Build the Feathers SDK from a Binary Distribution

The document explains how to build the Feathers SDK from a binary distribution. The build process downloads the Adobe AIR SDK, playerglobal.swc, and some font embedding utilities from the Adobe Flex SDK that are not open source. When finished, the Feathers SDK will be ready to use with a supported IDE.

Requirements

Build Steps

  1. Extract the Feathers SDK binary distribution into a directory.

  2. In the Feathers SDK directory, run the following command:

    ant -f installer.xml

    If you want to target a specific version of Flash Player and AIR, you may modify the command to specify the required versions:

    ant -f installer.xml -Dflash.sdk.version=15.0 -Dair.sdk.version=15.0
  3. When prompted to install each dependency, type y and press Enter.

That's it! The Feathers SDK may now be used with Flash Builder 4.7 and other supported IDEs.