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Mobile Flash - Introduction
With the advent of Flash Lite 3.0 mobile phones now have access to desktop Flash content. This means that most Flash content for Flash Player 8 (or Flash Player 9 with ActionScript 2.0) works with Flash Lite 3.0 enabled devices.
Flash Lite 3.0 supports both Flash content in a web browser and stand-alone Flash. A stand-alone Flash Lite application is a Flash application that runs in the Flash Lite player on a mobile device. Flash Lite applications can gain access to more powerful mobile specific features, such as the vibrating alert and dialler. Additionally, you can through S60 platform services, you can access device specific features, such as GPS and contacts.
However, the size, performance, controls, and memory limitations of mobile devices mean that special consideration must be paid to Flash content to make it fully mobile compliant. With a few changes most Flash content works perfectly on a mobile device, running inside a mobile web browser or as a standalone application.
If you want to find out more about the developing of Flash applications for mobile devices, Forum Nokia offers resources covering general information this aspect. Additionally, there you can find training material and resources on how to access advanced platform specific functions, such as GPS, contacts, calendars, and media. Visit Forum Nokia Flash pages
This module provides an outline developing Flash content for mobile devices. This includes a hands-on tutorial to adapting a desktop Flash Restaurant Finder for use on a mobile device. Along the way you add some mobile device specific features, such as automatic number dialling and GPS location finding.
