Adobe AIR 1.5 is out
We just released Adobe AIR 1.5. While this is a point release, it is a pretty significant update. You can find an overview of new features and updates in this article on the developer center, and in this blog post.
What is my favorite feature of AIR 1.5? Bug fixes! In particular URL clicks are now handled correctly (correct browser is opened, and links open in new tab in Firefox as appropriate).
You can grab the latest version here, or you will be prompted to update it the next time you run an AIR application.
Awesome! Thanks!
Darth Guybrush
17 Nov 08 at 1:17 pm
This release has griefed me so much. Local network URIs no longer work, but worse yet, I can’t run the debugger. It launches the debugger process, but my app never appears. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled FB3 multiple times with no success. Running ADL from the command line works, but I lose all my ability to break and whatnot. I am sad…
Joel Hooks
18 Nov 08 at 3:28 pm
@Joel
Can you give an example of a local network URI that worked before, but no longer works in 1.5?
Also, have you installed the Flex Builder 3.2 update?
mike chambers
mesh@adobe.com
mikechambers
18 Nov 08 at 3:36 pm
I did install the update. That is when the ‘hanging’ started – for lack of a better term.
as to the other issue…
Previously I would access our network share as such:
private static const SHARE:String = “\\\\media_server\share\temp_images”;
after the update it started throwing a silent error:
Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2038: File I/O Error.
Which from my research is a permissions error. I had to walk to all of my user’s machines and map a drive, which solved the problem:
private static const SHARE:String = “q:\temp_images”;
But this is not a great solution from a maintenance standpoint.
Joel Hooks
18 Nov 08 at 3:50 pm
Yeah same here, when compiling in Flash CS3 it won’t let you install. The installer gives you an message about not being a supported version. Yes I installed the Flash CS3 update and then Runtime. Hmmm I’ve surf forums and blogs for about 4 hours last night, and only found that I’m not the person with this problem. I’m sad too. Remember that not giving up is what separates the men from the boys. Be good and Be5iK`~ Wes
Wesley ~ BeSiK
21 Nov 08 at 1:12 pm
I’m not the only person with this problem* sorry
Wesley ~ BeSiK
21 Nov 08 at 1:14 pm
i had a happy time, when i said HTMLLoader on AIR 1.5 will works 36% faster than old version, becuse i am creating a webBrowser with AIR. (Thanks!!)
but
i have problem on testing AIR 1.5 Applications.
after updating form AIR 1.1 to 1.5, all of my Applications runs just one time on testing section of Adobe Flash CS4, on second time it shows nothing.
when i use “Debug Movie” on Debug menu, this Message will appear:
“Debugger launch failed. Debugger Session will terminate.”
this problem will happen when i use ActioScript on AIR 1.5, even single line of code, like stop();
all SWF 10 Files working fine while testing.
i did this steps to update my Application:
1. uninstalled this:
– Flash Player 10 Plugin,
– Flash Player 10 ActiveX,
– AIR 1.1 Runtime
– Deleted “Player” From Adobe Flash CS4 Folder
2. installed this:
– Adobe AIR 1.5
– Adobe AIR 1.5 Update for Flash CS4 Professional
– Copied “Adobe Flash Player 10 Update for Flash CS4 Professional” on Adobe Flash CS4 Folder
– Flash Player 10 Plugin (Debug),
– Flash Player 10 ActiveX (Debug),
what should i do?
Akbar.G
3 Dec 08 at 9:49 am
I’ve got the same problem as well. It’s really causing enormous grief and I’m starting to wish I’d gone the html+javascript route rather than flex now but there’s too much code so it’s too late. I’ve updated to flex 3.2 with air 1.5 and a bunch of stuff broke.
The main thing is the local links have stopped working and I’ve got an HTML element in my mxml that pulls in some html formatted stuff dynamically but the stylesheet link in it that used to work fine in air 1.1 and before just goes to “css/HTML.css” and this no longer works so everything looks very ugly.
The other major change I found was with fonts. I was only using Arial and Verdana but throughout the app after updating the fonts were looking a real mess. Hunting about I figured out you now need to put @font-face stuff in even for these very standard fonts.
e.g.
@font-face {
src: url(“../assets/fonts/Arial.ttf”); // or src: local(Arial) works too
font-family: Arial;
advancedAntiAliasing: true;
}
Dom
3 Dec 08 at 10:18 am
One problem I had w/ the debugger was that the default app.xml doesn’t up date to 1.5.
To fix go to you app.xml file and change:
to
joshspoon
11 Dec 08 at 11:35 am
Let me try this again.
One problem I had w/ the debugger was that the default app.xml doesn’t up date to 1.5.
To fix go to you app.xml file and change:
<!–
–>
to
<!–
–>
without the comments obviously :)
joshspoon
11 Dec 08 at 11:39 am
Ok look, on line to change the 1.0 in the adobe namespace to 1.5
joshspoon
11 Dec 08 at 11:40 am
We have an issue with the fonts in the <mx:HTML component. We process html fragments and with 1.5 and the new webkit there doesn’t seem to be a way to set the font or font size.
Steve
15 Dec 08 at 6:20 pm
Really liked the new updates. Specially the Flash 10 capabilities and Encrypted Local Database.
Rich Apps Consulting
26 Dec 08 at 7:31 am
I have a strange problem since the update; I’ve build a viewer in AIR for short flash animations. Since these animations were made some time ago, they’re all Flash8/AS2 and so I’m not able to communicate directly with these animations from 3 AIR-app. Because I want to be able to play/pause/stop/rewind, I load the animations in a flash8/as2 swf with a slider and play/pause button, by adding a parameter to the url. Maybe this is clearer:
I have a tilelist with thumbnails of animations, and on click I load a flash8-swf called aniloader.swf by
telling a that its source is “aniloader.swf?one_of_my_flash8_animations.swf”.
Since the AIR 1.5 update, the aniloader.swf still loads and plays my flash8 animations, but the slider and buttons (those are in the aniloader.swf too!) don’t show anymore. Strange huh?
Marion
23 Apr 09 at 1:01 pm
mmmm…. some words have vanished for some reason; It should read:… by telling a mx:SWFLoader that its source is…
Marion
23 Apr 09 at 1:06 pm
Is there a way to run JSFL commands or access their ability to change Flash document settings in AIR? I wanted to move some JSFL commands to 1 AIR app and this is the only thing holding me back so far…
Colin
16 Feb 10 at 12:15 am