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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


You should now be comfortable compiling and deploying native iOS apps from Flash Professional. In this chapter, we will continue where we left off, building on top of our FLA to create our first iOS app.

Although there are differences compared to targeting desktop computers, the process for writing iOS applications in Flash will feel familiar to any Flash developer. Along the way, a few best practices will be covered and you will have a first-hand experience of just how easy it is to write a simple application using some basic ActionScript. We will also apply the finishing touches to the app by adding a default launch image and icon artwork.