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Flex Test Drive in about an hour

Posted on September 21, 2011 by DeanLogic — No Comments ↓

According to the Flex Test Drive site, you can “Build an application in an hour”. While that is definitely true for a simple application, I would say it takes a little bit longer in real life. I started working through the Test Drive demo using the videos, which probably run less than an hour. Since I am familiar with Flex/Flash Builder, it was easy enough for me to have the video running in the background while I built the application. There were several times that I had to switch back to the video to get a better understanding of what Continue reading Flex Test Drive in about an hour→

Orientation change with MXML

Posted on May 22, 2011 by DeanLogic — No Comments ↓

I have been banging my head on the wall trying to figure out how to detect the device orientation on the BlackBerry PlayBook. I initially tried to use the accelerometer function. Unfortunately, the listener would continue to activate and determining the exact orientation was a little iffy. So, a slight move of the device would set off the listener and the redrawing of the screen would keep going until the accelerometer stopped. This was not a good way to test for orientation, it will be a great way to make a game that required moving the PlayBook around a lot. Continue reading Orientation change with MXML→