addchild

I'm new to coding and AS3. I was reading about adding things to the stage using AS3 and learned about the addChild method. Reading more I found that there are different ways to use it. I also read that some ways are better than others, and that some ways are not good at all and better avoided. I don't trust those sources though. As a coding newbie I come asking for help, StackOverflow. I'm about to start an addChild heavy project and I want to start it with the right implementations. I trust you, so let me ask you this: What's the correct use of addChild? I just want to add things to the stage

I know there are three ways to change the view in iOS 1. [self addChildViewController:thirdViewController]; [contentView addSubview:thirdViewController.view]; 2. First * sVC = [[First alloc] initWithNibName:@"First" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]]; [self presentModalViewController:sVC animated:YES]; 3. MyViewController *sampleViewController = [[[MyViewController alloc]initWithXXX] autorelease]; [self.navigationController pushViewController: sampleViewController animated:true]; pushViewController requires the navigation controller, which I understand. However, when to use addChildViewController

I would like to use the same functionality of addChildViewController, but for the version 4.3 (addChildViewController is only available in version 5). Thanks in advance. Although it's not recommended, you can create an instance of a UIViewController access it's view property and set it as a subview of the main view your main UIViewController is managing. It works, and I never experienced a problem with this. That said, the recommended way is to have a NSObject subclass to act as your sub-controller, and not use a UIViewController as it has special behavior. Luis Andrés García Something similar

I want to load an swf into a flex 4 application in order to use its classes. var ldr:Loader=new Loader(); ldr.load(new URLRequest("file://path/to/fileswf")); ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, loaded); function loaded(evt:Event):void { addChild(ldr); } I receive the error: Error: addChild() is not available in this class. Instead, use addElement() or modify the skin, if you have one. at spark.components.supportClasses::SkinnableComponent/addChild()[E:\dev\gumbo_beta2\frameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\supportClasses\SkinnableComponent.as:966] at main/private:init