MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-GETTING STARTED WITH FLASH LITE User manual

Getting Started with Flash Lite

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Acknowledgments

Project Management: Mary Leigh Burke

Writing: Tim Statler

Managing Editor: Rosana Francescato

Editing: Linda Adler, Geta Carson

Production Management: Patrice O’Neill, Kristin Conradi, Yuko Yagi

Media Design and Production: Adam Barnett, Aaron Begley, Paul Benkman. John Francis, Geeta Karmarkar, Masayo Noda,

Paul Rangel, Arena Reed, Mario Reynoso

Special thanks to Lisa Friendly, Bonnie Loo, Erick Vera, the beta testers, and the entire Flash Lite engineering and QA teams.

First Edition: September 2005

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Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

What’s new in Flash Lite authoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Guide to instructional media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Additional resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Typographical conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 1: Flash Lite Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

About Flash Lite technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Flash Lite 1.x availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

About Flash Lite content types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Workflow for authoring Flash Lite applications (Flash

Professional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Flash Lite authoring features in Flash Professional 8 (Flash

Professional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Using Flash Lite document templates (Flash Professional Only) . . . . 16

Hello World Flash Lite application (Flash Professional Only) . . . . . . . 18

About the stand-alone Flash Lite player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Chapter 2: Creating a Flash Lite Application (Flash

Professional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Café application overview (Flash Professional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Viewing the completed application (Flash Professional Only) . . . . . . 26

Creating the application (Flash Professional Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

4Contents

Introduction

This manual provides an introduction to Macromedia Flash Lite and the

authoring features in Macromedia Flash Professional 8 for Flash Lite

developers.

What’s new in Flash Lite

authoring

Flash Professional 8 includes the following new features to help developers

create Flash Lite applications:

Flash Lite emulator The Flash Lite emulator lets you preview your

content as it will function on an actual device. The emulator can configure

itself to mimic the features available on any supported device. The

emulator also provides debugging information that alerts you to potential

problems and incompatibilities on the target device.

Device Settings dialog box You use the Device Settings dialog box to

select your test devices and Flash Lite content type. When you test your

content in the Flash Lite emulator, you can choose the test device you want

the emulator to mimic.

Device document templates Flash Professional 8 includes document

templates to let you quickly start creating content for specific devices and

content types.

6Introduction

Guide to instructional media

The Flash Lite documentation package includes the following media to

help you learn how to create Flash Lite applications:

■Getting Started with Flash Lite provides an overview of Flash Lite

technology and developing Flash Lite content for mobile devices. It

also includes a step-by-step tutorial for creating a Flash Lite

application.

■Developing Flash Lite Applications is a comprehensive guide to creating

Flash Lite content, and includes instructions for testing your

applications in the integrated Flash Lite emulator.

■Flash Lite 1.x ActionScript Language Reference describes all the

ActionScript language features available to Flash Lite developers, and

provides example code.

■Learning Flash Lite 1.x ActionScript complements the language

reference and provides additional code examples and an introduction to

writing Flash 4 ActionScript, upon which Flash Lite 1.x ActionScript

is based.

■The Flash Lite sample applications demonstrate key concepts and best

practices discussed or mentioned in the written documentation.

Additional resources

For the latest information on developing Flash Lite applications, plus

advice from expert users, advanced topics, examples, tips, and other

updates, see the Mobile and Devices Developer Center at

www.macromedia.com/devnet/devices/.

For TechNotes, documentation updates, and links to additional resources

in the Flash Lite developer community, see the Macromedia Flash Lite

Support Center at www.macromedia.com/support/flashlite/.

Typographical conventions 7

Typographical conventions

The following typographical conventions are used in this book:

■Italic font indicates a value that should be replaced (for example, in a

folder path).

■Code font indicates ActionScript code.

■Code font italic indicates an ActionScript parameter.

■Bold font indicates a verbatim entry.

■Double quotation marks ("") in code examples indicate delimited

strings. However, programmers can also use single quotation marks.

8Introduction

CHAPTER 1

Flash Lite Overview

This chapter contains the following topics:

About Flash Lite technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Flash Lite 1.x availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

About Flash Lite content types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Workflow for authoring Flash Lite applications (Flash

Professional Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Flash Lite authoring features in Flash Professional 8 (Flash

Professional Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Using Flash Lite document templates (Flash Professional Only) 16

Hello World Flash Lite application (Flash Professional Only) . . . 18

About the stand-alone Flash Lite player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

About Flash Lite technology

Macromedia Flash Lite is a version of Macromedia Flash Player designed

for mobile phones. It balances Flash features and capabilities with the

processing power and configurations of today’s mass market mobile

phones. There are currently two versions of Flash Lite: Flash Lite 1.0 and

Flash Lite 1.1. Flash Lite consists of the following features:

The core rendering engine The rendering engine handles all vector and

bitmap rendering.

ActionScript interpreter Flash Lite supports the version of the

ActionScript language used in Flash Player 4, including many mobile-

specific commands, such as getting time and date information from the

device. This hybrid of Flash Player 4 ActionScript and commands with

properties specific to Flash Lite is collectively called Flash Lite 1.x

ActionScript.

10 Flash Lite Overview

For more information about Flash Lite 1.x ActionScript, see Flash Lite 1.x

ActionScript Language Reference and Learning Flash Lite 1.x ActionScript.

Text and fonts Flash Lite supports static, dynamic, and input text fields.

You can use fonts that are available on the device or embed font data in

your published SWF file. For more information about using text and fonts

in Flash Lite, see Chapter 2, “Working with Text and Fonts” in Developing

Flash Lite Applications.

Sound Flash Lite 1.0 and Flash Lite 1.1 both support device audio

formats (such as MIDI or MFi). Flash Lite 1.1 also supports standard Flash

audio. For more information about working with sound in Flash Lite, see

Chapter 3, “Working with Sound” in Developing Flash Lite Applications.

Network connectivity Flash Lite 1.1 supports the ability to load external

data and SWF files, as well as commands and properties for getting

connectivity and HTTP request status information.

Device and platform integration Flash Lite provides access to several

system features and commands, such as the ability to initiate phone calls

and short message service (SMS) messages, get platform capability

information, and get user input using the device’s standard input

dialog box.

Flash Lite 1.x availability

Flash Lite 1.0 and Flash Lite 1.1 are supported on a variety of mobile

devices that are available in a number of different geographic regions and

markets. Some of these devices are available globally, while others are

available only in specific geographic regions or from specific mobile

operators. Some devices come with Flash Lite pre-installed from the device

manufacturer or mobile operator, while on others it can be installed

after purchase.

For the most current list of devices that support Flash Lite, see the

Supported Devices page located at www.macromedia.com/mobile/

supported_devices/.

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