Flex 2 Custom Preloaders
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Friday, July 21, 2006
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I have been working on a custom preloader component for Flex. The idea here is to make the preloader into a splash screen just like desktop applications. It conditions the user to think that this is not a web page and is an application. Here is the first public build.Flex 2 Custom Preloader Example
Flex 2 Custom Preloader View Source
Flex 2 Custom Preloader Source ZIP
Next Build:
- Add Download Progress
- Add RSL Download Progress
- Add Initialization Progress
Features:
- Preloader is available after application initializes.
- Preloader is faded in and out.
- Preloader supports GIF,JPG,PNG,SWF (Yes, Flash Preloaders are supported!)
I am adding in download/initialization progress into the preloader next week. Currently there is no feedback to the end user that the app is loading or initializing, this will change in the next build.
The important item here is that these preloaders can contain GIF, JPG, PNG (with transparency) and SWF files (Flash 2 or higher!). I made sure that it was easy to embed assets into the base movie for playback before the base Flex SWF has loaded. This makes building/customizing preloaders easy. Simply swap the file (welcome.gif) in the /preload directory and edit the Embed statement in the preload.WelcomeScreen.as Class and you are good to go. The goal here was to allow anyone to make a killer preloader for Flex 2.
I will continue to add features to the preloader as needed until it hits 1.0. Getting the base design ready was not easy but now that the hard part is done, it looks to be smooth sailing.
If you want a feature added please post a comment.
cheers,
Ted :)