Problem: Your AIR application needs to validate the username / password and handle failure gracefully within the application. If the user enters the wrong information you do not want them to be prompted with a windows prompt asking them to enter their Twitter username / password. If the application needs to hold on to the […]
Anchor Tags in ActionScript Textfields
This example is for anyone who needs to use anchor tags in ActionScript TextFields. If using AIR than the best route is to use an HTMLLoader to load in the raw HTML. If an HTMLLoader is not an option you can use this example to create a wrapper class that mimics the anchor tag functionality. […]
Post to TwitPic from Adobe AIR
TwitPic is a service that lets you share photos on Twitter by generating a tiny url to the image being uploaded. The flash.filesystem.File class allows Adobe AIR to post an image to TwitPic. By specifying the username, password and posting method it is possible to submit a query to the TwitPic API. This can be […]
SQLite in AIR
When doing research on integrating a SQLite Database into AIR I came across the following useful resources: Learn what SQLite is About: Introduction to the SQLite Database – David Tucker Getting Started: Introduction to SQLite in Adobe AIR Tool for Creating and Modifying SQLite Databases: SQLite Firefox Extension By using a SQLite database it will […]