Building iPhone apps using the Flash Platform
Resources and more information

H. Paul Robertson

360|Flex San Jose
March 9, 2010

Introduction

• Paul Robertson's web site (slides and sample code will be posted here soon after the conference)

Background

• Developing for the Apple iPhone using Flash (Aditya Bansod)
• Building Applications for the iPhone with Flash (Mike Chambers)
• Applications for iPhone: Developer FAQ (Adobe Labs)
• Why you should NOT care about building apps for the iPhone with Flash (Mike Chambers)
• Adobe at Mobile World Congress 2010 (Adobe TV videos)
• Resources for Learning more about Flash to iPhone (Mike Chambers)
• Top Secret Adobe Flash Session (Publisher for iPhone FAQ) (Adobe TV video of MAX session)

Examples (real apps)

• Unlocking the iPhone for Flash Developers (Adobe Flash Platform Blog)
• Adobe Labs Packager for iPhone examples

Workflow

• Building iPhone applications with Flash CS5 (Lee Brimelow)
• FITC Edmonton Slides: Building iPhone applications with Flash CS5 (Mike Chambers)
• Resources for Learning more about Flash to iPhone (Mike Chambers)

Code

• Source to 4 Flash iPhone apps (Ted Patrick)

Components

• UI design skins
  • iPhone GUI PSD 3.0 (teehan+lax)
  • iPhone UI mockups (metaspark.com)
• Open Source component repository (still small, but growing)

Application design

• Flash Player content, Mouse Events, and Touch input (Mike Chambers)
• Making Su (sudoku) (Ted Patrick)
• Creating Experiences across multiple screens (Adobe TV)
• Designing and Developing for the Multiscreen Web (Adobe TV)

Performance

• FITC Amsterdam Slides : Creating High Performance iPhone Applications with ActionScript 3 (Mike Chambers)

Future

• Preview: Flex for mobile devices (Adobe TV)

Alternatives

• Elips 3.0: Mobile Flex Builder toolkit (Adobe TV)