5.2. Additional Functionality to Existing APIs

In addition to adding new functionality, AIR 2.0 focuses on completing the existing APIs by adding methods to give you better control over the application. Here are some of the additional functionalities that were added to the existing APIs in AIR 2.0:

• IPv6 support: AIR 2.0 adds the ability to support IPv6 to all network APIs.

• Default application: API that allows opening a file with the OS default application.

• Microphone byteArray: AIR 2.0 allows accessing the data in the Microphone API.

• Transaction savepoints: New methods for SQLite database and the ability to create savepoints.

• Vector printing: In AIR 1.5, you already had the ability to do vector printing, but in AIR 2.0 you can do the same with Mac OS.

• Idle time-out: Ability to set the idle time-out settings (Win/Mac only).

• Increased screen size: AIR 2.0 supports increasing the maximum size of the AIR windows.