Developing AIR applications with Flex Builder 3Adobe® Flex™ Builder™ 3 provides you with the tools to create Adobe® AIR® applications. Flex Builder includes the Flex components for Adobe AIR applications. The workflow for developing AIR applications in Flex Builder is similar to that for developing most Flex-based applications. Adobe Flash BuilderFor information about building AIR applications with Flash Builder, see Developing AIR applications with Flash Builder. For a quick overview of building an AIR application with Flex Builder 3 or Flash Builder 4, see Creating your first Flex AIR application in Flash Builder or Flex Builder. Creating AIR projects with Flex BuilderIf you have not already done so, install AIR and Flex Builder 3.
Debugging AIR applications with Flex BuilderFlex Builder provides full debugging support for AIR applications. For more information about the debugging capabilities of Flex Builder, refer to Flex Builder Help.
The application launches and runs in the ADL application (the AIR Debugger Launcher). The Flex Builder debugger catches any breakpoints or runtime errors and you can debug the application like any other Flex application. You can also debug an application from the command line, using the AIR Debug Launcher command-line tool. For more information, see Using the AIR Debug Launcher (ADL). Packaging AIR applications with Flex BuilderWhen your application is complete and ready to be distributed (or tested running from the desktop), you package it into an AIR file. Packaging consists of the following steps:
Package an AIR application
Digitally signing your AIR applicationsBefore continuing with the Export Release Version, decide how you want to digitally sign your AIR application. You have several options. You can sign the application using a commercial code signing certificate, you can create and use a self-signed digital certificate, or you can choose to package the application now and sign it later. Digital certificates issued by certification authorities such as VeriSign, Thawte, GlobalSign, and ChosenSecurity assure your users of your identity as a publisher and verify that the installation file has not been altered since you signed it. Self-signed digital certificates serve the same purpose but they do not provide validation by a third party. You also have the option of packaging your AIR application without a digital signature by creating an intermediate AIR file (.airi). An intermediate AIR file is not valid in that it cannot be installed. It is instead used for testing (by the developer) and can be launched using the AIR ADT command-line tool. AIR provides this capability because in some development environments a particular developer or team handles signing. This practice insures an additional level of security in managing digital certificates. For more information about signing applications, see Digitally signing an AIR file. Digitally sign your AIR application
Create an intermediate AIR fileSelect Export an Intermediate AIRI File that will be Exported Later option. Click Finish to generate the intermediate file. After you have generated an intermediate AIR file, it can be signed using the ADT command-line tool (see Signing an AIR intermediate file with ADT). Create an AIR Library projectTo create an AIR code library for multiple AIR projects, create an AIR library project using the standard Flex library project wizard.
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