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Work area components
The
left side of the Device Central work area contains
device sets and libraries for managing devices. The right side of
the screen gives detailed information (either a profile or emulation)
about what you have selected on the left. The main components of
the Device Central work area are:
- Device Sets panel
- To create
custom device sets, drag icons (or copy and paste) from the Online
Library or Local Library panels into the Device Sets panel. Over time,
you will probably create custom sets to test content and projects.
To share device sets among team members, import and export sets.
- Local Library panel
- Shows
a group of generic Flash Lite™ devices initially.
The Local Library panel also shows the mobile devices that you have
downloaded into Device Central from the online
library. The Local Library panel lists the devices that you can
use to test content. If a device profile has been updated online
since you downloaded it, its icon changes to orange.
By default,
the devices in the library panels are grouped by manufacturer and sorted
by name. To group the devices using different criteria, click the
Grouping menu  and
choose from the list. If you select None, all available devices
are shown as one list, sorted alphabetically by name.
In each
group, devices are, by default, listed alphabetically by name, and additional
columns provide information specific to each device. To see all
information, move the slider to the right until the Name, Display
Size, Flash Lite, and Color Depth columns appear.
- Online Library panel
- Shows
all the devices that are available to download to the local library,
device sets, or a mobile project.
Like the Local Library panel,
the devices in the Online Library panel are grouped by manufacturer
and sorted by name by default. You can change the groupings as you
do for the local library.
To refresh your view of the online
library, click the icon  . To
hide or view the left side of the work area, click the expand  and
collapse  buttons.
You can also open and close individual panels on the left side.
- Device Profiles tab
- Shows
detailed information about devices. Different screens show general
information and specific details for Flash, bitmap, video, and web.
The Device Profiles tab can show one or multiple devices. (The same information
is displayed about a device whether you view the device individually or
as part of the multiple view.)
When one device is shown on
the tab, the first line of information across the top lists the
media types that the device supports, such as Flash, bitmap, video,
and web, in addition to general information. Click a media type
to show more information about the content types supported. For
example, if you click the media type Bitmap, the content types Fullscreen,
Screen Saver, and Wallpaper are common.
When you select multiple
devices from the local library to view on the Device Profiles tab,
you can change the order in which the devices are displayed by dragging
devices to a new location on the tab. (You can also drag any device
from the Device Profiles tab into a set in the Device Sets panel.)
- New Document tab
- Displays
the interface for creating a mobile document in Flash,
Adobe Photoshop®, Adobe Illustrator®, or Adobe Captivate®.
This tab appears when you issue the command to create a mobile document
in one of the applications listed. (For Adobe® After
Effects®, the tab is called New Composition.)
For example, in Flash, the command is Create New > Flash
Mobile Document. (Alternatively, you can create a FLA file and display
the New Document tab from Device Central by
selecting File > New Document In > Flash.)
The
options that appear on the New Document tab depend on the type of document
you are creating. For example, when you create a Flash document,
you select a Flash Player version, an ActionScript® version,
and content type. (Adobe Captivate support is available in Adobe
Device Central 2.1.)
- Emulator tab
- Shows the testing
interface. The Emulator tab is designed to simulate how content
(for example, a SWF file or Photoshop image) appears on a specific
mobile device. With Flash, the Emulator tab opens when you are working in
a FLA file and issue the Control > Test Movie command
to export or test the file. Only one device can be emulated at a
time. To select a different device, double-click a device name in
the Device Sets panel or any library panel.
- Testing panels
- Collapsible panels for testing and performance
tuning appear on the right of the emulator tab. The panels that
appear depend on what type of file you are testing. See The testing panels for information.
For a tutorial
on the Device Central workspace, see http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0184.
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