Mobile Apps using Flex and ColdFusion
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This document discusses using Flex and ColdFusion to build mobile apps. It explains that Flash can be used for in-browser content and games on mobile via Flash Player, and can also be used to build "native" mobile apps packaged for specific devices via Adobe AIR. Flex 4.5 introduced mobile optimized UI components that are better suited for mobile with features like bigger touch-friendly components and scrolling styles. It also describes common mobile UI patterns in Flex like the ViewNavigator for switching screens and TabNavigator for tabbed views. The document shows how to connect Flex apps to ColdFusion backend services via Data Services for retrieving and testing backend data.
Mobile Apps using Flex and ColdFusion
- 1. Mobile Apps using Flex and ColdFusionTerry RyanDeveloper Evangelisthttp://terrenceryan.com@tpryan
- 2. Introduction
- 4. Flash on MobileFlash Player 10.1 + In-browser contentGames, videoDeploy as a SWF, put on the webAir 2.5 + Mobile applicationsNative APIs, extra functionalityPackage to target individual devices
- 6. “Native Application”AIR for Device Applications are “Native”That means they can be put on app storesNOT that the UI components are native
- 7. We can use Flex to build “native applications”
- 8. Flex mobile challengesComplex Components: DataGrids, Charts, TreeMemory FootprintDesktop UI Screen Patterns
- 9. Flex 4.5 fixes that
- 11. What does Mobile Optimized mean?Rewrote and optimized UIComponentCreated a mobile theme which supports:Bigger componentsCSS Style for enabling touch (Scrollers)
- 12. Mobile Theme
- 13. Mobile UI
- 14. View NavigatorThe pattern for screens on devicesCan define transitions between viewsUses push/pop stack to move between views
- 15. Tab NavigatorTab through viewsJust set up multiple ViewNavigators with the firstViewpropertyCan’t use push/pop
- 16. ActionbarProvides easy access to important featuresWon’t scrollCan be defined globally or for each view
- 17. Connecting Flex to ColdFusion
- 19. Data Services
- 20. Testing Services
- 21. Code Generation
- 22. DemoScotch on the Rocks Scheduler
- 23. Follow up?Feel free to contact [email protected]://terrenceryan.comTwitter: @tpryan