Flash Lite Tips and Tricks

Alessandro PaceMobile Architect

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Biography

•Mobile Architect, expertise Flash Lite since 2004

•Forum Nokia Champion since 2006

•Manager of the Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group: flashmobilegroup.org

•Founder & organizer of Mobile Monday Boston

•Blogs at biskero.org, flashlite4nokia.com

•Site at biskero.com

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Learn some key points on Flash Lite content development on the Nokia S60/S40 Platforms

At the end of this session, you will …

Goal

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Agenda for today

•Understand the development cycle

•Flash Lite; which platform, what version?

•Flash Lite content creation – key points

•Flash Lite and Media

•Flash Lite and packaging

•Flash Lite version detection

•Flash Lite and OMA DRM

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Understand the Flash Lite development cycle

• Nokia & Flash Lite content types• S60: standalone, screensaver and browser

• S40: all the above + wallpaper

• Flash IDE + Device Central emulator• Allows you to develop content for all Flash Lite versions and

Flash Lite content types

• Device Central: 70-80% of work

• Flash Lite testing• Remote Device Access (RDA), S60/S40 Nokia SDK

• Tip: get both S60 and S40 devices for testing all content types

Content type, IDE and Testing

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Nokia S60 and S40 support Flash Lite 1.1, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0

Flash Lite; which platform, what version ?

• Nokia supports all the Flash Lite player versions• S60 3rd Edition

• Flash Lite 1.1

• S60 3rd Edition FP1• Flash Lite 2.0

• S60 3rd Edition FP2 & S60 5th Ed.• Flash Lite 3.0

• S40 3rd Edition FP1• Flash Lite 1.1

• S40 3rd Edition FP2• Flash Lite 2.0

• S40 5th Edition and FP1• Flash Lite 2.1 + 3.0 (latest)

• S40 6th Edition• Flash Lite 3.0

Tip 1: there some exceptions, i.e. E66, E71 have Flash Lite 3Tip 2: no new Nokia handsets with Flash Lite 1.1/2.0, but millions out

there!

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Memory, FSCommands and System.capabilitiesFlash Lite content creation – key points

• Memory• Standalone up to 4 Mbytes, screensaver/wallpaper up to 1 Mbytes

• Garbage Collector (GC) use memory, runs every 60 seconds and for > 20% memory increase

• FSCommands API to create one SWF to “fit ALL”• FSCommand2("GetSoftKeyLocation");

• -1: Not supported 0: Soft keys on top 1: Soft keys on left 2: Soft keys on bottom 3: Soft keys on right

• Use System.capabilities• System.capabilities.audioMIMETypes

• System.capabilities.imageMIMETypes

• System.capabilities.videoMIMETypes

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How to architect more complex Flash Lite content

Flash Lite content creation – key points cont.

• Optimize graphics to best render on specific mobile phone model• Color depth: 16/24 bit

• Use images for complex animations: less CPU cycles

• Use most common fonts or pixel fonts

• Multiple SWF architecture for more complex content• Extend content features: for example multi-level games

• Memory optimization

Tip: create “Master SWF” to load other SWFs

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Different sound capabilities based on Flash Lite version

Flash Lite and Media: sound

• Flash Lite 1.1• Device sound, midi sounds

Trick: getURL() API to download/stream audio, i.e. .mp3/.aac

• Flash Lite 2.x• Audio API local/remote (no streaming), in memory playback

Trick: use video API to stream a .3gp file with audio and no video !

• Flash Lite 3.0• mp3 streaming using Flash Media Server (rtmp:// protocol)

Tip: Nokia default streaming protocol is rtsp://

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Different video capabilities based on Flash Lite versionFlash Lite and Media: video

• Flash Lite 1.1 Trick: getURL() API to download/stream video (i.e. .3gp/.mp4)

• Flash Lite 2.x: it uses the device video player within the Flash Lite content for playback• Video API, local/embedded/streaming (rtsp://)

Trick: use loadMovie API to load (http) an embedded .3gp video into a .swf. In memory playback!

• Flash Lite 3.0• Flash Video (.flv) local/progressive

download/embedded/streaming

• Streaming via Flash Media Server (rtmp:// protocol)

Tip: some of the latest Nokia S60 devices support FLV video playback

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Sample code to playback local mediaFlash Lite: audio, video API

// Load and Play Audio trackvar audiotrack:Sound = new Sound();audiotrack.onLoad = function(success) {

if (success == true) {audiotrack.start();trace("audio track loaded");

} else {trace("Error loading audiotrack");

}};// Load Audio Track Objectaudiotrack.loadSound("nokiabrandmusic.aac",false);

// Load and Play FLV Video

var nokiaVideo:NetConnection = new NetConnection();

nokiaVideo.connect(null);

var videoFLV:NetStream = new NetStream(nokiaVideo);

videoFLV.play("nseriesad.flv");

