Categories: Android

Detecting the network connection type with Flex 4.5

Published on: April 13, 2011
Categories: AIR, Android, BlackBerry PlayBook, Flash Builder, Flex
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As you may already be aware of, Flex 4.5 is the next version of Flex that is also optimised for mobile development. That means that you can create compelling Rich Internet Applications with the Flex framework and deploy them on mobile Android devices, as well as the BlackBerry PlayBook (and [...]

Flash Israel 2011 Aftermath

Published on: March 6, 2011
Categories: AIR, Android, Event
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So now I’m sitting in my hotel room, waiting to leave for the airport in half an hour. It gets me thinking about the past couple of days and the Flash Israel event. First of all, for everyone who has been thinking about bringing Phidgets or Arduino on a plane: [...]

Fiddling with Phidgets at Flash Israel

Published on: February 17, 2011
Categories: Actionscript 3, Android, Event
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A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to be invited to present at Flash Israel on February 22-23. There were a lot of topics I could choose from, but looking at the list of speakers that were already selected, such as Ben Forta, Lee Brimelow, Grant Skinner, … [...]

Drawing charts in a Flex 4.5 mobile application

Published on: December 15, 2010
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So, I started working on my first AIR on Android application that’s on the Android market. It’s called SolarLogger and it’s a small application that allows you to monitor your solar panel installation using a SolarLog device. If you’ve been here a while ago, you may remember that I had [...]

Adding swipe gestures to you mobile Flex application

Published on: December 8, 2010
Categories: Actionscript 3, AIR, Android, BlackBerry PlayBook, Flex
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With the Flex 4.5 SDK (aka Hero) you can now create some very nifty mobile applications to run on Android enabled devices as well as on the BlackBerry PlayBook. Now, one of the features you’ll use on any touch enabled device is the swipe gesture. You can use this gesture [...]


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