Introducing AIR 3.3 and Flash Player 11.3

We are very excited to bring you Flash Player 11.3 and AIR 3.3.  With the AIR 3.3 SDK, Flash developers can now create expressive mobile apps and native extensions that target iOS5.1. In addition, this new version of the AIR runtime includes packaging support for iOS5.1 on Windows as well as iPad3 retina display capabilities.

AIR 3.3 brings easier application deployment on devices, improvements like texture streaming support for Stage3D and stylus support for Android 4.0. It also throttles resource usage when games or applications are running in background.

In addition to the enhancements in AIR 3.3, we are introducing new features in Flash Player 11.3 to enable more immersive experiences, especially for gaming. Developers can now build games allowing users complete keyboard input while remaining in full screen mode, preserving full throttled immersion in games.

To see what people are already building with AIR and Flash Player today, make sure to go to gaming.adobe.com/showcase. Don’t forget to check out Starling, the 2D GPU framework for game development on Stage3D. We recently announced the roadmap showcasing the latest games produced with Starling.