Using AIR Development Tool (ADT) -package command to we can create the application package. The -target parameter specifies which mobile platform the package is created.

ADT Package Command Syntax

$ adt -package
AIR_SIGNING_OPTIONS
-target packageType
NATIVE_SIGNING_OPTIONS
output
app_descriptor
FILE_OPTIONS

-package
Packages an AIR application or AIR Native Extension (ANE)

AIR_SIGNING_OPTIONS
-target     The type of package to create.
Package Type for Mobile

NATIVE_SIGNING_OPTIONS
These signing options are used to apply a signature used by the native operating system, not the AIR runtime.

output
The name of the package file to create. Specifying the file extension is optional. If not specified, an extension appropriate to the -target value and current operating system is added.

app_descriptor
The path to the application descriptor file. The path can be specified relative to the current directory or as an absolute path. (The application descriptor file is renamed as application.xml in the AIR file.)

FILE_OPTIONS
Identifies the application files to include in the package.

For more information about ADT package command click through the link.

Here is a simple example of bash script.

#!/bin/sh
# echo, outputs the arguements string
echo 'TARGET OPTIONS ( ipa-test | ipa-debug | ipa-app-store | ipa-ad-hoc)'
# -n, suppressed the trailing newline
echo -n 'Compile for what target?'
# user input value for $target
read target

# use double-quote to concatenate $target
package_target=”-package -target $target”
storetype=’-storetype pkcs12′
keystore=’-keystore greatxam_apple_cert.p12′

output_package=’HobbiesAndVices.ipa’
desc=’HobbiesAndVices-app.xml’
swf=’HobbiesAndVices.swf’
others=’assets Default.png’

adt $package_target $profile $storetype $keystore $output_package $desc $swf $others

For more information about bash, go to the Bash Reference Manual

The Adobe Flex SDK is an open source toolkit for building rich applications for browser, desktop and/or mobile devices.

Installing Adobe Flex SDK

First download the latest Flex SDK here.
After the download is complete, extract it to your home directory.

Installing Adobe Air SDK

If you want to install Adobe Air SDK download the latest version from Adobe Air SDK website.
Extract it and replace/merge the files from the AdobeAIRSDK folder to your Adobe Flex SDK directory.

Note: If your using Unix-base OS, some don’t merge the files on folder instead it over write the folder. In this case you have to manually copy the files.

Open Android SDK and AVD Manager via command-line or open Eclipse IDE,

$ android

Eclipse->Window->Android SDK and AVD Manager, and click on Available packages
Select Android Repository packages, click Install Selected.

You may also install other third part Add-ons.

Choose Packages to Install dialog pop-up.
Accpect Package Description & License, click Install

Configure the ADT plugin for Eclipse,
Eclipse->Preferences->Android, click Browse… for SDK Location.

Create a Virtual device, and then click New…

Name: myAVD
Target: Android 2.2 – API Level 8
SD Card: Size: 2048 mb
Skin: Built-in: Default (HVGA)
Hardware: as is
Click Create AVD

On Virtual devices section of Android SDK and AVD Manager, select the newly created myAVD and click Start…
The virtual device window will show up.

Now we are done setting up our development system to develop an Android Application. I hope you find it useful and able to provide information you’re looking for.

The Java Development Kit (JDK) is necessary for us to develop an Android application. For those who uses Ubuntu Linux here is how you install java development kit.

In this article we will be using Eclipse IDE for Java Developers. On how to install Eclipse IDE for Java you can find it here.

Second is to install the Android SDK startup package. Get the latest version of the Android SDK from the Android SDK download page Its only include the core SDK tools, which we can use to download the rest of the components. After we have downloaded the .zip or .tgz package, unpacked it to preferred location.

$ mv /greatxam/andriod-sdk_r07-mac_x86 /usr/lib/android

Optionally, we can add the location of the Android SDK’s tools/ to our environment variable, to easily access the tools. For Linux, edit ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile. For Mac OS X, look .bash_profile in home directory. If not exist, we can create by entering these commands.

$ ls -a
$ touch .bash_profile
$ open -e .bash_profile

Add the path of our Android tools in the .bash_profile file with line.
$ export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/lib/android/tools

To add or update our SDK Components that we need we have to launch the Android SDK and AVD Manager.
From the Terminal, execute the commands:
$ cd /tools
$ android

or only android, if you configure your bash profile.
$ android

The third step is to add the Android Development Tool (ADT) plugin to Eclipse IDE. Eclipse -> Help -> Install New Software and click Add.

