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Pro Android Flash Games: Developing Flash Game Apps for Android-based Smartphones and Tablets
Pro Android Flash Games Developing Flash Game Apps for Androidbased Smartphones and Tablets Author:Stephen Chin, Paul Trani, James Young, Oswald Campesato In today?s mobile marketplace, games are a key area where developers can maximize their time, energy, and passion. With mobile games on the Android platform, developers can not only target phones, but also tablets and other interesting form-factors. — Pro Android Flash Games is the definitive guide to building Flash games for the Android... more » platform. It teaches you how to build engaging, social applications that run on Android devices using Adobe Flash technology. This is the only book that provides essential knowledge specific to targeting mobile Android devices, including input methods, hardware inputs, deployment, and performance optimization. You will also learn tips and tricks on boosting sales of your application and monetizing your traffic straight from the industry pros.
What you?ll learn
Deployment of Flash and AIR to Android
How to take your desktop Flash games and adapt them for mobile devices
How to integrate hardware inputs from the camera, GPS, compass, and accelerometer
How to deploy your application on the Android Market and integrate advertisements
How to integrate styling and artifacts from a professional designer
Best practices for mobile performance tuning and optimization
Who this book is for This book is for Flash developers who are interested in creating Flash-based games for mobile devices which run the Android platform.
Developers who are already familiar with Adobe Flash technology, but do not have a lot of experience developing for mobile platforms will find essential information in this book that will save them time and effort and allow them to leverage their existing skill set. This book provides a consolidated, expert source of information on critical topics like adapting games for the mobile profile, taking advantage of mobile-specific hardware, and performance tuning applications for the Android hardware.« less