On Aug 22, 2013 10:21 PM, "DarkStone" <darkst...@163.com> wrote: > > Can anyone help spreading the good news? > > I think we need Apache's official support to publish the news, indicating that Flex 4.10 + AIR 3.8 running very smooth on iOS and Mac devices when renderMode is set to direct. > > This is very important for the rise of the Flex. > > Can someone from the inside verify it and take it seriously, please~~~ >
We can probably do a blog post about it. But we need some solid benchmarks that compares prior versions to current versions. Is that something you can help build and publish? Thanks for all your help! Om > > > DarkStone > 2013-08-23 > 在 2013-08-22 16:37:22，"Ram Lee" <ranbolee...@gmail.com> 写道： > >Good to know that, I will try Adobe Scout sometime, I think your data is awesome! > > > >Ram Lee > > > >在 2013-8-22，14:58，DarkStone <darkst...@163.com> 写道： > > > >> Hi Ram, > >> > >> You're welcome. > >> > >> If you want precise performance benchmark, you can use Adobe Scout. > >> > >> A friend of mine said, by using Scout, a Flex mobile application which has a Spark List of 500 itemRenderers on it, running on the iPod touch 5, madly swiping finger across the itemRenderers, Scout reported this: > >> > >> If set Flex Application' framerate to 24, the runtime testing result is 24, no dropping frames! > >> > >> If set framerate to 60, the result is 48-55 frames per second, which is already a big deal! > >> > >> You can do your own test using Adobe Scout, good luck. > >> > >> > >> DarkStone > >> 2013-08-22 > >> At 2013-08-22 14:09:48,"Ram Lee" <ranbolee...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Thanks a lot for the notes and good to know that! > >>> > >>> I did try the direct renderMode on my retina Macbook and feel the performance improvement! > >>> > >>> And I was wondering if there are some good performance test tools to make this improvement more qualified? because what I do now is just resizing the app window to see if it renders the diplay object faster and smoother. > >>> > >>> Again, thanks a lot for the NEWS! > >>> > >>> Ram Lee > >>> > >>> 在 2013-8-22，13:28，DarkStone <darkst...@163.com> 写道： > >>> > >>>> Hi Ram, > >>>> > >>>> The major performance improvement is done by AIR 3.8 (not earlier AIR versions), and the reason why Adobe didn't mention this is because they always have the lousy PR (Public Relations), which hide the good news and spread the bad news, they should fire their PR managers immediately. > >>>> > >>>> At the same time, Flex 4.10 fixed a lot of bugs, which improves the framework perfomance as well. > >>>> > >>>> So with Flex 4.10 and AIR 3.8, you can really build mobile apps with it, and running smooth on iPhone & iPad & Mac & PC. > >>>> > >>>> Now, we can proudly say that Flex has become the best crossplatform application development & deployment solution on earth! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> DarkStone > >>>> 2013-08-22 > >>>> At 2013-08-22 13:10:38,"Ram Lee" <ranbolee...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> Is this from AIR 3.8 or earlier versions? just searched the internet, wonder why Adobe didn't mention such performance boost on the Apple devices? > >>>>> > >>>>> 李楠 > >>>>> > >>>>> 在 2013-8-22，12:23，Joel Tan <joel...@cype.com.my> 写道： > >>>>> > >>>>>> Yes, I can feel the performance improvement as well on Flex mobile app! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Aug 21, 2013, at 7:20 PM, DarkStone <darkst...@163.com> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> It surprised me when I try to recompile my old Flex 4 projects with Flex 4.10 & AIR 3.8 SDKs, and deploy them to iPhone & iPad & MacBook, they runnning incrediblely smooth, like 2 to 3 times faster than before, nealy native app performance! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> The trick is you need to set <renderMode>direct</renderMode> in the -app.xml file, this will boost performance on iOS and Mac OS, so everybody just keep in mind of this. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Now that the performance issue of Flex has been greatly improved on mobile devices, I'm very excited, finding that Apache Flex has a great future! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Flex is an awesome framework, which has great development efficiency, I think it's time to let the world know that Flex is still kicking and it is the best solution for application (not game) development and deployment across all platforms. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> So we should really working on the official Flex Showcase, more video demos of Flex Mobile Apps on iPhone & iPad will be great! I'm planning to submit my own demo to the showcase when I got the time. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I've already wrote a decent blog post to spread the good news to the Chinese Flex Developers, here is the link: > >>>>>>> http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_6f56a2bf0101dm98.html > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Many thanks to the Apache Flex Community, I love Flex, and we shall attract more and more people to the Flex community! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> DarkStone > >>>>>>> 2013-08-21 > >> >
