Developing iOS Applications with Flex 4.5

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
1. Hello World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Create a Flex Mobile Project 1
Testing with adl 8
Preparing to Test on an iOS device 10
Testing on an iOS device 15
Debugging on an iOS device 20
2. Application Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Blank Application 27
View-Based Application 29
View Life Cycle 36
Tabbed Application 37
3. Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Configuration Settings 41
Automatically Reorient 41
Full Screen 41
Automatically Scale Application for Different Screen Densities 42
Aspect Ratio 43
Additional Configuration Settings 43
4. Exploring the APIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Accelerometer 47
GPS 49
Camera UI 52
Camera Roll 57
Microphone 60
Multitouch 62
GestureEvent 62

TransformGesture 65
Busy Indicator 69
5. Working with the File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
File System Access 71
Folder Aliases 71
Read and Write to the File System 73
SQLite Databases 75
6. OS Interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Open in Browser 81
Create Text Message 82
Create Email 83
Place Call 86
Splash Screen 87
ViewMenu 89
StageWebView 91
Screen Options 93
Layout 93
Full Screen 95
ActionBar 97
7. Designing for iOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
MultiDPIBitmap 99
Setting Styles for iOS 101
Using Capabilities 106
8. Publish to iOS Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109