Adobe AIR 2.7 User Release Notes

The Adobe AIR runtime powers many popular desktop applications, including video players, enterprise applications, games, and productivity tools. Prior to running these applications, the user must install Adobe AIR.

This document contains system requirements, installation instructions, known issues, and other information about using AIR 2.7

AIR runtime system requirements

• Install AIR Runtime to SD – This feature allows end users to install or move AIR runtime onto SD cards of their Android devices so they can free up storage space on the phone.
• Improved performance on iOS: We have made runtime optimization to allow developers to deliver higher-performance apps on iOS.
• Media Measurement – Measuring video just got easier. Using Adobe® SiteCatalyst® with Adobe AIR 2.7 or Flash Player 10.3, developers can implement video analytics for either standalone apps or websites with as little as two lines of code.  Analytics solution providers can use a new set of open APIs to easily implement consistent video analytics irrespective of implementation or delivery protocol.  Media Measurement for AIR and Flash Player allows companies to get real-time, aggregated reporting of how their video content is distributed, what the audience reach is, and how much video is played.  Please note that Media Measurement is not yet available for the iOS packager in this release.
• Acoustic Echo Cancellation – AIR 2.7 enables developers to create real-time online collaboration experiences with high-quality audio, such as telephony, in-game voice chat, and group conferencing applications outside the browser for desktop OSes. Developers can take advantage of acoustic echo cancellation, noise suppression, voice activity detection, and automatic compensation for various microphone input levels. End users will be able to experience higher quality audio facilitating smoother conversation flow, without using a headset.  This feature is available for desktop platforms only
• Enhanced HTMLLoader API – With AIR 2.7, developers will have more control over how clickable links behave in HTML content within a standalone desktop app. This feature will enable content publishers to achieve seamless weblink-style navigation directly within desktop apps such as magazine viewers and ebook readers.

The final version of AIR 2.7 desktop available in this program is 2.7.0.1953. 

Please refer to the following tech note for installer troubleshooting:

• For Windows OS: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/403/kb403150.html
• For Mac OS: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/902/cpsid_90205.html

After reviewing the installation tech note, if you still encounter problems please visit our installation forum to ask questions and review other solutions.  

AIR Installation Forum:  http://forums.adobe.com/community/air/installation

Adobe AIR 2.7.0.1953 for Android provides important bug fixes and addresses compatibility issues with some content using cross-domain policy files.

Adobe AIR 2.7.0.1948 includes security enhancements described in Security Bulletin APSB11-13

Adobe AIR 2.7.1.1961 includes security enhancements described in Security Bulletin APSB11-21

AIR on iOS

• When an application doing live streaming from camera and playing back as well, is relaunched after a screen lock, it may remain frozen at the frame where it was when the phone was locked. (2827488)
  
   
• Incorrect positioning of content can occur when content is started on landscape. (2852193)

AIR on Android 

• Live streaming video/audio may get out of sync after the device has gone to sleep and been re-awakened. (2854708)
  
  
  
  
• Flash Builder debugging does not detect runtime version on the device correctly. (Win and Mac) (2888090) - Workaround : Simply click No and continue debug session. Even if we click Yes, it actually do not upgrade Adobe AIR on the device.
  
  
  
  
• The “Press” and “Tap” Android gestures are not appropriately firing. (2842641)
  
  
  
  
• Applications that dynamically lay-out and display content based on the orientation may flicker in some cases. (2833644) 
  
  

To report a feature request, please submit and vote on ideas using the Adobe AIR Ideas website. 

To report a bug, please report the issue using the Adobe Flash Runtime bugbase.

To discuss issues and ideas, please visit our Adobe AIR forum 

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