Category Archives: Flex 4

Stop the mobile ActionBar from transitioning

I was creating a mobile AIR app and the app was to have an ActionBar at the top and depending on the view that was about to get pushed I didn’t want the ActionBar to have a transition effect. Sounds … Continue reading

Debugging facebook apps locally (web based ones)

If  you’re wanting to develop a facebook app then there is loads of helpful stuff out there to get you going. Specifically I’d start here if you’re interested http://www.adobe.com/devnet/facebook.html. But what they don’t tell you is how to debug your app without you … Continue reading

StateGroups – finally found a use for them

State groups? Ever looked at them and though they look really useful but then can’t find a good use for them! Well last year (yes its taken a while to finish of this post – hopefully its worth it), while … Continue reading

App story – on BBC site. Catch it live at MAX 2011

The application that I’m working on with the guys at Jampot has made the BBC news. Check out the article from the BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15075450 Also the guys are heading over to the Adobe Max 2011 conference so you’ll be able … Continue reading

iOS – Mobile dev, make sure you flush when you’re done.

Developing for Apple’s devices can throw up a few little quirks that don’t happen when using Android devices. This one happens if you are using shared objects to store information between sessions. Basically, you should always call the flush mechanism … Continue reading

Linear and Radial gradients – visually explained

I was playing around with some code recently (Flex 4 code) and I went to create a simple background and not having Catalyst or similar to output a fxg file I went to create my own gradients with some code. … Continue reading