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Virtual Device Manager and Emulator

Voice Notes, Conclusion

W

WAV decoders, Open source libraries

WAV files, WAV files

waveform spectrum, Raw Data and the Sound Spectrum

WAVWriter class, WAV files

WebKit, StageWebView

Windows drivers for Android devices, Installing the Android SDK

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xBounds and yBounds, Setting Boundaries

Y

Yahoo! Geocoding API, Reverse Geocoding

Yahoo! Map Image API, The Yahoo! Map Image API

YouTube, YouTube

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zoom gesture, The Zoom Gesture

About the Author

Veronique Brossier is Senior Flash Engineer at MTVNetworks and adjunct professor at ITP/New York University. She has worked on applications for the world of art and entertainment, including The New York Visitor Center and the 9/11 Memorial site for Local Projects, NickLab for R/Greenberg Associates, Cartoon Network Online, the Hall of Biodiversity at the American Museum of National History, and many more.

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The animal on the cover of Developing Android Applications for Adobe AIR is the Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus). This bird’s most distinctive feature is a regal, fan-like crest, which gives the bird its scientific name (from the Latin corōna, for garland or crown). This colorful crest is usually tucked down against the bird’s head, and only appears when it is courting or agitated. The Royal Flycatcher’s habitat ranges from Mexico through Central and South America, and four localized subspecies are recognized.

Measuring 16‒16.5 cm long, the Royal Flycatcher has mostly dull brown plumage, though there is slight variation across subspecies in the coloring of the rump and tail, which can range from bright cinnamon to a darker rust color. Its whitish throat is contrasted with a yellow underbelly. When visible, the bird’s striking crest is colored scarlet (in the male) or bright yellow (in the female), highlighted with blue- and black-colored tips and spots.

As its name implies, the Royal Flycatcher appears to primarily eat aerial insects, such as dragonflies. Its natural habitat is humid and deciduous lowland forest, and so deforestation in Ecuador and Brazil has resulted in a vulnerable status for some Royal Flycatcher subspecies. While these birds may forage in a wide range of habitats, an intact, moist forest is necessary for survival during the breeding season. There is similarity in voice across subspecies, with each producing a clear pree-o call similar to that made by the jacamar and manakin, fellow tropical birds.

The cover image is from Johnson’s Natural History. The cover font is Adobe ITC Garamond. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont’s TheSansMonoCondensed.

Table of Contents

Developing Android Applications with Adobe AIR

Foreword

Preface

Audience

Assumptions This Book Makes

Contents of This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

Using Code Examples

We’d Like to Hear from You

Safari® Books Online

Acknowledgments

1. AIR

Installing the Adobe Development Tools

Flash Professional CS5.5

Flash Builder 4.5

Installing the AIR Runtime on an Android Device

What Is in the AIR SDK

New ActionScript Libraries

Functionalities Not Yet Supported

AIR on the Desktop Versus AIR on Android

Mobile Flash Player 10.1 Versus AIR 2.6 on Android

2. Call Me, Text Me

Setting Up Your Device

Creating a Project

Using Flash Professional

Using Flash Builder

Creating the Application Descriptor

Using Flash Professional

Using Flash Builder

Writing the Code

Using Flash Professional

Using Flash Builder

Packaging Your Application As an APK File and Installing It on the Device

Using Flash Professional

Using Flash Builder

Testing and Debugging

Using Flash Professional

Using Flash Builder

Mobile Utility Applications

Launchpad

Device Central CS5

Package Assistant Pro

De MonsterDebugger

Installing AIR on an Android Device via a Server

Other Tools

Conclusion

3.

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