Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1 released

[FlashMove]

Finally, there's more to talk about the new Flash Lite 1.1 (http://macromedia.com/software/devices/products/flashlite).


ActionScript Extensions
Directly access phone-specific features and capabilities with ActionScript.

Network Access and Connectivity
Easily create dynamic, connected applications and user interfaces using LoadMovie and LoadVariable commands.

Additional Audio Support
Take advantage of new support for MP3, PCM, ADPCM, and SMAF audio formats.

SVG-T Playback
License a single solution that supports Flash as well as animations created using SVG-T.

More Feature (http://macromedia.com/software/devices/products/flashlite/productinfo/features)

[csritchie]

Thanks for keeping us informed, FlashMove.

c.s.

[dv8]

Is there a supporting cellphone list?

[dv8]

Nevermind, I see the list.
It would be nice if it was supported by a cellphone I could buy. Nearest cellphone I see is the i-mode, but that only works in Japan.

[maverick_xj]

hey ,
any idea if i could get my flash movies to play on my Nokia3660 , it uses the Symbian 6.0 OS

[P.O.W.]

In flash mx 2004 there are templates for many mobile phones like nokia 7650 (and this means all symbian phones...). But the player for them when will be released ???

Flash lite is only an extension for flash mx 2004 or what... but player installations where are?

[FrozenMedia]

The installations are there. The first Nokia (series 90) with Flash Lite 1.1 has been unveiled, soon to be sold.
http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,,65385,00.html

This is a good indication most, if not all future Nokias will have it pre-installed. I would definitely say the 3660 can have the Flash Player installed, yes.

Flash Player is available for Series 60, 90 (and other) platforms including Sony Ericsson, and it is currently in Beta testing stage to iron out those bugs and hopefully add in some features.

As for Flash Lite actually out there on mobile right now, T-Mobile in the UK provide it as part of a download for a T-Mobile portal application, i.e. the installer SIS is downloaded and includes the Flash Lite player ready for the symbian OS.

At time of writing:
You can only get the Flash Player if you are on the beta testing list, or with the Nokia 7710 or through T-Mobile in the UK. T

Rich

[biancahope]

It might seem like a really silly question but I just have to ask it! If I publish my flash application as Flash Lite 1.1, does that mean that it will work on a phone that has the player installed???I have the Flash MX Professional 2004 and I need to make a demo of a web service...
Thanks
Bianca

[FrozenMedia]

Yes it means it will work on a phone that has the Flash Lite player, or Flash Lite plug-in for it's web browser depending on the functionality required (such as full screen is only available when run in the player).

Rich

[biancahope]

:thanks: Thanks for the quick reply...Reading some more about the limitations of Flash lite, I start wondering if I can really integrate a web service, cuz I need to use text input fields, and I guess my code will be actionscript 2, and this is not supported... Do you have any suggestions for a suitable approach? Or perhaps could you direct me towards some examples.... :compu1:

[FrozenMedia]

You can only use loadVariables or getURL, so you'd have to write a serverside proxy script to access the Webservice, and it's all AS1 (mostly Flash 4 syntax) so no AS2 :(

Rich

[biancahope]

Hi Rich

I have a couple of questions more regarding Flash lite. I|ve been reading that it cannot support input text fields, how is the user expected to type in something then? Is there another alternative to forms? Can there be links to other flash files ? (e.g. result list links to a detail information flash)
Can Flash lite read values out of the HTTP-Header (used by the operator to submit location information)?Is it possible to have a bitmap and draw other bitmaps on it (e.g. a map image and the user can select point of interests to see on the map)? I know that it seems like a lot, but I have quite a short time to analyse the possibilities of creating a Flash application for a mobile phone that requires the user to enter a keyword and postcode in order to obtain a map and some detailed information....

Any thoughts appreciated...
Bianca

[FrozenMedia]

Hiya Bianca,

"I have a couple of questions more regarding Flash lite. I|ve been reading that it cannot support input text fields, how is the user expected to type in something then? "

You can use input textfields, with or without predictive text, the yellow _focusrect is supported also.

