When I search for ADOBE AIR I find 'Adobe AIR Application Installer.app', 'Adobe AIR Uninstaller.app', and 'Adobe Flash Player Install Manager.app' in the Utilities folder. I don't find anything. Additionally, if you are interested in decreasing the size of your app and you are not using any DRM functionality, you can manually remove Adobe AIR.vch, adobecp.plugin, adobecp.vch, and AdobeCP15.plugin from the Adobe AIR.framework/Resources subtree inside your app bundle. It is recommended that you use Mac OS 10.7 or higher to upload your app.
As of AIR 2, you can use ADT to create native application installers for distributing AIR applications. For example, you can build an EXE installer file for distribution of an AIR application on Windows. You can build a DMG installer file for distribution of an AIR application on Mac OS. In AIR 2.5 and AIR 2.6, you can build a DEB or RPM installer file for distribution of an AIR application on Linux.
Applications installed with a native application installer are known as extended desktop profile applications. You cannot use ADT to package a native installer for an AIR application if the application descriptor file does not support the desktop extended profile. You can restrict this profile using the supportedProfiles element in the application descriptor file. See Device profiles and supportedProfiles.
You can build a native installer version of the AIR application in two basic ways:
You can build the native installer based on the application descriptor file and other source files. (Other source files may include SWF files, HTML files, and other assets.)
You can build the native installer based on an AIR file or based on an AIRI file.
You must use ADT on the same operating system as that of the native installer file you want to generate. So, to create an EXE file for Windows, run ADT on Windows. To create a DMG file for Mac OS, run ADT on Mac OS. To create a DEB or RPG file for Linux, run ADT from the AIR 2.6 SDK on Linux.
When you create a native installer to distribute an AIR application, the application gains these capabilities:
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- It can launch and interact with native processes, using the NativeProcess class. For details, see one of the following:
Communicating with native processes in AIR (for ActionScript developers)
Communicating with native processes in AIR (for HTML developers)
It can use native extensions.
It can use the File.openWithDefaultApplication() method to open any file with the default system application defined to open it, regardless of its file type. (There are restrictions on applications that are not installed with a native installer. For details, see the entry for the File.openWithDefaultApplication() entry in the language reference.)
However, when packaged as a native installer, the application loses some of the benefits of the AIR file format. A single file can no longer be distributed to all desktop computers. The built-in update function (as well as the updater framework) does not work.
When the user double-clicks the native installer file, it installs the AIR application. If the required version of Adobe AIR is not already installed on the machine, the installer downloads it from the network and installs it first. If there is no network connection from which to obtain the correct version of Adobe AIR (if necessary), installation fails. Also, the installation fails if the operating system is not supported in Adobe AIR 2.
Creating a native installer from the application source files
To build a native installer out of the source files for the application, use the -package command with the following syntax (on a single command line):
This syntax is similar to the syntax for packaging an AIR file (without a native installer). However there are a few differences:
You add the -target native option to the command. (If you specify -target air, then ADT generates an AIR file instead of a native installer file.)
You specify the target DMG or EXE file as the installer_file.
Optionally, on Windows you can add a second set of signing options, indicated as [WINDOWS_INSTALLER_SIGNING_OPTIONS] in the syntax listing. On Windows, in addition to signing the AIR file, you can sign the Windows Installer file. Use the same type of certificate and signing option syntax as you would for signing the AIR file (see ADT code signing options). You can use the same certificate to sign the AIR file and the installer file, or you can specify different certificates. When a user downloads a signed Windows Installer file from the web, Windows identifies the source of the file, based on the certificate.
For details on ADT options other than the -target option, see AIR Developer Tool (ADT).
The following example creates a DMG file (a native installer file for Mac OS):
The following example creates an EXE file (a native installer file for Windows):
The following example creates an EXE file and signs it:
Creating a native installer for an application that uses native extensions
You can build a native installer out of the source files for the application and the native extension packages that the application requires. Use the -package command with the following syntax (on a single command line):
This syntax is the same syntax used for packaging an a native installer, with two additional options. Use the -extdir extension-directory option to specify the directory that contains the ANE files (native extensions) that the application uses. Use the optional -migrate flag and MIGRATION_SIGNING_OPTIONS parameters to sign an update to an application with a migration signature, when the primary code-signing certificate is different certificate than the one used by the previous version. For more information see Signing an updated version of an AIR application.
For details on ADT options, see AIR Developer Tool (ADT).
The following example creates a DMG file (a native installer file for Mac OS) for an application that uses native extensions:
Creating a native installer from an AIR file or an AIRI file
You can use ADT to generate a native installer file based on an AIR file or an AIRI file. To build a native installer based on an AIR file, use the ADT -package command with the following syntax (on a single command line):
This syntax is similar to the syntax for creating a native installer based on the source files for the AIR application. However, there are a few differences:
As the source, you specify an AIR file, rather than an application descriptor file and other source files for the AIR application.
