User Guide

Workflow for authoring Flash Lite applications (Flash Professional only) 15
Create and test your application in Flash Flash Professional 8 includes
a Flash Lite emulator that lets you test your application without having to
transfer it to a device. You use the Flash Lite emulator to refine your
application design and fix any problems before you test it on a mobile
device.
Test the application on your target device or devices This step is
important because the emulator doesn’t emulate all aspects of the target
device, such as its processor speed, color depth, or network latency. For
example, an animation that runs smoothly on the emulator might not run
as quickly on the device because of its slower processor speed, or a color
gradient that appears smooth in the emulator may appear banded when
viewed on the actual device. After you test your application on a device,
you may find that you need to refine the application’s design in the Flash
authoring tool.
The following figure shows the iterative development and testing process:
Editing the FLA file in Flash
Professional 8
Testing in the Flash Lite
emulator
Testing on a device