by the Adobe Platform Evangelism Team

Game of Flex

Game of Flex is now available on Android, iPad and BlackBerry tablets. It’s a 16 questions quizz about Flex development. If you correctly answer the quiz, you get a chance to win a copy of Flash Builder 4.6! We’ll give away one license per month! But Game of Flex is not only a game, it’s also a fantastic learning tool that showcases all the new features of Flex 4.6. At anytime you can discover the source code of the samples, and learn how to use the new Flex 4.6 components such as the DateSpinner or the ToggleSwitch component. If you’re familiar with Tour de Mobile Flex, then you should recognize the spirit of this application: test, showcase, learn and play.

Built with Flex 4.6, this cross-platform mobile application (same code for iOS, Android and BlackBerry tablets) showcases and explains…

  • How to access the camera of your tablet to take picture
  • How to display HTML pages inside your Flex application
  • How to use the BusyIndicator component
  • How to scroll lists with amazing performance
  • How to enable multi-touch
  • How to manage your views
  • How to use the accelerometer
  • How to access the local SQLite database
  • How to use geolocation
  • How to use native extensions
  • How to setup the new DateSpinner component
  • How to display callout popups
  • How to set up your software keyboard
  • How to declare spinner lists
  • How to display Toggle switches
Download “Game of Flex”
You can download “Game of Flex” on your tablets:
Direct links:
BlackBerry Playbook: soon
Get the source code of “Game of Flex”
If you want to learn how “Game of Flex” has been built, and get all the samples:
1) Download and install Flash Builder 4.6
2) Download the “FlexGame.fpx” project here : http://riagora.com/pvt_content/flexgame/FlexGame-source.fxp
3) Launch Flash Builder 4.6, select “File > Import a Flash Builder project” and select the FXP file.
Credits
The “Game of Flex” development has been leaded by Michaël Chaize (RIAgora.com) with the help of the Enterprise Evangelism team (Greg Wilson, Christophe Coenraets, Piotr Walczyszyn, Andy Trice, Ray Camden). Special thanks to Holly Schinsky who helped developing the samples and published a lot of tutorials on Flex 4.6. Thanks to James Ward who initiated the Tour de Mobile Flex project.