Warning in Adobe Air for iOS:ActionScript contained in externally loaded SWF files will be ignored on iOS devices

Question

I am trying to download an external swf with (as3 file) actionscript. I am using Adobe Air to publish to iOS.

On publishing it in iOS, I am getting following warning - "ActionScript contained in externally loaded SWF files will be ignored on iOS devices"

I have uploaded a demo zip file with my code. Plz have a look.

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=1C7E2FDD9D014F66!134&authkey=!APGyYi0V2b_EjWQ&ithint=file%2c.zip

I am using adobe flash professional cs6. Air SDK version is 13.0.0.83

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

Per Packaging and loading multiple SWFs in AIR apps on iOS:

AIR on iOS requires that all the ActionScript code of an application be present in the main SWF or the root SWF.

Dynamically loading a remote SWF that contains ActionScript code will not work on iOS; nor will embedding SWFs using the [Embed] meta tag.

Answer 2

I was using Adobe Flash Professional CS6 thats why it was giving as warning.Now i am using Adobe Flash Professional CC then its working properly.

Answer 3

Adobe has introduced a way to load secondary .swfs with code.

http://blogs.adobe.com/airodynamics/2013/03/08/external-hosting-of-secondary-swfs-for-air-apps-on-ios/

They get around the Apple limitation by embedding the AS in the app at build time -- but not the assets. When the .swf is loaded dynamically, it loads the assets and reunites it with the code. A great way to keep app file size down.