5 Ways iOS is better and worse than Flash
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The document compares the user interface frameworks of iOS and Flash, noting that iOS enforces an MVC architecture and has strong support for animation through Core Animation. It outlines advantages of iOS like its user experience framework and notification system, but also challenges like complex device provisioning and memory management. The document provides an overview of the technical differences between building apps for iOS and Flash.
5 Ways iOS is better and worse than Flash
- 1. 5 Ways iOS is better and worse than FlashArpit MathurPhiladelphia Flex User Group
- 2. Some introductions…Software Engineer at Comcast Innovation LabsFlash/Flex developer for 5 yearsExperience with very different UI technologies including Java Swing/AWT, SWT, JavaScript/DHTML, etcDeveloper on the XfinityTV Application
- 3. Setting the stage Xcode ~ Flex BuilderInterface Builder ~ Flash IDEObjective C ~ ActionScriptCore Graphics ~ flash.graphics.*Core Animation ~ TweenLite / fl.transitions.*XIBs ~ Flash SymbolsUIKit ~ Flex / Fl Component Framework
- 4. iOS Application ArchitectureApplication(UIApplicationDelegate)XIBsView Controllers(UIViewController)ModelsViews(UIViews)
- 6. The Good
- 8. UIView
- 13. #3 User Interface Experience Framework
- 14. #3 User Interface Experience Framework
- 15. “Make Designing the right way the path of least resistance.”
- 16. #4 Animation Blocks and Core Animation
- 17. Core AnimationLayer Backed (cache’s the last appearance of the view)Potentially thousands of layersFilters, TransitionsOpenGL backedDon’t clip to bounds by default!While animating, it’s the cached image that’s moving around. So unlike Flash, you cant interact with it.
- 18. #5 Objective C GravyClass + Interface DeclarationsEnumsMessaging null objects (mixed feelings)Key Value Observing (a-la AS2 watch)
- 19. The Bad
- 21. #2: No guaranteed constructorInitInitWithNibNameInitWithFrameInitWithRectInitWithCoder
- 24. #4: Touch Event Propagation
- 25. #5: ToolingDevice testing against multiple OS versionsInterface Builder crazinessWindow management.projfile conflictsFolders in XcodeDownload size