In the Add Repository dialog, enter “Android” for the Name. And for the Location, we can either use the URL “https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/” to download directly.

Or we can manually download the ADT Plugin file ADT-0.9.9.zip and click archive to locate the downloaded unpack file.

Click all the Development Tools we need to install and click Next.

Click Next again.

Accept the terms of the license agreements and click Finish.

Installation is now on progress, and then the Security Warning will pop-up, just click OK button.

Now, the plugin installation is complete. We need to restart the Eclipse Application.

We aren’t done yet. On the second part of Android Installation, we will discuss how to add Android Platforms and to configure the ADT plugin for Eclipse.

This is my first ever flash game that I developed. I’d use this as my portfolio when I was applying for Game Developer in my current employment. So, pardon me for my laziness on my coding.

On this article we will discussing some basic ActionScript classes, functions and properties.
First thing is to have our images. You can import files you want to use for your application from the menu.
File -> Import -> Import to Library
or you can also create your own directly into Flash Authoring Platform.

Let us start by modifying our mouse cursor. Drag an image from the Library into the stage. In this case we”ll be using the sling shot. Right-click on that image and select Convert to Symbol.

On the Convert to Symbol Window, type sling_shot_mc on the Name field and select Movie Clip for the Type. And for the Linkage select Export for ActionScript and type sling_shot_mc for Identifier.

The Identifier is the linkage name of the movie clip symbol in the library to be attach to another movie clip on the Stage. Click Free Transform Tool on Tools or press (Q) and select the sling shot movie clip. Then rotate the sling shot to 90 degree clock-wise to serves it tip as the pointer.
And resize it to make it appropriate for a cursor.

From the Library Window, drag on the stage an image you want to be the vampire on your application.
Right-click on that image and select Convert to Symbol.
Type vamp1_mc on the Name Field and select Movie Clip for the Type. And for the Linkage select Export for ActionScript and type vamp1_mc for Identifier.
A vamp1_mc symbol is created on the library, right-click on that and make 2 duplicate of it.
Rename the duplicate vamp1_mc symbol and its Identifier to vamp2_mc and vamp3_mc.
Change the Width and Height for each 3 vampire movie clip so we can identify physically each one of them.
For the remaining images do the same procedure for converting and naming.
Delete all the items on the Stage specially the vampires movie clips and the sling shot movie clips, since we will attach them on the stage through ActionScript.

Add a Layer and name it as Rows. On this layer draw 3 rectangle for the hidden path way of the vampires and the garlic.
Make the rectangles inner fill transparent. Convert those into a movie clip with the instance name of row1_mc, row2_mc and row3_mc.
And add another layer below the Rows layer, name it as Background and drag a background like a jungle or any environment you like.

Click Text Tool or press (T) and add 3 Dynamic Text on the stage and name it instances as txtLevel, txtLife, and txtScore.
And also place the garlic on the stage out side the hidden rows.

Now that our stage is set-up, lets do our magic.
Click on menu bar Window > Actions or press (F9) to open the Actions Window.
Define our global variables.


// Define global variables
_global.score = 0;
_global.level = 0;
_global.life = 20;
_global.cDepth = 100;
txt_level.text = 1;
txt_life.text = "20 / 20";
garlic1_mc.stop();



// Custom Mouse Cursor
Mouse.hide();
this.attachMovie("sling_shot", "cursor_shot", this.getNextHighestDepth());
cursor_shot.onMouseMove = function() {
this._x = _xmouse;
this._y = _ymouse;
};



function randRange(minNum:Number, maxMax:Number):Number {
return (Math.floor(Math.random()*(maxNum-minNum+1))+minNum);
}



