Sony Ericsson release Flash UI Components in AS2

July 31, 2009

A few days ago the team at Sony Ericsson released their first set of UI components for the Flash Player on mobile devices.  Written in AS2 and fully integrated with Adobe Flash Professional CS4.

Each of the controls are fully customizable use the Component inspector, enabling you to change the look and feel for your applications.  Everything from background colors to text values and icons are supported across the components, it’s ridiculously easy to make them fit with your apps look and feel.

The beta set includes 8 new components ready for you to use:

  • Checkbox
  • List – Single Row with Icon
  • List – Two Rows with Icon
  • Progress Indicator
  • Push Button
  • Radio Button
  • Softkey Bar
  • Wait Indicator

Once you’ve downloaded the MXP file here, you can install the components by simply double clicking on the file.  The Adobe Extension Manager will install the files and add them to the Components Panel in Flash Professional, you can open it using the Window Menu within the tool.


New Book: AdvancED Flash on Devices

July 28, 2009

Friends of Ed have a new book that is just about to be released entitled, AdvancED Flash on Devices: Mobile Development with Flash Lite and Flash 10. It is written Scott Janousek, Elad Elrom , and Thomas Joos.

More information on the book can be found here. My copy is on order.