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Asked: 2026-05-29T09:57:07+00:00

I was looking into creating iOS-apps (especially for the iPad) with the Adobe-Flex framework.

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I was looking into creating iOS-apps (especially for the iPad) with the Adobe-Flex framework. It looks very promising to code apps this way.

Is it possible to create own controls/widgets? In the far future I might want to create my own kind of gantt-calender or whatever. Is something like this possible and are there any good tutorials/book out there?

Thanks in advance!

UPDATE: I want to create iOS Components that I can use in Flex. Controls, that are not aviable by default in Flex. Is that possible? By derivating or something?

UPDATE 2: In the meanwhile I found FlexLib to be useful. How hard is it to create stuff like this on your own? Especially for mobile devices. Are there any good tutorials, books, etc. out there?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, you can create your own Controls in Flex. They are commonly called Components. I suggest you start by reading the Flex Docs on how to do so. There are also plenty of other resources out there. One is a screencast series that I created for The Flex Show. Here is episode 1.

    You had asked:

    How hard is it to create stuff like this on your own?

    It depends on what the component wants to do. The commercial components we’ve built at http://www.flextras.com have taken from three to twelve months to build. Our Calendar is built from scratch, but most of the other components extend existing Flex Framework components.

    The Flextras stuff are architected for reuse. A “single use” component for a specific app can be built in 1 hour [and up].

    Once again, the purpose of a component will affect how long it takes to build.

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