"Is there another alternative to forms? Can there be links to other flash files ? (e.g. result list links to a detail information flash)"

You can't use Forms in Flash Lite, those are just Flash 6/7. Unless you mean simple forms with textboxes etc. Macromedia supply Flash Lite components, checkboxes etc in the CDK which you can download online at:

http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/devices/flashlite.html

"Can Flash lite read values out of the HTTP-Header (used by the operator to submit location information)? "

I'm not sure what this means, Flash Lite can only do what Flash can in this respect. loadVariables, loadVariablesNum. No LoadVars tho. This means you'll have to set up 2 frame loops to check for results.

"Is it possible to have a bitmap and draw other bitmaps on it (e.g. a map image and the user can select point of interests to see on the map)?"

You can duplicateMovieClips to dynamically create movieclips (for example clips containing points, or other parts of a map. You can't use the drawing API.

e.g. duplicateMovieClip("/clip", "clip2", 1);
setProperty("/clip2", _x, 200);

"I know that it seems like a lot, but I have quite a short time to analyse the possibilities of creating a Flash application for a mobile phone that requires the user to enter a keyword and postcode in order to obtain a map and some detailed information...."

No prob, Flash Lite rocks! What you are suggesting is possible in one line:

loadMovie("http://www.yousite.com/getMap/php?postcode=" add _root.postcode, "/movieclip");(notice use of "add" for strings in Flash Lite, not +, + is for numbers only)

Rich

[biancahope]

Hi Rich

Thanks for the fast replies... Well, my text fields don't work, nor the loadvariables() cuz the mobile phone has Flash lite version 1.0 not 1.1....:-(And this one doesn't support them... It's quite frustrating....
:hammer:

Bianca

[FrozenMedia]

Ah that's a big shame, I've never done any Flash Lite 1.0 :( I thought it was Japan only you see.

Rich

[Sandro]

Hi there.

The company that I work for decided to produce mobile applications and I'm responsible to choose between J2ME and Flash Lite. Unfortunatelly I don't know anything about Flash Lite and I would like to know if it is possible to access the mobile contact list using flash lite. I need to read and write the contact list informations.

Please, could someone tell me if it is possible to do that?

Since now I thank you all.

Sandro.

[FrozenMedia]

Unfortunately Flash Lite does not have the privelidges to access the contact list,

Rich

[Sandro]

Thank you very much for your quick reply.

cheers.

[jopeman]

hello everyone..

Can you help me to install the flash.sis that i receive frome macromedia on my cp(Nokia 3650 series 60)...

Anyway does this flash.sis can run on any series 60 nokia phones.. for example nokia 7610 or 3660 and Nokia NGAge.. all of them have the same screen size, it has a width about 176 pixel and a height about 208 Pixel ..
Does these sizes matter?...

// cross post
And another.. I have a problem with the keypres "<Left>" ,"<Right>" "<Enter>" everytime i run the flash player.. output panel always telling me that a four way navigation is not supported or keypress with a wrap around is not supported... but when i play the game Rabbit Jump.. It was supported by all arrow keys even the enter key works on it..
can anybody please tell me what's going on with my flash...

on( press, keypress "<Left>" ) {
//statements....
}
on( press, keypress "<Right>" ) {
//statements....
}

that was the sample code i included in my project... I don't really know if i need to include something to make all the navigation work...

i hope you can respond to this as soon as possible, becasue i really need your suggestions ..


thanks a lot... ??? :weep: !puke!

[ingenious]

As for Flash Lite actually out there on mobile right now, T-Mobile in the UK provide it as part of a download for a T-Mobile portal application, i.e. the installer SIS is downloaded and includes the Flash Lite player ready for the symbian OS.
Hi, what's exactly the name of the application, do you know it?

And I don't really understand why the Flash Lite player for mobiles is a commercial application and the PC version is freeware? How can a runtime platform ever be a commercial application, I really don't get it?!?

PHP, Perl, Python, Java VM, .NET Framework - all these are free-to-redistribute, why does a small flash player for mobile phones have to be a commercial application?

