Adobe AIR Development

[illuzioner]

Hi,

I've encountered a bunch of errors while trying to get this deployed on the simulator, most of them addressed by other posters.  I'm using the 0.9.3 Beta simulator version.

However, now I have this issue I can't find the answer to. 

Flash Builder doesn't launch the app.  The following appears in the console:

Using default icon: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Flash Builder 4\sdks\blackberry-tablet-sdk-0.9.2\bin\..\samples\icons\blackberry-tablet-default-icon.png
Package created: C:\Development\Mobile\PuzzletsPlaybook/PromoAppPlaybook.bar
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx1024M
Sending Install and Launch request...
Error: Username or password is invalid or not specified or time on the device is out of sync

I have tried this setting FB to use the Playbook password, and not to use it, and both ways fail.

How do I fix this?  The Playbook has to have a pw, but I can't launch my app.

Also, I'm using VM Player as the simulator host, should the Playbook be running in the simulator or is it launched by FB?  I've tried it both ways to no avail.

Thanks!

[JRab · Accepted solution]

hey,

it seems that you are using the newer sim but older SDK. try updating your Tablet OS AIR SDK and then try deploying again. using mismatched versions has led to errors in the past.

here is the link to the newest SDK:

http://us.blackberry.com/developers/tablet/adobe.jsp

good luck!

[illuzioner]

Thank you for the reply.  It's curious since I had updated both, but I guess my SDK was still a bit behind.

Just a simple question:  Do our apps need an exit button or is something on the Playbook?

Thanks!

[JRab]

hey,

it is not required that your app have an exit button. users are able to exit your application by swiping up from the bottom bezel and "minimize" your app. after that the user can exit out simply by swiping (or flicking) your minimized app up or (maybe) clicking the close button. i say maybe on the close button because i've seen some videos with and without it on minimized apps. this will be standard for all apps so im not worried about putting a specific button into my app. hope that helps! good luck!

btw did you get your original problem solved? i wasnt sure if you had figured out how to update your SDK.

[dooglehead]

To close apps, you swipe up from the bezel.  Then you would either swipe up again or click the "x" in the upper-right corner of the minimized app.

Edit: nevermind.  I see that JRab just answered that for you. 

[jtegen]

I have exit buttons on all my apps, but I plan to revisit that once I get the PB and see how it really feels in closing apps that way.  I'm not tight for real estate, but future enhancement may need that space.

[illuzioner]

Thank you, yes, reinstalling the SDK fixed the issue.  It took multiple installs on both the SDK and the simulator, but at last it works.

Thanks again!

[JRab]

ahh glad you got it working. a lot of people (me included) got stuck after installing over an older SDK version. there's an extra step required when updating so wasnt sure. good luck with the rest of your development!

[peter9477]

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JRab wrote:

i say maybe on the close button because i've seen some videos with and without it on minimized apps.

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Actually the close widget has probably been on all the apps you've seen, but you just didn't notice that in some builds (the more recent ones maybe?) they moved it down so it's appended to the app title, below the bitmap, instead of overlaid in the upper right corner of the bitmap.  It's probably better that way as it won't obscure the image at all.

[JRab]

hey peter,

i've actually seen them near the bottom of the app, but they stopped using them after a while and just flick up nowadays. i assumed they might have did away with it so wasnt sure. the little 'x' is hard to make out i guess haha