ADOBE AIR

The Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR, www.adobe.com/products/air) is a cross-platform run time that allows developers to create and deploy applications for a variety of operating systems outside of Internet browsers.

AIR for smartphone and tablet devices allows developers to create applications that can be deployed in the same way as native applications across each mobile platform. And as previously mentioned, the Flex framework can be used to create mobile applications that are installed as standalone applications using the Adobe AIR run time. On Google Android devices supporting AIR, if AIR is not yet installed, the user will be prompted to download and install the run time on first launch of an AIR application. On RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook, AIR is integral to the operating system, so you need only be concerned with the version of AIR that has been installed on the device. On Apple iOS devices, such as the iPad and iPhone, AIR cannot be installed as ....