I think it is very good news, but I dont think its good news if you expect to be doing stuff with flex.
http://whydoeseverythingsuck.com/2009/10/adobe-announces-flash-can-build-iphone.html In summary, given that there has been no mention of flex in the announcement, and the focus in the announcement on performance, I suspect flex is either not supported, or for performance reasons, not encouraged at this time, again for performance reasons. Hank On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 4:33 PM, napearson99 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I hope someone from adobe can chime in here. > > Here's my take. Flex is just a framework built on AS3. This middleware > compiler should be able to compile Flex AS3 code into native iPhone code no > problem. > > The new framework should also help reduce the weight of your app and make > it run faster. > > This is really great news. Our skills just got a lot more valuable today. > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > "oneworld95" <oneworl...@...> wrote: > > > > You're welcome. My boss owns an iPhone and wants everything we build to > run on it. So I've been hunting high and low for any way to run Flash on the > iPhone without a jailbreak. > > > > Some wording from the press release caught my eye: "The Apple iPhone SDK > license terms do not allow runtime interpreted code, so Adobe is not able to > deliver Flash Player in Safari on the iPhone without support from Apple. > Applications for the iPhone built with Adobe Flash Professional CS5 do not > include any runtime interpreted code." > > > > So the apps built with CS5 will "not include any runtime interpreted > code." Not sure what that means for Flex developers. Is that > good/bad/indifferent? > > > > - Alex C > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Vivian > Richard <kanpsack@> wrote: > > > > > > Wow!!! Thanks for sharing the news. I also found this link in > > > that news : > > > > > > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcs5/appsfor_iphone/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:25 PM, oneworld95 <oneworld95@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This Adobe press release suggests that developers can build Flash > apps > > > > (Flash CS5) for the iPhone: > > > > > http://eon.businesswire.com/portal/site/eon/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091005006358&newsLang=en > > > > > > > > Does this mean Flash Builder 4/Flex 4 will support the iPhone at some > > > > point? > > > > > > > > - Alex C > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- blog: whydoeseverythingsuck.com
