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Flash Lite differences
biskero | 12 October, 2006 06:20
A lot of people getting into Flash Lite development get confused with the capabilities of Flash Lite 1.1 versus 2.x offer.
Disclaimer, this post targets Nokia devices, other devices might have some differences in the Flash Lite player implementation. I will try to explain some of the differences.
Flash Lite 1.1
Can do:
Flash Lite 2.0
Can do: everything Flash Lite 1.1 can do plus,
Flash Lite 2.1 add to everything supported by Flash Lite 2, inline text and XML Sockets
This is just a summary and if the Flash Lite experts out there find some missing infos, please let me know and I will update it.
In any case for specific API/features take a look at the official documentation in the IDE or the Adobe Flash Lite documentation.
All these functionalities are available in general on the Flash Lite standalone player, other implementations such as browser, wallpaper, screensaver etc. support a subset of them.
You might noticed that there are big differences between Flash Lite 1.1 and 2.x. Nevertheless Flash Lite developers created great content in Flash Lite 1.1. I guess is more challenging and more fun!!
Alessandro
PS. thanks to the Flash Lite gurus for the corrections!
Disclaimer, this post targets Nokia devices, other devices might have some differences in the Flash Lite player implementation. I will try to explain some of the differences.
- Flash Lite 1.1 is based on Flash 4/5 and ActionScript 1.0
- Flash Lite 2.x is based on Flash 7 and ActionScript 1.0/2.0
Flash Lite 1.1
Can do:
- load text data over http/https
- load swf (Flash 1.1 or 4 version) over http/https
- invoke the SMS, MMS, Tel, Email mobile phone system and pass some parameters such as Telephone number or SMS body
- invoke browser using getURL API
- retrieve IMEI
- retrieve some specific phone information via Fscommad2 API
- cannot save data (text or binary) to the phone
- cannot directly load images (jpeg/png/gif), you need to embed the images into a swf (version FL1.1 or 4)
- cannot directly load sound you need to embed the sound into a swf (version FL1.1 or 4), this is tricky since there are different type of sounds. So read this great tutorial wrtten by Hayden.
- cannot define functions (there are some tricks to simulate functions!)
- no arrays (there are some tricks to simulate arrays!)
- no Video
Flash Lite 2.0
Can do: everything Flash Lite 1.1 can do plus,
- save data as Mobile Shared Objects (pretty much cookies)
- load text data over http/https
- load images (jpeg, png, gif) via http/https
- load sound (mp3, aac...) via http/https/local file/embedded (sounds is loaded into memory and then played back)
- play video (3gp, mp4, mov) via streaming http/rtsp, local files/embedded (it uses the mobile phone video player inside the FL movie clip)
- define functions and classes
- define arrays
- and more ....
- streaming audio
- cannot save binary data
Flash Lite 2.1 add to everything supported by Flash Lite 2, inline text and XML Sockets
This is just a summary and if the Flash Lite experts out there find some missing infos, please let me know and I will update it.
In any case for specific API/features take a look at the official documentation in the IDE or the Adobe Flash Lite documentation.
All these functionalities are available in general on the Flash Lite standalone player, other implementations such as browser, wallpaper, screensaver etc. support a subset of them.
You might noticed that there are big differences between Flash Lite 1.1 and 2.x. Nevertheless Flash Lite developers created great content in Flash Lite 1.1. I guess is more challenging and more fun!!
Alessandro
PS. thanks to the Flash Lite gurus for the corrections!
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Flash Lite 1.1 capabilities
paco3 | 05/02/2008, 11:49
Hi, First of all I am a complete ignorant about FlashLite, but I am a FlashDesigner (more graphic than ActionScript programer) but very enthusiastic and with a lot of energy to learn.
I have this question: in order to get the bigest target market for mobiles, it is smart to design the FlasLite files for FlashLite 1.1?.. is this a smart way of thinking?,
What i want to do are forms, not games, photos or video, just nice, eyecatching forms, so in order to do this flashLite1.1 is enough? what can you suggest me?
thanks
Paco