Do not specify signing options for the AIR file, as it is already signed
To build a native installer based on an AIRI file, use the ADT -package command with the following syntax (on a single command line):
This syntax is similar to the syntax for creating a native installer based on an AIR file. However there are a few of differences:
As the source, you specify an AIRI file.
You specify signing options for the target AIR application.
The following example creates a DMG file (a native installer file for Mac OS) based on an AIR file:
The following example creates an EXE file (a native installer file for Windows) based on an AIR file:
The following example creates an EXE file (based on an AIR file) and signs it:
The following example creates a DMG file (a native installer file for Mac OS) based on an AIRI file:
The following example creates an EXE file (a native installer file for Windows) based on an AIRI file:
The following example creates an EXE file (based on an AIRI file) and signs it with both an AIR and a native Windows signature:
Adobe AIR is a computer program known as a runtime. It is necessary to have Adobe AIR on your computer to run certain applications. Applications that require Adobe AIR are called Adobe AIR applications.
Most Adobe AIR problems are related to having the correct version of Adobe AIR. Before you begin troubleshooting your problem, get the latest version of Adobe AIR for your operating system. Adobe AIR is available for free.
Before you begin troubleshooting, perform the following tasks:
Determine the version of Adobe AIR on your computer
An Adobe AIR application requires a minimum version of Adobe AIR. Typically, the Adobe AIR application's installation program makes sure that your computer has the correct version of Adobe AIR. If necessary, the Adobe AIR application downloads and installs the latest version of Adobe AIR.
You can check which version of Adobe AIR is installed on your computer. To do so, follow the steps provided here.
However, you can get an older version of Adobe AIR here.
The installation program installs Adobe AIR at the following location:
- /Library/Frameworks/Adobe AIR.framework/
The Adobe AIR installation log file can help you troubleshoot your installation problem. You can also use the log's contents if you post a question to the Adobe AIR installation issues forum.
For Adobe AIR 1.0 to 1.5.3, see this document for more information.
You can get the contents of the install log using the following steps:
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The application could not be installed because the AIR file is damaged. Try obtaining a new AIR file from the application author.
The .airappinstall.log file can reveal the specific issue. The Adobe AIR application installer could've found an instance of Adobe AIR or the Adobe AIR application on a mounted drive other than main drive. Time Machine (10.5.x) could have a backup of the application. Unmount drives other than main drive and retry installation.
It's possible that the Adobe AIR application didn't download from the website completely. Retry downloading the Adobe AIR application (the .air file).
You could receive an invalid signature verification log error if the certificate used to sign the Adobe AIR application has expired.
The AIR Installer states it is already installed, or requires AIR. Can't install AIR
This error can occur if the installer is in a different language (Korean).
Mac users experienced this error in 1.1. A corrupt locale list could be the cause. Try moving languages in your locale language list or adding a language. Mac OS rebuilds locale settings.
The user interface / window does not appear when running an Adobe AIR application, the Adobe AIR installer, or the Adobe AIR uninstaller.
Check the locale settings to see if Latin American Spanish (es-419) is in the list. Incorrect settings trigger an esoteric bug that can cause the behavior described in the Adobe AIR installer and uninstaller, and in some Adobe AIR applications.
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The Adobe AIR installer doesn't display a window when launched.
This issue appears to be a conflict with an internal Webkit library. Follow these steps to work around this problem:
- Download and mount the latest Adobe AIR installer from http://get.adobe.com/air
- Open the 'Terminal' application found in your Application/Utilities folder
- Copy and past the following command:
sudo /Volumes/Adobe AIR/Adobe AIR Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe AIR Installer -silent -eulaAccepted - After hitting enter, you will be prompted for your login password.
- Installation takes a few minutes. Look for output similar to the following:
- Once complete, close Terminal and install your Adobe AIR application.
During installation of Adobe AIR, you receive an error dialog with contents similar to 'An error occurred while installing Adobe AIR. Installation may not be allowed by your administrator. Please contact your administrator.'
Follow these steps for the manual solution:
- Using Finder, navigate to your Applications folder and look for a file (not a folder) named 'Adobe'. If one exists, rename or delete it.
- Open the Terminal application in your Applications/Utilities folder. Run the following commands:
Next, adjust the ownership of a particular folder. Run the following two commands in Terminal, noting the user name response of the 'whoami' command. Replace username with your username in the next command:
- sudo chown -R username:staff ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/
Close the Terminal application and rerun the Adobe AIR installer.
During installation of Adobe AIR or an Adobe AIR application, you receive an error similar to the following:
'You cannot open the application Adobe AIR installer.app because it is not supported on this architecture.'
The Mac PowerPC is no longer supported by Adobe AIR. You can only install and use Adobe AIR applications that require AIR 1.5.3 or earlier. Use Adobe AIR version 1.5.3:
Download Adobe AIR 1.5.3 for MacOS.
http://helpx.adobe.com/air/kb/troubleshoot-air-installation-mac-os.html
Note: Adobe AIR applications that require Adobe AIR 2 or later cannot be installed or used on a Mac PowerPC.
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Do you still have problem with the Adobe AIR installation? Post your question in the Adobe AIR Installation Issues forum.
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