this.onEnterFrame = function() {
// game over
if (_global.life <= 0) { unloadMovie(this); loadMovie("gameover.swf",this) } // add vampire randomly if (randRange(0,20) == 0) { var randomVamp:Number = randRange(1,3); var thisVamp:MovieClip = this.attachMovie("vamp"+randomVamp+"_mc","vampire"+_global.cDepth+"_mc",_global.cDepth); _global.cDepth++; thisVamp._x = -thisVamp._width; // var scale = randRange(80,100); switch (randomVamp) { case 3: thisVamp.points = 10; thisVamp.speed = 3; break; case 2: thisVamp.points = 15; thisVamp.speed = 4; break; default: thisVamp.points = 30; thisVamp.speed = 5; break; } // translucent effect thisVamp._xscale = scale; thisVamp._yscale = scale; thisVamp._alpha = scale; thisVamp.speed += randRange(0,3)+_global.level; // vampire row placement switch (randRange(1,3)) { case 3: thisVamp._y = 10; break; case 2: thisVamp._y = 95; break; default: thisVamp._y = 180; break; } thisVamp.onEnterFrame = function() { this._x += this.speed; if (this._x>row1_mc._width) {
_global.life--;
txt_life.text = _global.life+" / 20";
this.removeMovieClip();
}
// scoring
if (this.hitTest(garlic1) || this.hitTest(garlic2) {
_global.scorce += this.points;
_global.level = int(_global.score/100)+1;
txt_score.text = _global.score;
txt_level.text = _global.level;
this.removeMovieClip();
}
}
};

garlic1_mc.onPress = function() {
this.startDrag();
this.hold = true;
}
garlic1_mc.onRelease = function() {
// garlic row placement
if (this.hitTest(row1_mc) {
this._y = 25;
} else {
if (this.hitTest(row2_mc) {
this._y = 105;
} else {
this._y = 195;
}
}
this.stopDrag();
this.hold = false;
}
garlic1_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (!this.hold) {
if (this.hitTest(row1_mc) || this.hitTest(row2_mc || this.hitTest(row3_mc)) {
this._x -= 5;
// play the garlic1_mc movie clip
this.play();
}
}


// replacing garlic
if (this._x < 0 || this._y < 0) {
this.stopDrag();
this._x = 546.9;
this._y = 262.9;
}
}


garlic2_mc.onPress = function() {
this.startDrag();
this.hold = true;
}
garlic2_mc.onRelease = function() {
if (this.hitTest(row1_mc)) {
this._y = 15;
} else {
if (this.hitTest(row2_mc)) {
this._y = 105;
} else {
this._y = 185;
}
}
this.stopDrag();
this.hold = false;
}
garlic2_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
if(!this.hold) {
if (this.hitTest(row1_mc) || this.hitTest(row2_mc) || this.hitTest(row3_mc)) {
this._x -= 20;
}
}
if (this._x < 0 || this._y < 0) {
this.stopDrag();
this._x = 589;
this._y = 256;
}
}
}


Let us configure a VirtualBox on a Mac OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard.
Now, open the VirtualBox application on a GUI or through the Terminal.

sudo open -a VirtualBox.app


Click on Settings->Ports and Click the USB icon with the plus sign to add a USB device.

Choose the USB you want to add. In this case we will add the JetFlash.
Note: make sure that the USB you want to add is connected.

Open a Terminal and enter this command to list all the USB Devices

VBoxManage list usbhost


In the terminal you will see a list of information about your USB devices.

The current state of the USB Mass Storage Device we want to access is unavailable.
To make it available we need a little configuration.
First is to add a user group named “vboxusers”
Open System Preperances->Accounts

Click on the plus sign icon, above the Lock icon to add new User/Group and the new account window will pop-up.
On New Account choose Group in the combo box.

Enter “vboxusers“ in the Full Name Field.

A new group was added to your system.

Click on the vboxuser group and add members under that group.

Change the permission of the VirtualBox Drive.

sudo chgrp vboxusers /dev/vboxdrv
sudo chmod g+rw /dev/vboxdrv


Now let’s see the status of our the USB device.
Enter VBoxManage list usbhost in terminal

VBoxManage list usbhost

You will notice that the state is still unavailable.

Now eject the USB and enter this command again.

VBoxManage list usbhost


The current state of the USB device is now “available”.
We can now access the host USB device into our guest OS.
Every time you will disconnect the USB in your guest OS it will be available to your host and vice-versa.

