit to creating high-quality content for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Flash iOS Apps Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Introduction


The camera and microphone are possibly the two most popular sensors built into iOS devices. In fact, iPhone owners rely on the microphone on a daily basis when making calls. Those who use Apple's FaceTime depend on both the microphone and the camera to keep in touch. And of course, everyone has taken a photo or shot a video from time-to-time.

Developers are finding increasingly sophisticated uses for both sensors that extend far beyond the functionality provided by Apple's pre-installed applications. Image and voice recognition, augmented reality, language translation, and voice distortion are just a handful.

Adobe introduced camera and microphone support in AIR 2.6, allowing Flash developers to take advantage of both sensors within their apps. While you can work through all of this chapter's recipes using Flash Professional CS5.5, those with Flash Professional CS5 will be limited to the first recipe, Saving to the camera roll.