Application descriptor changes

The AIR application descriptor has changed in the following AIR releases.

Allowed application name and description elements to be localized using the text element.

AIR 1.5 descriptor changes

contentType became a required child of fileType.

AIR 1.5.3 descriptor changes

Added the publisherID element to allow applications to specify a publisher ID value.

AIR 2.0 descriptor changes

Added:

• aspectRatio

• autoOrients

• fullScreen

• image29x29 (see imageNxN)

• image57x57

• image72x72

• image512x512

• iPhone

• renderMode

• supportedProfiles

AIR 2.5 descriptor changes

Removed: version

Added:

• android

• extensionID

• extensions

• image36x36 (see imageNxN)

• manifestAdditions

• versionLabel

• versionNumber

AIR 2.6 descriptor changes

Added:

• image114x114 (see imageNxN)

• requestedDisplayResolution

• softKeyboardBehavior

AIR 3.0 descriptor changes

Added:

• colorDepth

• direct as a valid value for renderMode

• renderMode is no longer ignored for desktop platforms

• The Android <uses-sdk> element can be specified. (It was previously not allowed.)

AIR 3.1 descriptor changes

Added:

• Entitlements

AIR 3.2 descriptor changes

Added:

• depthAndStencil

• supportedLanguages

AIR 3.3 descriptor changes

Added:

• aspectRatio now includes the ANY option.

AIR 3.4 descriptor changes

Added:

• image50x50 (see imageNxN)

• image58x58 (see imageNxN)

• image100x100 (see imageNxN)

• image1024x1024 (see imageNxN)

AIR 3.6 descriptor changes

Added:

• requestedDisplayResolution in iPhone element now includes an excludeDevices attribute, allowing you to specify which iOS targets use high or standard resolution

• new requestedDisplayResolution element in initialWindow specifies whether to use high or standard resolution on desktop platforms such as Macs with high-resolution displays

AIR 3.7 descriptor changes

Added:

• The iPhone element now provides an externalSwfs element, which lets you specify a list of SWFs to be loaded at runtime.

• The iPhone element now provides a forceCPURenderModeForDevices element, which lets you force CPU render mode for a specified set of devices.