Developing BlackBerry Tablet Applications with Flex 4.5

By: Rich Tretola

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eText | 26 June 2011 | Edition Number 1

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Ready to put your ActionScript 3 skills to work on mobile apps? This hands-on book walks you through the process of creating an Adobe AIR application for Blackberry Tablets from start to finish, using the Flex 4.5 framework. Move quickly from a basic Hello World application to complex interactions with Blackberry APIs, and get complete code examples for working with tablet components—including the accelerometer, GPS unit, camera, file system, and multitouch screen. This is an ideal resource no matter how much Flex experience you have.

Use Flash Builder 4.5 to create and debug a Flex Mobile project
Choose a layout option to determine which files Flash Builder autogenerates
Obtain permissions you need to install your app on a Blackberry Tablet
Read and write text files, browse the file system for media files, and create and write to an SQLite database
Learn how to use native qnx components within your application
Publish your app to a BlackBerry installer file with Flash Builder