Comments on: Loading External SWF with Packager for iPhone http://renaun.com/blog/2010/11/loading-external-swf-with-packager-for-iphone/ My ideas on the web and mobile application/game technologies Sat, 27 Jun 2015 02:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mikehttp://renaun.com/blog/2010/11/loading-external-swf-with-packager-for-iphone/#comment-489927 Mike Wed, 23 May 2012 03:33:00 +0000 http://renaun.com/blog/?p=952#comment-489927 We are utilizing frame labels to allow the shell to control children in the loaded swf.

Mike
@impactbros

]]> By: Pulkit Guptahttp://renaun.com/blog/2010/11/loading-external-swf-with-packager-for-iphone/#comment-489651 Pulkit Gupta Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:19:00 +0000 http://renaun.com/blog/?p=952#comment-489651 Just to let you know, I researched a bit further and found that the issue was with the actionScript version of the SWF.

Even though the SWF had no script, just because it was compiled as an AS2 SWF, it was rejected by AIR on iOS. De-compiled the same, and published as AS3, it now works perfectly. Thanks for your timely reply.

]]> By: Pulkit Guptahttp://renaun.com/blog/2010/11/loading-external-swf-with-packager-for-iphone/#comment-489652 Pulkit Gupta Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:19:00 +0000 http://renaun.com/blog/?p=952#comment-489652 Just to let you know, I researched a bit further and found that the issue was with the actionScript version of the SWF.

Even though the SWF had no script, just because it was compiled as an AS2 SWF, it was rejected by AIR on iOS. De-compiled the same, and published as AS3, it now works perfectly. Thanks for your timely reply.

]]> By: Pulkit Guptahttp://renaun.com/blog/2010/11/loading-external-swf-with-packager-for-iphone/#comment-489646 Pulkit Gupta Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:50:00 +0000 http://renaun.com/blog/?p=952#comment-489646 Thanks for the timely reply. I find it a bit strange because the whether a SWF is valid or not is decided by AIR and iOS platform has no role in it. So, it should be absolutely clear what can be used and what not?

We have a PDF reader product and we convert each page of PDF as a SWF to be used by our app. The product is already live on desktop, now we are working to bring it to mobiles. 2 key reasons of using SWF instead of images are a) Ability to highlight searched words b) It’s vector so does not distort on scaling. Can’t tweak SWFs manually much as they are auto generated.

Just to let you know we researched further and found that SWFs with images and text are all actually working fine and the textSnapshot is able to highlight words. Strangely a SWF with just image in it was not working and worked on breaking the image apart…. So as you mentioned, no conclusion on what works and what not. But I hope, I am able to reach a conclusion as I really want to use SWFs.

Thanks and I really appreciate yours being so actively posting any updates at Flex / AIR’s end.

]]> By: Pulkit Guptahttp://renaun.com/blog/2010/11/loading-external-swf-with-packager-for-iphone/#comment-489645 Pulkit Gupta Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:50:00 +0000 http://renaun.com/blog/?p=952#comment-489645 Thanks for the timely reply. I find it a bit strange because the whether a SWF is valid or not is decided by AIR and iOS platform has no role in it. So, it should be absolutely clear what can be used and what not?

We have a PDF reader product and we convert each page of PDF as a SWF to be used by our app. The product is already live on desktop, now we are working to bring it to mobiles. 2 key reasons of using SWF instead of images are a) Ability to highlight searched words b) It’s vector so does not distort on scaling. Can’t tweak SWFs manually much as they are auto generated.

Just to let you know we researched further and found that SWFs with images and text are all actually working fine and the textSnapshot is able to highlight words. Strangely a SWF with just image in it was not working and worked on breaking the image apart…. So as you mentioned, no conclusion on what works and what not. But I hope, I am able to reach a conclusion as I really want to use SWFs.

Thanks and I really appreciate yours being so actively posting any updates at Flex / AIR’s end.

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