
pkg Installation Support: Deploying Flash Player and keeping it up to date is a critical task for system administrators worldwide. Mac OS X 10.9 Support: We have tested against the latest developer releases of OS X 10.9 and are ensuring that Flash Player continues to perform as expected. XXHDPI (144x144) Icon Support - Android: With this feature we have added support for beautiful, high resolution icons on devices such as the Nexus 10. List of Stage APIs which may throw the error 3768 - The Stage3D API may not be used during background execution". It's recommended to not make rendering calls while app is executing in background as its important to utilize the mobile resources judicially. However no error will be thrown on Android, as Android native apps are allowed to make OpenGLES calls in background. AIR iOS runtime will throw an error if OpenGLES calls are made in background. With this feature, we would be allowing AIR mobile apps to execute in background when renderMode direct is set. Android does not restrict applications from either making OpenGLES in the background or other background task (like audio playback). Applications which attempt to make OpenGL calls in the background are terminated by the iOS. iOS does not allow OpenGLES/rendering calls in the background. Due to this restriction, Stage3D based apps are not able to execute background tasks like audio playback, location updates, network upload/download etc. Support for background execution in Direct render mode - iOS and Android: Presently AIR on iOS and Android does not support background execution when render mode direct is set. The feature is in development and there are a few known issues. This will work only with swf-version 22 (namespace 3.9) or later. Mobile Workers (concurrency) - Android: Workers APIs are now supported for Android. Overall, users will likely be impressed with Adobe AIR's ease of use and the impressive looking apps that are being created for it. It is possible that Adobe AIR might give you some errors, particularly when it comes to installing new apps. Some of these innovations include a Google Analytics reporting suite, a Twitter desktop client and a movie directory tool.

All you have to do is take a quick peek at Adobe's Showcase Gallery to see just exactly what's being developed for Adobe AIR. These types of programs also use very little memory, generally launch quickly and possess very slick looking animations and graphics. These can be run straight from your desktop, which is highly convenient. If you're a general Mac user, Adobe AIR gives you access to new and exciting rich internet applications (RIA).
