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This error has to do with the application descriptor file and the renderMode property within the initialWindow node. Normally when doing AIR on the desktop you can omit this value since it is only used for mobile. However when working with Starling you must change this. When this is changed from “auto” to “direct” it solves the problem.

Also make sure you have set the compiler argument for the SWf version to 15. To do this just add “-swf-version=15” to your compiler arguments.

Another problem solved

1. To stay organized with different SDK’s I have a folder in the root of my machine called “SDK”. Here I place all my SDK’s.
2. Download and extract the Flex 4.6 SDK. Rename this folder to a descriptive name like “flex_sdk_4.6_AIR_3.2_Stage3D”.
3. Download the AIR 3.2 SDK. Copy this file to the “flex_sdk_4.6_AIR_3.2_Stage3D” folder.
4. Download the latest playerglobal.swc so you can use Flash Player 11.2. Copy this file to “flex_sdk_4.6_AIR_3.2_Stage3D/frameworks/libs/player/11.2″.
5. Windows: Right-click on the AIR 3.2 ZIP file and select “Extract All” or use the decompression tool of your choice.
   Mac OS: In Terminal, cd to the root directory of the Flex 4.6 SDK and run this command:
   tar jxvf AdobeAIRSDK.tbz2
   If this gives you troubles with file permissions try:
   sudo tar jxvf AdobeAIRSDK.tbz2. This gives you super user rights.

Now the hard part is over.
Open up FDT of FlashBuilder, add a new SDK and edit the application-descriptor.xml for any project you want to use the new SDK for.
Change the namespace to use the 3.2 version:

<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/3.2">

and the final bit is to add the following to the compiler argument to make use of the new version of the SWF that is generated:

-swf-version=15

There you have it! You can now use AIR 3.2 with Flex 4.6.

In the mean time I also wrote some articles for the FITC in Amsterdam.
So here are some article for you to enjoy:

AUG NL x FITC Amsterdam Sneak Peek Event

Creating games with Starling with Lee brimelow and Tom Krcha at FITC Amsterdam

Surviving 2012 with Micha Rozema at FITC Amsterdam

Adobe Gaming Technology wtih Lee Brimelow and Tom Krcha

The fix is to mount your device and remove the /.android_secure/smdl2tmp1.asec file.

Unmount and remount your device,  run the ‘installApp’ command again.

Now you can install again directly to your device

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1. The use of <fdt.loadProjectProperties /> throws an error.
   Solution: use loadProjectProperties with the projectname parameter; <fdt.loadProjectProperties projectname=”Name of the project” />. Note: This worked for me and my team members. I have however seen comments online where did not do the trick.
2. Ant throws an error: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.eclipse.core.resources.IPathVariableManager.getURIValue(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/net/URI;
   Solution: The minimum required Eclipse version to run FDT is Helios (3.6). If you are getting this error, please make sure you have the latest version of FDT and Eclipse. Updating to only the latest version of FDT should fix this problem.

Not so much a problem I ran into but still something I want to share; Iterating in Ant.

1. You can’t use ‘for’ or ‘foreach’ to iterate over an collection, property or values in a text file in the standard Ant 1.8 build.
   Solution: Use ant-contrib for this. Documentation can be found here for ‘for‘ and for the ‘foreach‘.
2. When using the for task from ant-contrib i did not found a way to get the ‘step’ of ‘iteration’ value.
   Solution: I created my own. See snippet here. Note: If someone has a better way of doing this, i’d love to hear because to be quite honest; this feels like a hack…

Hope this helped you solve your problems

If you want to add Firefox/Chrome/Safari/Brand X browser to Eclipse you would normally press the ‘New’ button and add a new browser in the Web browser preferences. However if you are on a Mac the normal install path does not work (Selecting the /Applications/My App.app ), you need to append “/Contents/MacOS/My App” to the file path name. This value comes from when you are in your /Applications folder and right click on any .app file -> ‘Show Package Contents’ and go to the Contents/MacOS folder. Here you will find the name of the program.

So instead of using:
“/Applications/Google Chrome.app” (or the .app file for any other browser) you need to append the correct path inside the .app:
“/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome“.
And you are all set and can use the browser you prefer.

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