Developing Android Applications with Flex 4.5

Table of Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
1. Hello World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Create a Flex Mobile Project 1
Debug a Flex Mobile Project 10
2. Application Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Blank Application 15
View-Based Application 17
View Life Cycle 24
Tabbed Application 25
3. Permissions and Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Permissions 29
Other Configuration Settings 32
Automatically Reorient 33
Full Screen 33
Automatically Scale Application for Different Screen Densities 33
Aspect Ratio 33
4. Exploring the APIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Accelerometer 35
GPS 37
Camera UI 39
Camera Roll 43
Microphone 45
Multitouch 48
GestureEvent 48
TransformGesture 51
Busy Indicator 56
5. Working with the File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
File System Access 59
Folder Aliases 59
Read and Write to the File System 61
File Browse for a Single File 64
File Browse for Multiple Files 66
SQLite Databases 69
6. OS Interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Open in Browser 75
Create Text Message 77
Create Email 79
Place Call 81
Splash Screen 83
StageWebView 85
Screen Options 87
Layout 87
Full Screen 89
ActionBar 90
7. Publish to Android Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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