Chapter 14: Extending Adobe Animate
In the previous chapter, we built a working application in ActionScript that interacts with native filesystems through the use of Adobe AIR on desktop and mobile.
This chapter concludes our book with an exploration of a set of options available to extend Adobe Animate. We can extend Animate through the creation and execution of custom in-app tutorials and will walk through how to accomplish this screen by screen. We can also use a JavaScript API, JavaScript for Flash (JSFL), to automate actions in the user interface (UI) or make use of the Custom Platform Support Development Kit (CPSDK) to extend the power of Animate to new platforms.
After reading this chapter, you'll be able to perform the following functions:
- Build custom in-app tutorials that can be executed and navigated within Animate itself.
- Extend Animate processes and actions through the use of the internal JSFL scripting language.
- Gain an understanding of the...