NokiaFLV.attachVideo(videoFLV);

// Load and Play 3GP Video

video3gp.play("nseriesad.3gp");

DEMOFlash Lite and Audio/Video

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Get newer version of the Flash Lite playerFlash Lite and Firmware update

• Latest firmware introduce Flash Lite 3 and WRT• Nokia N95

• Nokia N95 8GB

• Nokia N95 NAM

• Nokia E90

• Nokia N82

Tip: these phones are Flash Lite 2.0 enabled

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Setup web server for OMA DRM content deliveryFlash Lite and Packaging

• Nokia Packaging and Flash Lite• x-epoc/x-sisx-app .sis

• x-epoc/x-sisx-app .sisx

• application/java-archive .jar

• application/x-nokia-widgets .wgz

• application/vnd.nokia.flashlite-archive .nfl

• Third Party packaging + lib extension tools• KuneryLite/SWFPack - .sis packaging + lib extension for S60

• SWF2Go - .sis packaging for S60

• Janus - .sis packaging for S60 (Open Source)

• Flyer Framework - .sis packaging + lib extension (PyS60) for S60 (Open Source)

• Jarpa - .jar packaging + lib extension (J2ME) for S60/S40 (Open Source)

• SWF2NFL - .nfl (AIR packaging tool) for S40 5th Ed FP1+

• W-d-get-it - .nfl and .wgz packaging + OMA DRM 1.0 FLock

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Set up a mobile site to distribute Flash Lite contentFlash Lite version detection for delivery

• WURFL (Wireless Universal Resource File): is an XML configuration file which contains information about capabilities and features of many mobile devices

• WURFL is based on User Agent Profile information

• API: JAVA, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Python, .Net, XSLT, C++

• It includes Flash Lite capabilities

• WURFL-Flash Lite discussion group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wurflflashlite/

Source: http://wurfl.sourceforge.net

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Compare UA string from mobile site to the one in WURFLFlash Lite and WURFL cont.

• Nokia N95 firmware 10.0.014• Mozilla/5.0 (Symbianos/9.2; U; Series60/3.1

NokiaN95/10.0.014; Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1) AppleWebKit/413 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/413

<group id="flash_lite"> <capability

name="flash_lite_version" value="2_0"/>

<capability name="fl_wallpaper" value="false"/>

<capability name="fl_screensaver" value="true"/>

<capability name="fl_standalone" value="true"/>

<capability name="fl_browser" value="true"/>

<capability name="fl_sub_lcd" value="false"/>

</group>

Source: http://wurfl.sourceforge.net

• Nokia N95 firmware 21.0.016• Mozilla/5.0 (SymbianOS/9.2; U; Series60/3.1

NokiaN95/21.0.016 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 ) AppleWebKit/413 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/413

<group id="flash_lite">

<capability name="flash_lite_version" value=“3_0"/>

<capability name="fl_wallpaper" value="false"/>

<capability name="fl_screensaver" value="true"/>

<capability name="fl_standalone" value="true"/>

<capability name="fl_browser" value="true"/>

<capability name="fl_sub_lcd" value="false"/>

</group>

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Flash Lite is considered passive content, like a jpeg or mp3Flash Lite and OMA DRM 1.0

• “Symbian Signed defines Passive Content (PC) as any SIS file that does not contain any executable (active) components.”

• OMA DRM 1.0:• Forward lock

• Combined Delivery

• Separate Delivery

• Use Nokia Multimedia Internet ToolKit 4.1 tool to apply OMA DRM 1.0

• application/x-shockwave-flash

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Nokia Multimedia Internet Toolkit 4.1Flash Lite and OMA DRM 1.0 cont.

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Setup web server for OMA DRM content deliveryFlash Lite and OMA DRM 1.0 cont.

• MIME types to be defined on the web server• application/vnd.oma.drm.rights+xml .dr

• application/vnd.oma.drm.rights+wbxml .drc

• application/vnd.oma.drm.content .dcf

• application/vnd.oma.drm.message .dm

• application/vnd.oma.drm.dd+xml .dd

Tip: Nokia mobile phone browser support Flash Lite content

DEMOOMA DRM 1.0 Flash Lite protected content

http://www.biskero.org/nokia/drm/

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Call for Action

community.forum.nokia.comcommunity.forum.nokia.com

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For More Information

Forum Nokia resources• Forum Nokia developer information:

http://www.forum.nokia.com

• Community page: http://community.forum.nokia.com

• Forum Nokia Flash Lite Wiki and Discussions

• Adobe Mobile and Devices http://www.adobe.com/mobile

• My blogs:• www.biskero.org

• www.flashlite4nokia.com

Tip: Join the Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group www.flashmobilegroup.org it’ FREE !!!

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Thank YouAlessandro Pace

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