ActionScript 3.0 :: Load An App In Stages?
Oct 21, 2009
I would like to load my flex based application in stages (but I'm getting lost in the details).
My app consists of:
Stage 1: A small movieclip style intro shown while loading the main app
Stage 2: The main UI developed using flex + flash components.
Stage 3: A 3D graphics viewport (away3d)
Stage N: 3D models loaded on-demand
I would like to load each stage in sequence, pausing if the next stage is not yet ready.
I looked at dynamic libraries, but it seems like the classes you select + all references to classes made by those classes are included in the library (am I wrong here?).
Each stage will reference classes from its parent (i.e. stage 3 references flex classes loaded in stage 2, stage N references away3d components loaded in stage 3, etc). So if all references are included in a dynamic library, then Stage N SWFs will duplicate many classes from the prevous stages, and likewise with stage 3 & 2 classes.
It seems best if I could just split my SWF into separate StageX SWF files based broadly on package names. This would make it easy for me to split up the size appropriately, and would avoid me needing to be concerned with missing references at runtime or duplicate loading of classes.
But I don't know how to go about doing this, or even if I'm on the right track with my thinking here. Can I accomplish this without making it impossible to manage the project?
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