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Asked: 2026-05-20T15:18:04+00:00

I’ve been looking for some some answers about Adobe AIR in its current version

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I’ve been looking for some some answers about Adobe AIR in its current version and I’m wondering if any of you could let me know if I can do all these things with an Adobe AIR app, since I know they have their limitations:

  • Sit in the system tray in Windows and as a small icon in the top-most bar in OS X while running in the background? Will this require different programming to support both platforms?

  • While being in the background, be notified of which app gets the focus and when? Ideally, I would also get the name of the document, URL of the website (if we’re on a browser with tabs) that has the focus, etc. I’m trying to build a tool similar to RescueTime, that tells you how much time you spent on each app or website.

  • Have a specific system-wide hotkey (like Alt+Space) that when pressed, the app comes up into focus (from being in the background)?

  • Show notifications (Growl-style unintrusive popups) for specific events?

  • Being notified when the system gets inactive (screensaver pops up, users “sleeps” computer, etc)

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  1. Editorial Team
    1. Yes, system tray is supported in unified way
    2. No, AIR has no knowledge of other applications.
    3. No global hotkey support
    4. Yes
    5. No

    AIR isn’t created with system programming in mind, it has web roots. Items 2, 3 and 5 could be done with native helper, but this require system programming for each target platform.

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