Introduction

Adobe® AIR® and Adobe® Flash® Player applications run on many platforms, including desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and television devices. Through code examples and use cases, this document outlines best practices for developers deploying these applications. Topics include:

  • Conserving memory

  • Minimizing CPU usage

  • Improving ActionScript 3.0 performance

  • Increasing rendering speed

  • Optimizing network interaction

  • Working with audio and video

  • Optimizing SQL database performance

  • Benchmarking and deploying applications

Most of these optimizations apply to applications on all devices, on both the AIR runtime and Flash Player runtime. Additions and exceptions for specific devices are also discussed.

Some of these optimizations focus on capabilities introduced in Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2.5. However, many of these optimizations apply to earlier AIR and Flash Player releases, too.

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