Bind Array in AS 3.0 – Can we do it?

No we can’t.

We all have loved Arraycollection so much that we almost forget about Array.

All those push() and pop() methods got obsolete against addItem() and removeItem().

Even I also got stumbled upon when one of my friend ask me about this.

Offcourse, ArrayCollection is much more developer friendly. So better to stick to that. :)

GIF animation in AIR

To display the GIF animation in an air application here is a way to embed in an HTML component.

First of all create a HTML component object on your desired event. I have placed itunder creationComplete();

public function loadImage():void{
     var cuteDog:HTML = startAnimation("assets/images/dog.gif");
     cuteDog.height = 80;
     cuteDog.width = 80;
     parentContainer.addElement(cuteDog);
}

“startAnimation” function will trigger the do the trick here.

public function startAnimation(url:String):HTML
{
     var gifLoader:HTML = new HTML();
     gifLoader.location=url;
     gifLoader.reload();
     return gifLoader;
}

Just set the desired height and width for the HTML component and its parent component. Finally call the addElement() to add in application.