About screen size and available Stage size

Each combination of target device and Flash Lite content type determines, among other things, the available screen area that a Flash Lite application can occupy. The available Stage area can be equal to, or less than, the device's full screen size.

For example, the Stage area that is available to a SWF file running in full-screen mode in the stand-alone player on a Nokia Series 60 device is equal to the device's full screen size (176 x 208 pixels). On other devices (such as those available in Japan), the Stage area that is available to a SWF file running in one of the specialized content types (such as Address Book or Screensaver) might be less than the device's total screen size. For example, the Fujitsu 700i has a screen size of 240 x 320 pixels; however, a SWF file running in the device's Address Book application has 96 x 72 pixels of available Stage area.

If a SWF file's actual dimensions are different from the available Stage dimensions, the Flash Lite player scales the content (proportionately) to fit within the available Stage area. When you test your content in the emulator, the emulator also warns if your application's Stage size is different from the available Stage area.

To avoid any undesired scaling issues, Adobe recommends that your Flash document's Stage dimensions match the available Stage area for the selected test device and content type.