Comments on: Loading in local external assets into an Air app

By: Robert Eaglestone

Robert Eaglestone — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:00:48 +0000

Looks like you could also specify a path relative to the AIR executable by prefixing “app:” to the URL. Reference:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/devappshtml/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7fe4.html#WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7db4

By: jl

jl — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:45:04 +0000

Figured it out:

function testPlay (event:MouseEvent):void { var file:File = File.documentsDirectory.resolvePath("myVoice.mp3"); var trade:URLRequest = new URLRequest(file.url) var snd:Sound = new Sound(trade); snd.play(); }

By: jl

jl — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:26:49 +0000

I've saved a .mp3 into:

var myfilename:File = File.documentsDirectory; myfilename = myfilename.resolvePath("myVoice.mp3");

I keep getting stream errors when trying to reference the file and play the .mp3 as a new Sound.

Any suggestions?

By: Erik

Erik — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:08:26 +0000

Corey,

I actually haven’t done anything with Air. I thought I was going to almost two years ago, and came across this problem and solution. But, as it turned it, the Flash project never needed to be turned into an Air app. So this blog post just about sums up everything I know about Air :)

Erik

By: Corey B

Corey B — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:20:01 +0000

Erik, thanks for posting the code snippets. Did you have a hard time learning Adobe Air when you first sat down to take a crack at it?

~ Corey B

By: chris

chris — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:28:41 +0000

Help!

My URLLoader/URLRequest methods work fine when in AIR Launcher mode - but when I try on my device it fails... giving me this message over the remote debug session:

"...text=Error #2032: Stream Error. URL: app:/assets/xml/projects.xml"

I've even tried changing my code to use the File.applicationDirectory approach .... and while that works in the AIR Launcher my device still fails to load it! What am I missing? Anyone have a clue? Thanks in advance for anyone who can help or hint!

By: alek

alek — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:10:38 +0000

Thanks for this post - this article was very useful. Have you figured out how to load a local SWF? While it seems straight forward, I've been trying to use the various methods on Google to no avail. Wondering if you had a solution.

I think I got it to load using a regular Loader object, but when I do addChild(myLoader) nothing gets added to the stage. Very odd.

By: TheDarkIn1978

TheDarkIn1978 — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:59:36 +0000

if your XML and image assets are permanent, it will be easier for you to bundle your assets with your AIR application and call them from File.applicationDirectory rather than having to make sure they are in the operating system’s document folder.

By: shammi

shammi — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:50:40 +0000

Hi. nice for u to share. can i use this for swf files.

var file:File = File.documentsDirectory.resolvePath("air_app_assets/newfile.swf"); var fileStream:FileStream = new FileStream(); fileStream.open(file, FileMode.READ); var swfloader: Loader= new Loader swfloader. LoadBytes(fileStream.readUTFBytes(fileStream.bytesAvailable)); fileStream.close(); u think it will load. and if this parent swf futher loads child files or iamges files from that same directory(assets directory) will it work

By: Erik P. Hansen

Erik P. Hansen — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:22:20 +0000

Yeah, I had a hard time finding a clear explanation so I thought it was worth sharing what I learned. Hopefully it helped you out.

Erik