Content management
Flash Lite 3.0 provides an API that allows a device's host software to read information from SWF metadata, which is standard information embedded in SWF files. If the host chooses to implement this functionality, then the metadata information can be used by Flash Lite content developers to organize and categorize content on the device.
The following categories of information can be included as metadata. Please note that some of these categories may be implemented differently (or not at all) by the manufacturer of the devices for which you are developing content.
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Title |
Description |
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Content Author |
Name of content author. |
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Company Name |
Company name of content author. |
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Title |
Title of content. |
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Description |
Description of the content. |
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Copyright Information |
Relevant copyright details. |
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Content Version |
Version number of content (NOT Flash version). |
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Content Type(s) |
Content type(s) categories for content file. See the content type table that follows for content type lexicon. |
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Forward Lock |
Specifies if the content file can be transferred to another device. |
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Supported Display Resolutions |
List of resolutions supported by content. |
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Icon |
Type and location of icon for content. |
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Flash Player Profile |
Version of Flash/Flash Lite for which the content was published. |
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Storage Size |
Storage size (size of SharedObject) required by the content. If size is unspecified, the content is assigned the default size set by the platform (generally 4KB). |
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Background Alpha |
Preferred alpha value and blend mode for the background transparency feature. |
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Looping |
Looping behavior: content either repeats indefinitely or stops after the last frame. |
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Default Quality |
Quality level at which the content should be played. |
The following content types can be used to segment content for devices and control some aspects of how the content is handled.
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Content type |
Description |
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Screensaver |
Flash animation that is shown when a device-specified timeout occurs |
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Ringtone |
Animation played when phone is receiving an incoming call |
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Background |
Animated wallpaper that is displayed behind the idle/home screen |
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Game |
Interactive game |
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Application |
Standalone application |
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Presentation |
Presentation converted to a Flash movie |
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Icon |
Flash-based animated icon |
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Movie |
Animated Flash movie |
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Skin |
Skin or theme for the phone or a single application |
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Startup |
Startup animation |
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Shutdown |
Shutdown animation |
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Other |
Flash content that does not fit into any of the above categories |