Adobe unveils Adobe Flash Builder 4.5, Flex 4.5

BANGALORE, INDIA: Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced new tooling and framework support in Flash Builder 4.5 and Flex 4.5.

According to the release, Flash Builder 4.5 helps developers to develop, test and deploy mobile applications on Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS and iOS platforms.

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Another tool Flex 4.5, an open source framework, includes new support for building mobile applications for Android, and support for BlackBerry Tablet OS and iOS platforms is expected in June 2011 added the release.

The company claims that the new approach in mobile development enables developers to leverage a single tool chain, programming language and code base to easily create applications across mobile platforms improving performance while reducing development time and cost of delivery.

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“With these releases, developers for the first time have a single development platform for building highly expressive Web, mobile, and desktop applications, marking a leap forward for mobile app development,” said Ed Rowe, vice president of development tooling, Adobe.

“Flash Builder 4.5 and Flex 4.5 will now allow companies to standardize on a common platform capable of delivering rich and consistent application experiences that perform great across Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS and iOS devices,” added Ed Rowe.

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The release further added that Flash Builder 4.5 accelerates the development of Flex and ActionScript projects, including new round-trip workflows with Adobe Flash Catalyst CS 5.5 software that allow designers and developers to work in parallel throughout application development.

Flash Catalyst CS5.5

Flash Catalyst CS5.5 features a new round-trip workflow with Flash Builder 4.5 allowing designers and developers to work in parallel. Now designers can open, make changes and save Flex projects that were created or previously edited in Flash Builder, leading to faster delivery of applications.

Additionally, designers can rapidly prototype user interfaces for resizable Flex based websites and applications with new components, craft more precise and expressive transitions and effects, and efficiently design developer-built custom components.