Managing device sets



    Select an individual device

    When you select a device in the Online Library, Local Library, or Device Sets panels, Device Central displays detailed information about the device. Device Central also determines which sizes to propose for document creation on the New Document tab. After sending a file for testing from an application such as Flash or Adobe Photoshop® (or opening a file in a mobile format from Device Central), you can double-click a device in a library or Device Sets panel to have Device Central load the device information on the Emulator tab and start content playback.
    Note: The supported mobile formats are: SWF, FLV, JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, WBM, MOV, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, MP4, MPG, MPEG, AVI, HTM, HTML, XHTML, CHTML, URL, and WEBLOC.

    You can navigate between applications and Device Central without losing your device selection. Device Central preselects the device of the most recently created file when you export your file for testing. In Flash, if you bypass document creation in Device Central and send a document for testing, Device Central uses stand-alone Flash Player as the default content type and uses the device that was selected in the last emulation session.

    Create a device set

    Device Central lets you group devices into device sets. These device sets can help you manage the devices. For example, you can create a set based on the devices for a particular project, such as a Flash Lite player and content type combination. Device sets appear in the Device Sets panel.

    The content type selected for emulation or document creation filters the devices in the Device Sets, Local Library, and Online Library panels. Devices that do not support the selected content type are dimmed. (When the Device Profiles tab is shown, all devices in the Device Sets and library panels are enabled to view profile information.)

     To create a device set, do one of the following:

    • Right-click one or more devices in the Local Library or the Online Library panel, and select New Device Set from Selection.

    • Click the New Device Set button  in the upper-right corner of the Device Sets panel.

    • Select Devices > New Device Set.

    A New Set appears. Enter a name for the new device set. If a “New Set” already exists, Device Central adds a number to the name (New Set (2), New Set (3), and so on).

    Note: After creating a Device Set folder, you can drag the folder up and down to a new location in the Device Sets Panel.

    Create a device subset

    1. Select the device set to be the subset.
    2. Drag the device set into another device set. (Afterwards, the indicator arrow is indented beneath the folder icon.)

    Add a device to a device set

    If you copy a device to a location that already contains the device, Device Central creates a duplicate, but with a number in parenthesis added to the device name.

     Do one of the following:

    • Drag the device (or a group of devices) from the Local Library or Online Library panel or the Device Profiles tab to the Device Sets panel.

    • Right-click a device and choose Copy. Right-click a device set and choose Paste.

      Note: To copy devices between sets, press Ctrl (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) while dragging. A plus sign (+) next to the pointer indicates copying.

    Delete a device or device set

     Do one of the following:

    • With the device, device set, or individual devices selected, click the Delete >>Selection button  in the upper-right corner of the Device Sets panel

    • Right-click your selection and choose Delete.

    • With a device or device set selected, click Delete on your keyboard.

    Export a device set

    If you created a device set, you can export the set to others on your team. This can save time and ensure that everyone is creating and testing content using the same set of devices.

    Note: The device set is exported as references to profiles—not the device profile .xml files.
    1. In the Device Sets panel, select the Device Set to export.
    2. Select File > Export > Device Set.
    3. In the Export Device Set dialog box, edit the default name (Device Central uses the extension .advs) and browse to a destination location.
    4. Click Save.

    Import a device set

    Importing a device set is useful if you are sharing information with others. If someone has already created a device set, you can import the set instead of re-creating the same set on your computer.

    When you share a device set by importing it, Device Central does not import the actual device profiles (XML files including all the respective device data). Device Central imports only the information about which devices are included in the project set. If you do not have all of the device profiles in your Local Library, Device Central displays those profiles as missing. Double-click the missing devices to download them from the Online Library.

    To import a device set:

    1. Select File > Import > Device Set.
    2. Navigate to the .advs file and select the file.
    3. Click Open.