DeviceCentral

About content types

Each device supports one or more content types that the device manufacturer determines. In Adobe Device Central, the Device Profiles tab shows what content types are supported for each individual device. Examples of content types are stand-alone player, wallpaper, and screen saver. For each content type that a device supports, the device profile shows relevant settings. When planning the content to deliver, consider the content types that a device supports.

When you preview and test Flash content in Adobe Device Central, the Emulator tab uses the information in the exported file to determine the content type. If you change the content type on the Emulator tab, Adobe Device Central writes the change back to Flash.
Note: Files sent by an application other than Flash and files that you open directly from Device Central (even SWF files) do not have the information about the content types or devices for which they were originally created.

The Flash and bitmap options have multiple content types; web and video each have only one content type. For Flash and bitmap, content type does the following:

  • defines the features that are supported on a device

  • defines the addressable size, which can be different than display size

    Note: The content type, paired with the display size of a specific device, determines the addressable area on the screen. The addressable area is the maximum screen width and height in pixels for the content.

In Adobe Device Central, you select a content type on the New Document tab or the Emulator tab. After you select a content type, all devices that do not support the selected content type (or Player version) are dimmed in the Device Sets list and the Available Devices list.

About content types in Flash Lite
Each Flash Lite installation supports one or more content types. For example, some devices use Flash Lite to enable screen savers or animated ring tones. Other devices use Flash Lite to render content that is embedded in mobile web pages. Not all content types support all Flash Lite features.

Each Flash Lite content type, paired with a specific device, defines a specific set of Flash features that are available to your application. For example, a Flash Lite application that is running as a screen saver is not typically allowed to make network connections or download data.

The Emulator tab lets you test multiple devices and different content types. This ability lets you determine if your application uses features that are not available for the type of content that you are targeting.

If you change the content type during emulation, the Emulator tab reloads the player and plays the application back from the beginning.

If no content-type information is available, the Emulator tab uses the default Standalone Player setting.

Note: For additional, up-to-date information about Flash Lite content type availability, see http://www.adobe.com/go/mobile_supported_devices.

About content types in Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Device Central supports the full-screen (full pixel size of screen), wallpaper, and screen saver content types for bitmap. The default content type for bitmap media is full screen.
Note: The wallpaper and screen saver content types might provide a smaller screen size than the full-screen content type. If you use Photoshop or Illustrator to create mock-ups, prototypes, or assets that are added to another application like Flash, you should start with a full-screen document.