AIR app installs cross a billion - April 2014 "now powers almost a hundred thousand unique applications on desktops and mobile devices.
http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2014/04/air-app-installs-cross-a-billion.html It's such a great platform still - I've been using it to make ios apps with good results. The weakness is how it is perceived. But clients do smile at the reduced developer costs and its great capabilities. If only adobe would hire an a-list PR firm to change the perception to match the reality. > Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 20:18:12 +0100 > From: j...@easypeasy.co.uk > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AIR native extension - Windows debugging > > Good point. > Thanks > John > > On 05/09/2014 21:43, Henrik Andersson wrote: > > The problem here is developers not stating what runtime they use for > > their apps. What can be done is checking existing apps for obvious signs > > of the runtime. Shouldn't take long for someone to crawl the appstore > > and check all the apps for the fingerprint of the runtime. > > > > John McCormack skriver: > >> There may have been some merit in Apple's battery argument since > >> greater cpu activity, for Flash's vector format, might incur a greater > >> energy cost. > >> > >> Although Flash is having a hard time I was thinking more of using AIR, > >> which I think has more life left in it. > >> > >> The thing is, I have no idea how active developers are with app's > >> delivered via AIR. > >> Are there many AIR app's being produced? > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > . > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
