Adobe Air PodCatcher CIS 764 Neil Crose

Prerequisites for Developing in Air Flash CS3 or CS4 or Flex Software Development Kit (SDK) Coding ability in HTML and JavaScript Adobe Air SDK for other visual development tools ( wnloads.html)

First you need to install Adobe Air Run Time Environment onto your workstation. Preparing your Machine for Developing in Air

Open Adobe Flash Create a new Flash File (ActionScript 3.0) Preparing your Machine for Developing in Air (cont.)

The Architecture Classes ◦ PodcastPlayer  Main Application Class ◦ RSSBase  Main Class for RSS Feeds ◦ RSSChannel  Main class that separates the RSS items ◦ RSSItem  Main class that represents the RSS feed items ◦ SoundFacade  Class that plays the RSS feed items ◦ SoundPlayer  Controler for the RSS Feed item

UML Chart

Display of the Class Code

Command > Air – Publish Public Screen for creating a self signed digital certificate Command > Air – Application & Installer Settings Creating the Self Signed Certificate

Put in the password that you entered in for the certificate Creating the Self Signed Certificate (cont.) Select the box that says “Remember password for session”

Creating the Feed XML XML works as a flat text data storage file The purpose of the XML file is to point our application to the RSS feeds that we would like to consume.

Starbucks Coffee Adobe Creative Suite Developer Podcast The Onion Soccer Talk USA Diggnation The Office Alliance Podcast Podcast Feed XML File

Add the XML to the Publish Settings Commands > Air - Application and Installer Settings Look under Included files and click the Add (+) button Browse to the location where you saved the XML file

The Compiled Application

Installing the Application a. b. c.

The Completed Product