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Box2D for Flash Games review

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:30:00 +0000

A couple of months ago I got given a copy of the Box2D for Flash Games eBook from Packt publishing to review. I had been very busy over the last couple of months, so had no time to read through the...

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Custom fonts in Edge Animate

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:46:00 +0000

In Edge Animate you can add custom font in your projects. Firstly, you need to convert your font file (TrueType or OpenType) into web fonts (.ttf, .otf, .woff, or .svg). You can use fontsquirrel.com...

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Edge Animate with Greensock JS

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:27:00 +0000

It is possible to use the Greensock JS tweening engine with Edge Animate. Firstly, you need to download the zip file from greensock.com. Once the file has been downloaded you need to unzip the file...

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Loop animations in Edge Animate

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:53:00 +0000

The Edge Animate timeline does not play in a continual loop like it does in Adobe Flash. The playhead in Edge stops when it reaches the end of the timeline. However, there is an easy solution....

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Add dynamic symbols on stage with Edge Animate

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:43:00 +0000

I have been playing around with Edge Animate and have tried to add symbols dynamically on the stage. It took some time to get through the documentation and to get it working, so this post is for...

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Actionscript 3 and Twitter API

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:53:00 +0000

Many posts I have read online regarding Actionscript 3 and the Twitter API use a PHP proxy to bypass the Flash player's cross domain security restrictions. This approach works, but another way to...

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Twitter tweet callback in Javascript

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:49:00 +0000

I was recently trying to callback a function after tweeting a message using Twitter’s web intents. The web intents are popup displays that give the ability to interact with Twitter content without...

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VideoTexture with Away3D 4

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:19:00 +0000

I previously wrote a post on the VideoMaterial with Away3D 3.6 I will now write an update with Away3D 4. In Away3D 4, the creation of a Plane primitive is a little different to 3.6. The primitive...

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Check Cube face click in Away3D

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:39:00 +0000

I was trying to figure out how to check which side of the cube was being clicked in Away3D 3.6. I have a Cube primitive with a different colour material on each face of the Cube. The mouse down event...

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Multi texture cube with Away3D 4

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:19:00 +0000

I wrote a post about adding a different texture to the faces of a cube with Away3DLite back in January. I came across a similar post the other day. The author has written a class that adds a...

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Phone call in Air Android

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:16:00 +0000

Air for Android has the ability to integrate mobile services. I will be showing an example of how make phone calls using the ‘tel:’ protocol with Actionscript 3. The method used for making a phone...

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Geolocation in AIR Android

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:54:00 +0000

Geolocation is a feature in AIR Android that provides the GPS mobile location using the Geolocation and GeolocationEvent classes. To use this feature you need to check the ‘ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION’...

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Load XML / JSON files in JQuery

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:26:00 +0000

I have posted code snippets of loading XML and JSON files in Jquery as a quick reference. Loading XML can be written using the ajax() function or the shorten get() function. I will firstly provide...

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Call Javascript function from Actionscript 3

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 21:34:00 +0000

In this quick tip I will use the ExternalInterface class to call a Javascript function using Actionscript 3. The ExternalInterface class enables communication between Actionscript and the SWF file...

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Image sequence mouse over in AS3

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:19:00 +0000

I was recently asked to create a mouse over image sequence where a different image would be shown based on the x mouse position. The images are a collection of 60 time lapse stills. I have used the...

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Auto orientation in AIR Android

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:44:00 +0000

Auto orientation is a feature in AIR Android that changes the orientation of the screen when the device is physically rotated. To use this feature you need to firstly check the ‘Auto orientation’...

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Drawing app in Air Android

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:48:00 +0000

In this tutorial I will create a simple AIR for Android drawing app with Actionscript 3. I have previously created a drawing lines tutorial some time ago which uses the mouse events. I will be using...

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Multitouch API for Air Android

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:16:00 +0000

Android apps can handle multi-touch events such a finger gestures, finger presses and finger swipes. There are two main events for Multitouch API: touch and gesture. Firstly, touch events are...

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Toggle switch button in Actionscript 3

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:47:00 +0000

In this tutorial I will create a Toggle switch button in Actionscript 3. The button will change between the on and off states when clicked. There are two ways you can make this toggle effect. The...

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Quickbox2D collision detection

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:39:00 +0000

In this quick post I will provide code for Quickbox2D collision detection in Actionscript 3. Firstly, I will detect the collision between two circle objects and trace a message when the contact...

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Spinning animation in Flash

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:03:00 +0000

I was recently asked to create a spinning animation in Flash with Flash Player 9. I have previously created a spinning animation by tweening the rotationY property with the TweenLite class in Flash...

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Actionscript 3 VideoLoader in full screen mode

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:19:00 +0000

The native FLVPlayback component in Flash has a feature called ‘Fullscreen Takeover’ which puts the FLVPlayback component into fullscreen mode and also moves it to the top of the displaylist. The...

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Catching a Sneaky Indian plagiariser

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:32:00 +0000

I was looking for interesting Flash/Actionscript videos on YouTube when I came across a video uploaded on the 27/5/12 (7 days ago) called "How to make a Play Stop Sound Toggle Button using...

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Wrong wmode value in Starling

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:23:00 +0000

A common issue that occurs when you have not set the wmode attribute in the HTML page is the following message "This application is not correctly embedded (wrong wmode value)". The solution is...

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Drag and drop in AS3 Starling

noreply@blogger.com (iliketo) — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:33:00 +0000

In this quick post I will provide code for dragging and dropping in the Starling framework for Actionscript 3. I will be using the native Quad as an example. Here is my Main and Game class. package...

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