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I recently had a request for some help on skinning a Flex 4 Spark List with a custom scroll bar and item renderers. Even though the skinning process has gotten much easier with Flex 4 and the Spark components there is still a learning curve and a few things that are either learned through a lot of trial and error or by having someone point it out to you. Hopefully with this post I will be able to save some other Flex developers the "trial and error" route
One of the nice features of the Flex mx:List component is that you can set the renderers to be editable without having to create a new itemrenderer. With the Spark List (s:List) that option is no longer available. Fortunately it is quite easy to create a custom editable itemrenderer for the List.
Since Apple kiboshed Adobe's hopes of iPhones running Flash content, Android (Google) has stepped up and offered Flash and Flex developers a mobile platform to development and deliver content on.
This has come as great news to Flash platform developers who want the opportunity to dive into the mobile environment. Many Flash (and Flex) developers I have spoken to about mobile development are still unsure about what it will take to deliver Flash player based content and applications to mobile devices.
Derrick Grigg is a Rich Internet Application (RIA) freelance contractor based in Toronto, Canada. He specializes in architecting and developing applications using a variety of technologies, most notably Flash, Flex and Coldfusion.
