Adobe Systems Inc - (Freeware)
Adobe AIR is a development platform offered by Adobe, that allows developers to use Web technologies to create Internet applications.
Adobe AIR technology allows the development of internet rich applications compatible with Windows and Mac OS X. Developers can take advantage of it for their existing knowledge on technologies like Flash or AJAX Finish to create applications that can be used from a web browser, but also directly on the desktop.
Adobe AIR framework allows the use of these applications, which can now be performed on a variety of platforms, OS desktop to mobile devices in most OS market (Android, iOS, Blackberry ...). Version 3.0 of Adobe AIR is also enriched features for developing 2D and 3D games thanks to the accelerated GPU , and to include the environment in the installation package.
Many companies, like Ebay, using Adobe AIR to create new applications that enable you to use their services on your desktop.
You will also find utility developed by AIR and connected to social networks, which will make many services.
# New features for mobile applications iOS Support
* iOS support: 4.0 and above
* iOS Hardware Support:
- iPod Touch 3rd gen and iPod Touch 4th gen
- iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4
- iPad
* Changes from PFI to ADT for packaging iOS applications
* iOS applications built with the "Packager for iPhone" cannot be updated with AIR 2.6
* GPU rendering changes for iOS
* Multitasking support for iOS
* Microphone for iOS
* Read from camera roll for iOS
* CameraUI for iOS
* Camera for iOS
* Retina display support in the AIR for iOS
* StageWebView for iOS
* Capture bitmap of StageWebView
* Programmatic control of soft keyboard
* Disable automatic panning and resizing behavior on the display of a soft keyboard
* Android USB drivers for Windows are bundled with AIR SDK for Windows
* USB device debugging for Android
* Text field interaction mode on Android
* Alternate Android market URLs
# Other new features
* Owned NativeWindow for desktop
* Native Menu event refinement for desktop
* Image decoding policy
* LoaderContext parent and parameters
* NetConnection.httpIdleTimeout
* Linux vector printing
* New -version option added to ADT
* Native mouse cursors
# Changes
Following changes have been made to Screen Orientation APIs
* supportedOrientations property is added to stage.
* existing autoOrients property is writable now.
* setOrientation method is restored, this method was marked as deprecated in AIR 2.5.
* orientation property is restored, this property was marked as deprecated in AIR 2.5.
* ORIENTATION_CHANGING event is restored, this event was marked as deprecated in AIR 2.5.