Matthew David (1)

I developed with a friend of mine an application for iOS named "Bible Names" and I was really with high expectations that this book would take us to the "next level", allowing us to use flash on our future application developments. Although the book is really well written and full of examples, its main focus is on Android platform.
That does not take the merit off this book. For Android specific developers, it is an excellent source of information. First section covers how to set up flash CS5 for Android Development. First project is to create your first application using flash CS5. Then the author covers "Rapid Android Development in Flash CS5", and second project is "Optimizing Animation, Audio, Video and Component Use in Your AIR for Android Apps". Third section deals with "Developing Mobile Applications using ActionScript" and the project for this section is called "Building Sprite's 123", a game that teaches the numbers from 1 to 30. Section four covers "Leveraging Custom iPhone and Android Interface Calls with ActionScript" and the project associated with this section is "Building a Gesture-Driven Application". Fifth section covers "Building Games with Flash for the Mobile Market" and project is "Building a Mobile Game". Last section talks about "Deploying Mobile Apps with Flash CS5" and the project is "Publishing Your Apps into the Many Different App Stores".
Overall it is a usefull book, mainly if you are into developing for Android platform.
Amazon.com was kind enough to provide this book for me through their Vine Program for reviewing and I was not request to provide a positive review. Opinions expressed here are my own.
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