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Adobe Flash / AIR large memory footprints on Android platforms |
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This article examines how much memory footprint Adobe software needs to run on the Android platform, and the issue that arises because of it.
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Chroma circuit Android game review |
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I've been waiting for Bowler Hat games Chroma Circuit for a while now. It was demonstrated at Scotch on the Rocks last year, and it looked like quite an innovative mobile puzzle game.
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How Android application memory works |
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With the growth of the Application markets for Android I've been encountering more and more memory issues. Users want more Apps, and those Apps are becoming bigger and bigger, or are using third party plugins to run.
To effectively develop for the Android platform you should really consider how the system memory works.
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Finding the system file storage in AIR |
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When progamming an AIR application, you may want to make use of the applicationStorageDirectory available via the flash.filesystem package to store temporary files/folders. You can find where your system is storing these files by doing something like the following:
2trace(f.nativePath + ' is where my file is stored');
This will give you an absolute path to the local system file storage location. Handy for multi platform applications, as Pc and MAC based systems will use different default storage directories.
