Adobe AIR / Adobe AIR SDK 51.1.2.2

Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system runtime that enables developers to package the same code into native apps for iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet, and other Android devices, reaching the mobile app stores for over 500 million devices.

It allows developers to use their existing web development skills in HTML, AJAX, Flash, and Flex to build and deploy rich Internet apps to the desktop.

Once installed Adobe AIR Applications complement browser-based web applications by providing additional reach and capabilities.

The app offers an exciting new way to engage customers with innovative, branded desktop applications, without requiring changes to existing technology, people, or processes.

Adobe AIR empowers businesses to create branded, desktop-based rich internet applications (RIAs) that foster deeper customer connections. By enabling content to seamlessly transition between browsers, standalone applications, and native operating systems, AIR facilitates consistent and engaging experiences across various digital touchpoints. This flexibility allows businesses to reach users on their preferred devices, enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Since the Adobe runtimes share a common codebase, developers can reuse code to deploy game console quality 2D and 3D games, rich media applications with premium high-definition video, and scalable date-driven applications through Adobe AIR.

Adobe AIR Features:

Deliver console-quality games:

• Stage 3D. Build stunning, blazing-fast cinematic 2D and 3D games for the browser, iOS, and Android. Use fully accelerated GPU rendering, which leverages the power of OpenGL and DirectX graphics.
• Concurrency. Create high-performance, more responsive games and content using ActionScript workers and shared ByteArray support. Share memory and leverage machine resources by offloading tasks to concurrent background workers (AIR desktop apps only).
• Extensibility. Developers can integrate native, platform-specific code into their applications through AIR Native Extensions. Adobe Game Developer Tools offers a suite of free native libraries to enhance development capabilities.

Produce stunning media:

• HD-quality video. Play high-quality HD video with industry-standard codecs such as H.264, AAC, and MP3. Use GPU hardware optimization and chipsets that scale across all platforms to provide best-in-class video performance.
• High quality of service. Engage viewers with an optimized and adaptive bitrate video streaming comprehensive feature set. Support for streaming standards such as HDS and RTMP ensures efficient and flexible delivery of video content across various networks and CDN configurations.
• Content protection. Deliver protected premium video content using Adobe Access, which supports various business models, including video on demand, live broadcasts, HD rentals, subscriptions, and electronic sell-through.

Develop high-performance apps:

• Optimized content. Deliver high-performance apps using LZMA compression APIs, a garbage collection API, texture compression support for Stage 3D, and more.
• Enhanced rendering. Provides low-level Stage3D APIs for advanced rendering in apps. Explore a new architecture for high-performance 2D/3D GPU hardware accelerated graphics rendering by Adobe.
• Advanced Bitmap Control. Achieve smoother animations and more responsive interactions with enhanced high-resolution bitmap support, caching bitmap, and asynchronous bitmap decoding.