O arquivo descritor do aplicativo é um documento XML com a seguinte estrutura:
<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/3.0"> <allowBrowserInvocation>...<allowBrowserInvocation> <android> <colorDepth>...</colorDepth> <manifestAdditions <manifesto>...</manifesto> ]]> </manifestAdditions </android> <copyright>...</copyright> customUpdateUI>...</ <description> <text xml:lang="...">...</text> </description> <extensions> <extensionID>...</extensionID> </extensions> <filename>...</filename> <fileTypes> <fileType> <contentType>...</contentType> <description>...</description> <extension>...</extension> <icon> <imageNxN>...</imageNxN> </icon> <name>...</name> </fileType> </fileTypes> <icon> <imageNxN>...</imageNxN> </icon> <id>...</id> <initialWindow> <aspectRatio>...</aspectRatio> <autoOrients>...</autoOrients> <content>...</content> <depthAndStencil>...</depthAndStencil> <fullScreen>...</fullScreen> <height>...</height> <maximizable>...</maximizable> <maxSize>...</maxSize> <minimizable>...</minimizable> <minSize>...</minSize> <renderMode>...</renderMode> <requestedDisplayResolution>...</requestedDisplayResolution> <resizable>...</resizable> <softKeyboardBehavior>...</softKeyboardBehavior> <systemChrome>...</systemChrome> <title>...</title> <transparent>...</transparent> <visible>...</visible> <width>...</width> <x>...</x> <y>...</y> </initialWindow> <installFolder>...</installFolder> <iPhone> <Entitlements>...</Entitlements> <InfoAdditions>...</InfoAdditions> <requestedDisplayResolution>...</requestedDisplayResolution> <forceCPURenderModeForDevices>...</forceCPURenderModeForDevices> <externalSwfs>...</externalSwfs> </iPhone> <name> <text xml:lang="...">...</text> </name> <programMenuFolder>...</programMenuFolder> <publisherID>...</publisherID> <supportedLanguages>...</supportedLanguages> <supportedProfiles>...</supportedProfiles> <versionNumber>...</versionNumber> <versionLabel>...</versionLabel> </application>