Comments on: Developing cross-platform Adobe AIR desktop applications

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:18:11 +0000

This goes for every modern programming language. Java and C# are also quite easy to de-compile. This means it isn’t a real disadvantage of Air if you compare it with competing technologies. You should always obfuscate your work to protect your intelectual property.

De-compiling and compiling always go hand in hand.

By: dgon

dgon — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:21:46 +0000

Federico, even if you use Air/Flash/Actionscript, still anyone can read, modify and steal your code. There are dozens of tools on the net for this. Had to learn this the hard way.

The only way to prevent people to steal your code is using obfuscator tools like irrfuscator (obfuscates actionscript3 / AIR applications) in this example.

By: Federico

Federico — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:01:03 +0000

True, it’s been around for a while, but it’s not that popular yet.

> …anyone can modify and see what they’ve done.

Only if you use AIR/HTML/JavaScript. But, just like any other Web application, you can build it using AIR/Flash/ActionScript.

By: dpcan

dpcan — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:58:35 +0000

AIR has been around for a while, but you should know that when you distribute your AIR apps, your code goes with it. A lot of people seem to be missing this point. They are spending hours and hours developing these smart applications for the AIR platform (some commercial) only to realize anyone can modify and see what they’ve done. Install an AIR app then check the folder where it installed, you should find every line of code.