Delivering Advertising to Adobe AIR Apps with OpenX AdServer
For AIR applications that have access to an internet connections, delivering ads via OpenX is very easy with just a little code. For this basic implementation, we’ll use AIR’s built-in WebKit browser,...
View ArticleOpenX Loader ActionScript 3 Class for Adobe AIR
Following my article on loading OpenX ads in Adobe AIR applications, I’ve written a very simple class to make it a little easier. This should be able to load in both image and HTML/text based banners...
View ArticleAdobe AIR, BlackBerry PlayBook and This New Thing Called FruitBat
A couple of weeks ago at Adobe MAX, Research In Motion announced that Flash and its cousin Adobe AIR would be first class citizens on its upcoming tablet, BlackBerry PlayBook. In fact, several of the...
View ArticleFlashDevelop and BlackBerry PlayBook Development: The Basics
Despite the misinformation floating around out there, the openness of the Flash Platform and the open source Flex SDK make it possible to create Flash and AIR applications without touching a single...
View ArticleFruitBat 1.1 Update Available
The first update to FruitBat is ready. This update includes several enhancements as well as compatibility with the newest version of the Tablet OS SDK (0.9.1). Thanks to those of you that reported...
View ArticleMinor Fruitbat Update: 1.1.1453
FruitBat 1.1.1453 fixes the package command to ensure the application descriptor file always comes first in the file list, no matter what it is named. This bug would stop some applications from...
View ArticleFruitBat 1.2 Released
January – the month of updates! BlackBerry released a new version of the PlayBook SDK and simulator yesterday (0.9.2). With the update, your password is required to interact with the simulator via the...
View ArticleFruitBat 1.4 Beta Release
Considering it has been so long, I’ve decided to release a public beta of the in-progress version of FruitBat… and this time something for the Mac folks too! As there is so much new stuff, be sure to...
View ArticleFruitBat 1.4.0132 Update Available
The FruitBat 1.4.0132 update includes the following changes: BUGFIX: (Mac Only) Automatic updates did not function in 1.4.0127 (sorry all- you’ll have to download the installer from the site this...
View ArticleFruitBat 1.5 Update Available
It has been a while since the last FruitBat update was made available and since then, a lot has changed. BlackBerry 10 is on the way and Tablet OS updated to 2.0 with 2.1 in beta. WebWorks also...
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