Oh no don't get that impression I am very much a coder. Degrees in Computer Science. I have been writing Java and OO for years with weblogic and MDB's.
I am totally willing to do the coding for my application. I just was looking for a straight forward way to create new animations for my application that users can download that my app can run with out having to add a bunch of new code for each new animation is what I was aiming for. I was invensioning this with the .swf files. Someone just pointed me to this nice suite which seems very promising: http://developer.openplug.com/ I don't know if anyone has used it yet but it looks like it has a lot of possibilities. I'll take a good look at it tonight. The biggest challenge I find as a developer is not that if I can find a way to do something or not but rather what is the BEST way to do it with all the different options out there. So I like to explore many different paths. :-) -Chris On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Sena Gbeckor-Kove <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > > No not totally tied to Flash. It's just that Flash would have fit really > well with what I wanted to do because I could have designed my characters > and animated them in CS4 and they set it up really nice in CS4 to create > .swf's for a mobile projects where I could have then ported the .swf into my > Android app that I wanted to build. > > > > That is where in my opinion if Android and Adobe would get together and > create a nice plugin (like Android did with eclipse) for CS4 to create > Android app's with Flash in them then we would REALLY start to see some > sweet apps coming out for Android and that would be a big step up over > IPhone apps. This would benefit both parties greatly. More market share for > Adobe and better apps for Android. > > That paragraph suggests to me that you're not a big coder. The tools for > developing in Flash runtime environments are certainly easier to use to > create graphics heavy output, however you have a more control > > From what's coming out of Adobe, I'd expect them to be able to create the > tools but its a case of whether is the market right now. > > > Until then I can see Diane's point though were until Flash becomes more > mainstream on the mobile devices you are limiting your app on which users > can use it if depends on Flash until more devices can support it. > > > > I have no doubt that the Adobe folks will be going head strong to make > Flash more available in 2010 for more devices and I am excited about that. > > > > You are right Sena I have not looked to in depth at the animation within > androids library's but last night I took good look at the Lunar Lander > example and how to animate within the Android's native library. I think that > might be a good route to go now. > > I am thinking that I can design my characters and backgrounds using > ToonBoom studio and then import the images and backgrounds and animate them > with android native code. > > You should have no trouble designing your animations in most tools and then > exporting the frames as pngs. > > Good Luck > S -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