[FrozenMedia]

@jopeman, the FlashPlayer you have been sent is locked to your specific IMEI number, so it will only work on that one particular handset, but yes, in general, all series 60 devices work equally. BE careful as someone has created a virus called Flash.SIS which will completely screw your phone up, unless you get the Flash Player in an email from Macromedia, it is a fake! Also just ignore the warning messages in Flash and test it on your handset too just to make sure.

As for installing the SIS, you will have to transfer the SIS to your mobile via bluetooth or datacable, then run (open it) it using Symbians File Explorer.

@ingenious, the application is the News Express service. Basically Macromedia are choosing to go for a licensing route rather than making the player free. Samsung have already licensed the FlashLite player for their new phones, T-Mobile have done the same. So it seems only big companies like Service Operators and Phone manafacturers will really provide the Flash Lite Player. This isn't too much of a problem, as for anyone writing J2ME games, you can't distribute the Java runtime for a mobile phone, you just have to hope they have it (which 90% do), so the same should happen with Flash Lite, eventually most handsets will have it, making it commercially viable to develop for.

Rich

[jopeman]

hi anyone i had encountered a problem about write2file.sis on n3650 and also when i install flash.sis the device prompt me it said.. "Installation security warning unable to verify supplier" but i install it anyway.. and then when i try to play my swf file, the device prompt me that the swf file is an unknown format.. but i already install the flash.sis.. I hope for a quick response because i need this tommorow for our product demo in our school, and i'm using flashlite for my thesis.. my success defends on your answers and suggestions . does the version of series 60 dependent on installing flash.sis example Nokia 7610 v 09.. can i use the flashlite on it.

and another

why is it that FExplorer and flash.sis cannot read my inbox and the file where my swf file was located.. I install the flash.sis on my device and then when i try to play my swf file in my device it said that it's an unknown format.. so i browse the forum and i found out that i need to install the FExplorer.. so I install it and then again i failed to even open the folder where my swf file was located... the swf file that i created works on the device of my friend.. but i wonder why i didn't worked for my device... my device is n3650. it has a flash.sis and Fexplorer.sis .. but i can not open the file folder.. can you please tell me the correct installation of flash.sis and fexplorer.sis.. and correct traportation of swf file from my pc to my handset... hoping for a quick response....



what is the packaging of .sis files.. do i need to use another language to package everything just to run my swf file on my device.... i thought when you install flash.sis.. it run the swf file on a mobile device and know that i install it correctly and then i found out that i need to install Fexplorer and then when i install it i found out that i need to package the .sis files .. what is this all about.. I'm really disappointed tonight.. once again i need a quick response from anyone who is awake in the middle of this gloomy night........ please answer my call... i'm getting insane....

and by the way how am i going to transfer my swf file from one folder to another from for example inbox folder to the folder inside the flash logo(on my handset)..


thanks.

[FrozenMedia]

Where did you get Flash.SIS from? Yes you can use FlashLite on a series 60 Nokia 7610.

Rich

[jopeman]

hello mr frozen media
I got it from mr. bill perry.... I hope your still there to answer some questions that i added earlier..

and by the way do you have a time to chat with me a this moment... i hope you have.. this is my yM id spam_berr @yahoo.com ,,, i hope you have an account on yahoo.. i really need to check my swf files and everything ...

[FrozenMedia]

I'm sorry I dont :( but you can send them to rleggett@gmail.com and I'll provide feedback?

Rich

[jopeman]

yes i got it thanks to everyone.. i never knew that i need to update the version of my handset to version 1.0 or higher to run flash lite player on my device.. I hope my experience will serve us a lesson to everyone.. old version of NOkia series 60 like version .9 can not run flash lite player, to change its version proceed to this link

links to my post in macromedia about this topic
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=472&threadid=950313&enterthread=y

link to a nokia forum where you can download the pdf about nokia series 60

http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/1,6566,040,00.html?fsrParam=2-3-/main.html&fileID=5535

link about symbian os

http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=472&threadid=952160&enterthread=y

link to download fExplorer to make your handset like a computer desktop...

http://www.newlc.com/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=22&debut_page=10

[ahmdenany]

thnx very much