Course Prerequisites

Course Objectives

Course Outline

Unit 1: Introducing the Course

• Introducing Mastery Learning

• Understanding the Course Format

• Reviewing the Course Prerequisites

• Reviewing the Course Outline

Unit 2: Introducing Adobe Integrated Runtime

• Exploring the AIR Development Toolset

• Reviewing the Adobe AIR Tools for Flex Builder 3

• Walkthrough 1: Review an AIR application

Unit 3: Getting Started with AIR

• Creating Your First AIR Application

• Walkthrough 1: Create an AIR Application

• Packaging and Deploying Applications

• Walkthrough 2: Export and Install an Application

• Understanding AIR Fundamentals

• Walkthrough 3: Examine the AIR package and Change the Descriptor

• Getting Help and Other Resources

Unit 4: Creating Native Windows

• Creating Windows

• Walkthrough 1: Create, Open, and Close a Native Window

• Modifying the Window Display

• Walkthrough 2: Control Window Chrome, Transparency, and Full Screen Display

• Manipulating Windows

• Walkthrough 3: Control Window Behaviors When a Title Bar is Removed

• Controlling Window Behavior Using Window Events

• Walkthrough 4: Control Window Behavior Through Event Listeners

Unit 5: Using the File System

• Using the File Class

• Walkthrough 1: Using the File Class

• Enabling Visual File System Interaction

• Walkthrough 2: Use File System Browsing and Display Components

• Removing Files from the File System

• Walkthrough 3: Interacting with Visually Specified File Objects

• Using File Streams

• Walkthrough 4: Create a Directory or UTF-8 (Unicode) Text File

• Working with Binary Data

• Walkthrough 5: Read, Modify, and Write a Binary File to the Desktop

Unit 6: Connecting Applications

• Communicating Between Applications

• Walkthrough 1: Connect to and Call a Method in Another AIR Application

• Connecting to Web Applications Using URL Requests over HTTP

• Walkthrough 2: Interact with a Remote Service Using Posted URL Data

• Displaying HTML Content

• Walkthrough 3: Load HTML Into an AIR Application

• Detecting Network Availability

• Walkthrough 4: Add Network Detection

Unit 7: Lab

• Create an AIR Project

• Write to the File System

• Create a Native Window

• Load an HTML Page in the Application

Unit 8: Using the Clipboard

• Moving Data with Copy and Paste

• Walkthrough 1: Moving Data To and From the System Clipboard

• Using Drag and Drop

• Walkthrough 2: Drag Images From the Operating System Into the Application

Unit 9: Persisting Application Data

• Using an Embedded SQL Database

• Walkthrough 1: Create a New Database

• Using SQL Statements

• Walkthrough 2: Update the Database and Records

• Working with SQL Data Types

• Walkthrough 3: Use Date/Time and BLOB Data

Unit 10: Understanding AIR Security

• Considering AIR Security

• Walkthrough 1: Respond to Player Capability

• Using Encrypted Data Storage

• Walkthrough 2: Using Encrypted Local Storage

• Understanding AIR Application Updating

• Walkthrough 3: Updating Applications and Preventing Downgrade Attacks

Unit 11: Customizing Deployment

• Setting the Application�s Desktop Icon

• Walkthrough 1: Add Icon to Application

• Setting System Tray Icon

• Walkthrough 2: Adding a System Tray Icon

• Customizing Application Chrome

• Walkthrough 3: Change Main Application Window Appearance

Unit 12: Lab

• Drag in RSS Feed

• Save Data to the Embedded Database

• Add Customizations and Security Checks