i.e  60mins VOD with 5 bitrates would be around 1800 files (*.ts / *.m3u8).

One issue I had was validating and debug the VOD’s when they where on the production environment. The mediastreamvalidator tools supplied by apple works well but can handle token/cookie authentication which was I had implemented for security. Also the tool only works on a mac.

So I decided to to create a AIR app with the ability to connect to the CDN by FTP that way bypassing the token/cookie auth and allowing the app to validate the m3u8 VODs.

Download from here

Features
- parse a index multi-bitrate M3U8 file and a single bitrate M3U8 file.
- It will validate that all *.ts segments files referenced in the M3U8 files exist and the VOD is not missing any files which make the clip
- It will validate that all the M3U8 files are of correct format and contain data.

Does Not
- calculate ts file bitrate  and average segment bitrate
- validate segment encryption

Note: When implementing Apple HTTP Live Streaming using the mediastreamvalidator to validate your VODs is the best way. This app is just designed to validate that all the *.ts files referenced in the *.m3u8 files exist.

First download Adobe Flash Builder “Burrito”: (This is the new Flash Builder which now has supports for mobile application projects)

• http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashbuilder_burrito/

Seconds download a sample app from “Christophe Coenraets“: (Use this app to learn about the new view structure etc and preview a working Flex / AIR app on your phone/emulator)

• http://coenraets.org/blog/2010/12/tutorial-flex-for-android-in-90-minutes/

1. Install Questoid SQLite Browser
2. Switch to DDMS perspective :

3. Open File Explorer:

4. Navigate to your SQLite file. should be something like data/data/<APP_PACKAGE_NAME>/database/<FILE_NAME>
5. Select the SQLite file and then launch Questoid 

He did show us one thing that I found useful and had not heard of before and this was the “ViewHolder”. Using this strategy with your custom Adapter improves the performance for your List.

Every time your custom Adapter is executed the “getView()” method is called to get reference to your custom layout and populate it with data. If you have a large list, calling  “findViewById()” to access resource on every row will impact the performance of your list. So to get around this you can use a “ViewHolder” which basically keeps a object in memory with references to your row layout. This means you do not need to use “findViewById()”every time “getView()” is called but only once on the first call of it when the list is created.

public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

		View v = convertView;
		ViewHolder holder;
        if (v == null) {

        	LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater)context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        	v = vi.inflate(R.layout.article_row, null);

        	 holder = new ViewHolder();
        	 holder.title = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.article_title);
        	 holder.description = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.article_des);
        	 holder.date = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.article_pubdate);
        	 v.setTag(holder);
        } else {
        	holder = (ViewHolder) v.getTag();
        }
        Article article = articles.get(position);
        if (article != null) {
        	holder.title.setText(article.title);
        	holder.description.setText(article.description);
        	holder.date.setText(article.pubDate);
        }
        return v;
}

class ViewHolder{
	TextView title;
	TextView description;
	TextView date;
}

ConnectivityManager connec =  (ConnectivityManager)getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);

connec.getNetworkInfo(0).getState() // = CONNECTED
connec.getNetworkInfo(1).getState() // = CONNECTED

Every time I retrieved the status from the NetworkInfo it would return “CONNECTED”, even when I disconnected from internet.

After doing some hunting around on the issue, I found that you need to manually disable the internet connectivity on the emulator. The emulator does not listen to the computers  network interface so disable the network / internet will not effect the emulator.

To disable internet / network connectivity on the emulator hit F8.

After doing some googling I found that by default eclipse treats incomplete build paths as an error.

To fix this all you need to do is:

Open eclipse preferences > Java > Compiler > Building and switch “Incomplete Build Paths” from “Error” to “Warning”.

I also noticed once you have changed this option to warning and your Android project is rebuilt, you can switch it back to “Error” and you will not get build path error any more. Even when you create new Android projects.

We just saw Flash 10.1 ported to the iPad demonstrated in video form by Comex, and now you can get in on the action too, as long as your iPad is jailbroken. It’s called Frash, and while the plugin is still pretty early and doesn’t do video playback yet, you can definitely play games and other animations right now, and we’re told video support is forthcoming. Okay, so let’s try this out, shall we? It’s not point-and-click simple, but it’s not that hard, either. Full instructions after the break.

0. Make sure your iPad is jailbroken. It’s pretty easy — just run Spirit and you’re done.
1. Download Frash.deb and keep it nearby. [Update: We've been advised against hosting this ourselves, but it's not hard to find out there.]
2. Decide how you’re going to get files onto your iPad. For Mac users, it’s dead simple — just install Netatalk, which will automatically pop up your iPad in the Finder’s Sharing list. Windows users can try out this guide at iClarified to get OpenSSH installed and running and use WinSCP — it’s just as easy. Either way, the login is “root” and the password is “alpine.” Remember, you can seriously screw things up while you’re in there, so be careful!
3. Once you’ve got access to the iPad’s filesystem, navigate to /var/root/Media as shown here:

4. Once there, open Media and create a folder called “Cydia.”
5. Open the new Cydia folder and create another new folder called “AutoInstall”
6. Upload Frash to your new folder.
7. Restart your iPad a couple times.
8. You’re set! Now just navigate to a page in Safari with non-video Flash content and hit the F logo to play it. Again, no video for now, but games and other simple content works. We did have a few crashes here and there, but it’s early code, and things are bound to get better.

So there you have it — Flash on the iPad (sans fluid video playback for now, of course). Try it out and let us know how it goes — if you’re having trouble, our tipster suggests using SBSettings or the respring app to restart the Springboard, but we didn’t have too many problems without it. Just remember, you’re doing this at your own risk, and you might well end up bricking your iPad and blowing up the universe with this stuff. If you’re not feeling brave enough to muck around, here it is on video:

Well I came across this page on Adobe Open Source:

http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Rename+List

1. The “Spring ActionScript” Framework – Part 1: The Basics
2. The “Spring ActionScript” Framework – Part 2: Autowiring
3. The Spring ActionScript Framework — Part 3: Injecting Services (and Mock Services)

For more info and to download spring actionscript go to: http://www.springactionscript.org/