Adobe AIR Reviews & Product Details

Adobe Air makes it simple to deploy rich apps and games to a wide variety of platforms using an identical code base. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adobe dropped support for the Air SDK some time ago, leaving it up to the open-source community to maintain. This is not bad per se, but it means that the future development of the SDK and its cross-platform support is not completely certain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- ability to design and code at the same time using Animate CC IDE

- Combines creative visual UI with a strong, mature and powerful as3 syntax which is very approachable

- AIR SDK is updated every month with new, exciting capabilities addressing the latest versions of Android and iOS operating systems

- Adobe AIR native extensions (ANE) allow you to easily tap into the Android / iOS hardware features with a single codebase (check out Distriqt Air Native Extensions)

- Great solution for any type of deliverable from high end gaming to basic business apps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Adobe’s promotion of AIR

- Association with Flash browser technology (Its not the same thing!)

- comparisons to inferior html wrapped applications

- lack of understanding from developer community Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The 2d to 3d features of AIR really paid of the cost for the investment we made back in those days. The GPU based rendering also is a great feature of AIR. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Installation and pre-configuration is a problem with this suite. Especially amongst large deverloper workforce. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

-Adobe AIR is an easy excellent option for any user especially when building different Applications with high performance, which can be supported on various platforms like Windows, Androids, Mac and others.

-Amazing ability to manage multiple Windows opening, Window resizing, Window maximizing and also Window minimizing, and the tool does not require a specific computer specification to handle the tool and other supported Applications required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

-Not much i can recall to dislike about this tool with an amazing capabilities to develop other various Apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adobe Air is the way to go for 2D and 3D content development. Trust me when I say that I have been using this software and it is incredibly awesome. Not only is so good for creating the best 3D game versions, it is easier for me to use and developing the prototypes is just enjoyable and easy as 123. Apart from all the above, I found it very easy to integrate some related software with Adobe Bridge. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have really not had so many issues with Adobe Air however, due to its great number of features, a new user may get confused but also it is used to running on my device even when I do not know that it is running and that slows my device at times. Another not so big problem is that Adobe Air may be a little confusing for some developers who are not well used to it because of its highly flavored language feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like the most is that I can type out papers and use it without wifi. Sometimes, I may be travelling with no wifi so it is perfect to complete your tasks and perfect to save data then it is there when the wifi comes back on as well. It is a helpful program to use to save and store documents in like a drive which is the best thing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I dislike is that the program sometimes does not save immediatley and so I might accidentally exit out of the installer and the data I typed out is gone. So, that is one thing I need to be careful of when I use this Adobe. Other than that, it is a simple, easy application to use for all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I currently use adobe air to help create desktop applications at work. This program comes in handy when trying to make them crossplatform compatible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has a very steep learning curve at the start. It really takes a while and a lot of training and effort to get good at using the product. However, it becomes rather easy once you learn what you need to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

With a single code base I build complex applications for iOS, Android, Window and PC. My apps run great at native speed. I have several in all the different app stores. And whats great is, as soon as a new device or app store becomes available, Adobe Air will be quick to create publish options for that too, allowing me to use the same code for past projects to be the first to the new platforms. Also, Airs drawing and vector capabilities can't be beat, for all the different screen resolutions this is a game changer. Actionscript is an awesome object oriented language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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- Targeting iOS, Android, PC and Mac OS X with the same code base, with ANEs to target platform specific functionality as required. There are off the shelf ANEs for almost anything, but you can write your own (or get someone like me to do so) if there's something else you really need.

- Choice of IDE. I use FlashDevelop (which is free, and fantastic) and do everything in code, you can go the Adobe route with Animate CC if you want a graphical IDE.

- Being able to do nearly everything from a PC, including building for iOS. For example, you can build and debug directly on an iOS device - yes, debugging on an iPhone from a PC. You still need a Mac to build for OS X, and for submitting to the app store. I use Xamarin as well and in comparison the build process for iOS is a long slow joke.

- Performance is excellent - you have to write decent code of course! You can run multiple threads, although the implementation is a little awkward at first.

- Regular updates of the AIR runtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- As others have said, Adobe's promotion (or lack thereof) of AIR is less than great. I think the (inaccurate) association with Flash is still a problem. Many reviews of cross-platform development tools ignore AIR altogether (while espousing the virtues of less capable tools).

- The general lack of recognition of AIR from the developer community, which may in the long run be self-fulfilling. I think many developers are unaware of AIR's capabilities, or think it's Flash, or are put off by the Flash association. For example, some people seem to think that Apple won't accept apps written with AIR which is completely untrue.Having said all that there is still an enthusiastic (but comparatively small) developer community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It allows me to cross platform my flash ads fairly easily with little to no glitching. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the fact that at times there are hiccups in the software that casue certain aspects to freeze up while it's running in the background. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.