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DEVELOPING FOR THE BLACKBERRY TABLET OS USING ADOBE AIR & SHORT AS3
SHORT WAY TO DEVELOP FOR PLAYBOOK
-Arul Kumaran (@_Arul)
PLAYBOOK• 7-inch LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive
touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support
• BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing
• 1 GHz dual-core processor
• 1 GB RAM
• Dual HD cameras (3 MP front facing, 5 MP rear facing), supports 1080p HD video recording
• Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java
REQUIREMENTS• Flash Builder Burrito Preview(recommended)/Flash Builder/
Command line
• Blackberry Tablet OS SDK
• QNX components
• Flash Builder Plugin
• Playbook Simulator
• Windows - VMware Player (Free)
• Mac - VMware Fusion
SET IT UP
SET IT UP• Install Blackberry Tablet OS SDK
• Windows - Install VMware Player
• Mac - Install VMware Fusion
• Install Playbook Simulator
• Run the setup file to extract the .iso file
• Install new Virtual Machine on VMware using that .iso file as “Other” operating system
• Increase the memory to 1024k
• Enable Hardware Acceleration
• Allow it to overwrite the filesystem of the VM
CONFIGURE
• Run the Playbook Simulator in VMware
• Setup a device password
• Enable Development mode
•Note down the ip address of the simulator
DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS
• Create a Mobile AS3 project and use QNX UI components (recommended by RIM)
• Create a Mobile Flex project using Hero
RUN/DEBUG• Under the Run
Configurations in Flash Builder Burrito
• Select “on device”
• Key in the IP Address and the device password
• Run/Debug on the simulator
SHORT AS3
• A Micro Framework to simplify ActionScript 3
•Open sourced under MIT License
•Works with both Flash Professional and Flash Builder
•Distributed as .swc
Write less and do more with ActionScript 3.0
USING SHORT
•Optimized commands and methods for use in both production and debugging
• Convenience tracking/tracing methods for incremental development in debug mode
• Source code as a reference
BLACKBERRY TABLET OS SDK & SHORT AS3
Match Made in Heaven
DEMO
• Short for Mobile Development
• Short for Playbook Development
SHORT ON MOBILECreating a Flip book with few lines of code
SHORT ON PLAYBOOKCapturing System wide top⇨bottom swipe
ABOUT ME
• Profile: http://bit.ly/_arul
• Twitter : @_arul
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