Unlike AIR native extensions for iOS, where you can debug either the native code or the ActionScript code, on Android you have the option to debug all of your code at the same time. This post shows you how to debug your Android ANE on a device via USB both..
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Error message Error 105: application.initialWindow.content contains an invalid value Cause You are likely to see this error message when you compile your AIR project on the command line for the first time. When you create your AIR project, an app descriptor file is automatically created for it. It’s typically called..
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Error message Error: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: YourNativeExtension Cause You would usually get this error message at compile-time, when your code references something in a library that the compiler doesn’t know where to find. In the case of using a native extension, this means..
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Error message VerifyError: Error #1014: Class com.your.package::YourNativeExtension could not be found. Cause You will typically see this error message at run-time, when your project uses an external library, which was not linked in the final executable. When this is a native extension, it means that your application was packaged without the..
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This post shows you through a couple of infographics what happens when an AIR Native Extension is loaded and unloaded by the AIR Runtime. First, a couple of useful resources What goes into a native extension for iOS? This is our previous infographic-rich post on how a native extension fits together...
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So you want to know what’s in an AIR Native Extension for iOS and how it fits together? I know, Adobe’s online manual has it all, which is great. It is also a problem, as you are left to sift through tones of pages of information, just to get a..
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It took me months to consider using Ant scripts for my Flash Builder projects. True to my principle ‘Two days of mouse-clicking save two hours of reading’, I kept ignoring the jumble that the scripts seemed to me, whenever I encountered them in examples, promising to myself to go back..
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If you are making AIR native extensions which use any form of native window, you may notice one of two things: The native window seems to have a mind of its own when it comes to orientation. In other words, if you want to keep your app Landscape only, the..
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Why camera native extension for iOS? Adobe AIR has its limitations, when it comes to control over an iPhone or iPad camera functions, such as focus, exposure and white balance. This Camera Native Extension offers an API for accessing these functions and adds options for applying filters for cropping and..
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