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Asked: 2026-05-17T01:20:08+00:00

From a developer’s point of view, are there other differences between Flash and AIR

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From a developer’s point of view, are there other differences between Flash and AIR to take into account, apart from the certificate and AIR not supporting ActionScript 2.0?

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    Well, the obvious difference is that AIR runs on your desktop and not in the browser. The AIR runtime ( what your swf runs inside when it is an AIR app ) also provides you with more access to the user’s computers.

    This is not a comprehensive list, but here are a few features that AIR has that the normal flash player doesn’t:

    • local file system access
    • sqlite database classes
    • webkit integration ( for displaying
      html )
    • native drag and drop
    • clipboard
    • open external apps from within your air

    AIR apps can be built w/ pure ActionScript, Flex, JavaScript & HTML.

    Here you can find the complete ActionScript Language Reference for AIR 2.0.:
    http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/index.html?filter_air=2

    Note that any class with the AIR icon next to it is AIR only. This should be a good way for you to see what is unique to AIR.

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