We have to download the latest IDE from the Eclipse website.
The Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developer uses for JDK EE and the one we’re going to use is the Eclipse IDE for Java Developer uses for JDK Standard Edition.
eclipse-java-helios-linux-gtk.tar.gz

Extract the file to your desktop.
Then move and rename it to Ecplise.

sudo mv ~/Desktop/eclipse-java-helios-linux-gtk /home/greatxam/Eclipse


Install Eclipse using update-alternatives and add the path to /usr/bin

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/eclipse eclipse /home/greatxam/Eclipse/eclipse 300
sudo ln -s /home/lib/Eclipse/startup.jar /usr/bin


Add eclipse to you Application Menu
Click on System->Preperences->Main Menu
or Right-Click on Application->Edit Menu

On Main Menu Window, click Programming under the Menus column on the left and click New Item.
The Create Launcher window will pop-up.

Then provide the information below:
Type-> Application
Icon-> /home/greatxam/Eclipse/icon.xpm
Name-> Eclipse
Command-> eclipse

Now Eclipse is on our menu, we can lauch it under
Application->Programming->Eclipse

Why we choice Eclipse instead of NetBean or any other Java IDE?
It because Eclipse support the Android platform which use by more mobile manufacturers such as Motorola, Sony Ericson, ect.

First download the latest JDK (SE or EE) from Sun Microsystem, In this tutorial we are use the JDK SE 6u21. Your downloaded file will look something like this jdk-6u21-linux-i586.bin

After you finish the downloading, unpack the .bin file using the Broune Shell (sh) command. Assuming that you download the .bin file on your Desktop.

cd ~/Desktop
sudo chmod a+x *.bin
sudo sh ./jdk-6u21-linux-i586.bin


Rename the unpacked folder to something like JDK6u21 and move the directory to your desire place of your JDK.

sudo mv jdk-6u21-linux-i586 /home/greatxam/JDK6u21


Now, update your system so it will recognize your new Java installation.

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /home/greatxam/JDK6u21/bin/java 300
sudo update-alternatives --config java


And add Java Run-Time Environment (JRE) plugin to your browser.

sudo ln -s /home/greatxam/JDK6u21/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins


Congratulations! You have successfully install Java Development Kit under Ubuntu platform.
You might want to install a IDE for Java Development. So on our next issue will be Installing Eclipse IDE for Java.

I’ve been waiting for Motorola to release a new mobile phone since last year that will definitely much the performance of Apple iPhone. And with much function and more features. And now, one is coming the Droid X.

The Droid X is developed under Adroid 2.1 Platform. And as a developer this gadget will definitely suits my style, my hobbies & vices.

I can’t wait to lay my hands on this stylish & very cool device and test my knowledge on developing an application under Android platform.

Key Features

8MP High Definition camcorder.
4.3in High Resistance screen with iMax like relosution.
HDMI or wireless connection that you may connect to your Home Theater.
And it can even be use as a hotspot to your devices/gadgets.

SYNTAX
LOCATE(string, dynamic.array {, ac{, vc{,start}}}; position {; sequence} ) [THEN | ELSE statement.block]

Since it is design to identify the position of an string expression into a dynamic array, it can also be use for a numeric express.
But there is a minimal issue when using LOCATE with sequence option in an array with precession (decimal) element.

EXAMPLE
We have an dynamic array with 1 elements.
And our task is to insert other 4 elements and must be in ascending order.


array=''
list.array = 4.5 :@VM: 21 :@VM: 8.1 :@VM: 32 :@VM: 70
FOR v = 1 TO 5
LOCATE(list.array<1,v>,array,1;position;'ar') THEN NULL
array = INSERT(array,1,position;list.array<1,v>)
NEXT v
FOR a = 1 TO 5
PRINT array<1,a> :"-":
NEXT a


OUTPUT
21-32-4.5-70-8.1

The output is not what we are expecting.
And notice that the decimal is ignore by the LOCATE function.

To satisfy our desire output, the trick is to eliminate the precession of the value. One method is to multiply the value to 100, assuming you only keep two (2) decimal places into your data.


array =''
list.array = 4.5 :@VM: 21 :@VM: 8.1 :@VM: 32 :@VM: 70
FOR v = 1 TO 5
LOCATE(list.array<1,v>*100,array,1;position;'ar') THEN NULL
array = INSERT(array,1,position;list.array<1,v>*100)
NEXT v
FOR a = 1 TO 5
PRINT array<1,a>/100 :"-":
NEXT a

OUTPUT
4.5-8.1-21-32-70

Now, that much better.