Adobe AIR will usher in plenty of new apps and games for Android shortly

October 8, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

An Adobe AIR evangelist told attendees at the Big TX BBQ that Adobe Air would be available in the Android Market October 8, 2010. I’m looking at my calendar, and what do you know, he was telling the truth.

Adobe AIR for Android is now available. It’s important to note that AIR is just a foundation for the good stuff that’s slated to come later. Just like on the desktop, it’s merely there as a plug-in tool required to run apps made for it. For instance, Tweetdeck desktop is built on AIR and users must have both installed to work.

I’ve been testing AIR for about a week and I’m intrigued about what type of games and apps we can expect now that it’s available on Android. This will open up the platform to a world of developers who have experience with AIR but not much with Android. I anticipate a rush of new games to play in the future. I’ve been playing a couple of simple games that are just tests, but one particular game, Cognicube, has had me interested since May. Cognicube makes a Rubik cube 2D and requires that users solve the classic puzzle in a new format. The game should debut next week and I can’t wait to see the final version.

Here’s a quick video showing some test applications, including Cognicube. For more information on the app, stay tuned to this link.

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4 Comments

wraith404 says:

October 8, 2010 at 3:25 pm

Some serious space management needs to be sorted out first. None of the major developers seem to care about SD support (Qik is huge at 9MB, Adobe flash and Air are enormous weighing in at like 12 and 15MB respectively, Skype is 14MB and none allow move to SD) . There's simply no room left for games, most of which so far don't support SD either (like a game needs on boot or constant background run support). Sure, I can root and use a custom rom with apps2sd, but that's not a widely acceptable solution. The captive memory vs SD storage capacity issue is no where near solved, the SD support with froyo is a joke at best. Most of the few apps I have that allow it don't even move half their usage. My N1 is nearly full, and I'd say is saves me at best 20MB.
Ed Clark says:

October 11, 2010 at 4:07 pm

Agreed. My poor N1 is filled to the max, and I have been uninstalling apps (including paid ones) again. This is why I rooted my G1 to begin with–people need to be able to use the SD card for apps. If only the developers would make it happen en masse.
Brenton says:

October 12, 2010 at 3:15 pm

Thanks for the preview, Andrew! Cognicube is now live in the Android Market. You can download it here: http://www.appsforartists.com/get_app/cognicube/ I welcome you all to try it. Please let me know what you think.
choder says:

October 12, 2010 at 10:24 pm

*will usher in a heap of new vulnerabilities.

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