Run Through of PlayBook Beta3 AIR SDK Updates
Check out the latest development beta bits for developing applications for the PlayBook. Video covering the new Beta3 or BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK/Simulator 0.9.2 for Adobe AIR:
Run Through of PlayBook Beta3 AIR SDK Updates from Renaun Erickson on Vimeo.
Highlights:
- Differences of old simulator and new simulator
- New simulator portrait mode simulation
- Sample HelloWorld application showing off
blackberry-tablet.xmlfor custom splash screen and icon.
Here is the source Flex Hero application code for the application I used in the video:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
width="100%" height="100%"
resize="application1_resizeHandler(event)"
applicationComplete="application1_applicationCompleteHandler(event)">
<s:layout>
<s:VerticalLayout />
</s:layout>
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.events.FlexEvent;
import mx.events.ResizeEvent;
protected function application1_applicationCompleteHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
{
stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
lblOrientation.text += "init: " + stage.orientation + " w/h: " + stage.stageWidth + "/" + stage.stageHeight + " s: " + stage.scaleX + "\n";
stage.addEventListener(StageOrientationEvent.ORIENTATION_CHANGE, stageOrientationChange);
}
private function stageOrientationChange(event:StageOrientationEvent):void
{
lblOrientation.text += "stageOrientationChange: " + stage.orientation + " w/h: " + stage.stageWidth + "/" + stage.stageHeight + " s: " + stage.scaleX +
"\n>>event.beforeOrientation: " + event.beforeOrientation +
"\n>>event.afterOrientation: " + event.afterOrientation;
}
protected function application1_resizeHandler(event:ResizeEvent):void
{
if (stage)
lblOrientation.text += "resize: " + stage.orientation + " w/h: " + stage.stageWidth + "/" + stage.stageHeight + " s: " + stage.scaleX + "\n";
}
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:Button label="Some Button" />
<s:TextArea id="lblOrientation" width="100%" height="100%" />
</s:Application>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
width="100%" height="100%"
resize="application1_resizeHandler(event)"
applicationComplete="application1_applicationCompleteHandler(event)">
<s:layout>
<s:VerticalLayout />
</s:layout>
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.events.FlexEvent;
import mx.events.ResizeEvent;
protected function application1_applicationCompleteHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
{
stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
lblOrientation.text += "init: " + stage.orientation + " w/h: " + stage.stageWidth + "/" + stage.stageHeight + " s: " + stage.scaleX + "\n";
stage.addEventListener(StageOrientationEvent.ORIENTATION_CHANGE, stageOrientationChange);
}
private function stageOrientationChange(event:StageOrientationEvent):void
{
lblOrientation.text += "stageOrientationChange: " + stage.orientation + " w/h: " + stage.stageWidth + "/" + stage.stageHeight + " s: " + stage.scaleX +
"\n>>event.beforeOrientation: " + event.beforeOrientation +
"\n>>event.afterOrientation: " + event.afterOrientation;
}
protected function application1_resizeHandler(event:ResizeEvent):void
{
if (stage)
lblOrientation.text += "resize: " + stage.orientation + " w/h: " + stage.stageWidth + "/" + stage.stageHeight + " s: " + stage.scaleX + "\n";
}
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:Button label="Some Button" />
<s:TextArea id="lblOrientation" width="100%" height="100%" />
</s:Application>