After a lot of work and research I solved a problem for securing, packaging and distributing Flash Lite content. It is based on the Flash Lite and OMA DRM idea.
I will write a detailed article in the coming days and share the findings.
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There is a new Flash Lite article on the Adobe DevNet site: Advancing mobile storytelling with Adobe’s distributable player solution
Max is one of the authors.
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A new article on the Adobe DevNet for mobile: Build a YChat! Instant Messenger application using Flash Lite for mobile devices
“This article will highlight how to create a rich user interface and integrate common chat features, such as user authenticated login, custom status settings, [...]
Forum Nokia article: Flash Lite UI Design Guide for Keypad and Touch Devices
“This document approaches the problem of making a single application available for both touch and keypad devices from both the developer and designer perspectives, briefly collecting knowledge related to Flash Lite UI design. This document addresses Nokia devices supporting Flash Lite instead of [...]
Via Carlos, LG posted some docs on Flash Lite: Flash Lite Developer Guides for LG Phones V.1.1
More infos here. LG Flash Lite tutorials.
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According to this article “Adobe is scaling back its investment in Flash Lite”. It would be interesting to understand these cuts.
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Here some great resources from Symbian on Multi-Language Programming, which includes Flash Lite information written by Felipe and Ugur:
part 1
part 2
part 3
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Forum Nokia Flash Lite article: Introduction to Flash Lite E-learning.
“This e-learning module introduces Flash Lite and goes through the steps that need to be taken when developing Flash Lite applications for Nokia Series 40 and S60 devices. The module also discusses the necessary tools. General knowledge about software development will help to understand the covered [...]
Via Leonardo, Adobe Mobile and Devices Developer Connection has two video training:
Flash Lite 1.1 video training
FlashCast video traning
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Here a white paper with information about Location on S60 5th Edition. There are some information about Flash Lite accessing location information:
“With the introduction of S60 5th Edition, Flash Lite developers have access to location and landmark services through an ActionScript binding to the S60 Platform Services. This feature enables Flash Lite developers to perform [...]
Via Scott, a intro tutorial on Flash Lite creation on the Adobe Edge magazine.
If you are looking for more tutorials here is my list !
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Via Bill, Adobe published a case study from LG. It’s an interesting article. LG use Flash Lite mainly for their phones UI
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I was talking about this at 3GSM in Barcelona to some mobile companies. Well it’s true Flash on Mobile Devices surpassed Flash on Desktop according to Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen
“We are shipping Flash on more mobile devices than on PCs. We ship more than 800 million on devices. We expect that to hit 1 billion.”
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Sony Ericsson published an update to the Flash Lite 2.0 Developers’ Guidelines.
The optimization guidelines appendix presents advice, screenshots and code snippets in the following sections:
Memory management
Image rendering optimization
Transparency
Optimizing animations
Placing objects on the screen
Working with symbols
Working with text
ActionScript and some common pitfalls
Limitations with regard to the display area
Keeping content clean and tight
Other optimization tips
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Forum Nokia posted another great Flash Lite resource, Flash Lite: Tips and Tricks.
“This document lists some useful tips and tricks to assist in creating content and applications using Adobe Flash Lite on Nokia platforms.”
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Rob created a Flash Lite rss reader for his blog RobToole.com using as reference my article: “Creating a Flash Lite 1.1 RSS Reader“. Pretty cool!!
You can download the Flash Lite application from MOSH
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Via pocketgamer.biz, an interesting article on the mobile games and some stats from M:Metrics. Here some interesting quotes about Flash Lite:
“76.4 per cent of European mobile users are on MIDP 2 handsets now, but Hill pointed out that 27 per cent of Europeans have Flash Lite capable handsets (compared to 15.5 per cent in the [...]
