Adobe AIR

Adobe AIR 2.5

The software of Adobe of AIR 2.5 for operating systems of TVs, tablet devices, smartphones and desktop computers. The software of AIR is a crucial element of the platform Adobe Flash and allows developers to use already existing code for creation and delivery of independent applications to different devices and platforms. The technology of Adobe of AIR supports smartphones and tablet devices based on operating systems Android iOS, BlackBerry Tablet OS and desktop computers now, including under management Windows, Macintosh and Linux. Besides, the Samsung company will become the first supplier of TVs who in the line Samsung SmartTV will support Adobe of AIR, and companies Acer, HTC, Motorola, RIM, Samsung, and others intend to preset working libraries AIR on a set of other devices, including on tablet devices and smartphones, at the end of this year and since the beginning of the next year.

Thanks to Adobe AIR developers will be able to use already familiar tools, such as Adobe Flash Professional CS5, Adobe Flash Builder and Flex, for creation of independent saturated applications. Hundreds of similar applications are already available in Android Market shop, in the Intel AppUp center and in App Store shop of Apple company. In addition to the AIR 2.5 Adobe platform the Adobe company also provided today new service Adobe InMarket™ which facilitates to creators of the applications process of distribution and sale of their developments through brand stores of applications of producers of devices – Acer, Intel and others. The Adobe InMarket service imperceptibly works in the background and allows end users to load applications directly from specialized app store for the specific device. More detailed information on Adobe InMarket service is available on the website Adobe InMarket.

The AIR 2.5 platform has a number of new features, including the multi-touch and 'gestures' (gestures) supports the accelerometer, the camera, work with video, the microphone, technology. Thanks to support of Geo Location technology developers will be able to create applications and services using information on location of the user. The AIR 2.5 platform allows to display the interface of the standard browser in the application, providing integration of HTML and SWF of content. Support of SQLite allows developers to store and cache with ease databases in the AIR applications. Besides, hardware acceleration of Adobe of AIR is performed in solutions of the largest partners in production of electronic chips now, including in solutions of Broadcom, Intel, NVIDIA, ST Micro, Trident, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm and others.