Adobe Air

An AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) file is an installer package file that stores web-based applications programmed using ActionScript or Apache Flex. They're usually ZIP-compressed and can be used across all desktop and mobile operating systems that support the Adobe AIR runtime, like Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and BlackBerry Tablet OS. Adobe dropped support at the end of 2020 and transferred support to Harman. Originally codenamed "Apollo".

File Description
Adobe AIR files are in the ZIP format. The ZIP container can include HTML, SWF files, and metadata. Within the file  a namespace and version is declared.

File Structure
A sample AIR internal structure may resemble: ├── AMP.swf ├── META-INF │   ├── AIR │   │   ├── application.xml │   │   └── hash │   └── signatures.xml ├── assets │   ├── html │   │   └── eula │   │      └── en_US │   │          └── license.html │   ├── icons │   │   ├── app_icon_128.png │   │   ├── app_icon_16.png │   │   ├── app_icon_32.png │   │   ├── app_icon_48.png │   │   ├── f4v_icon_128.png │   │   ├── f4v_icon_16.png │   │   ├── f4v_icon_32.png │   │   ├── f4v_icon_48.png │   │   ├── flv_icon_128.png │   │   ├── flv_icon_16.png │   │   ├── flv_icon_32.png │   │   └── flv_icon_48.png │   └── splash │      └── strings_en_US.xml └── mimetype

Software & Samples

 * Harman current SDK
 * Adobe final runtime, SDK, and compiler. (archived)
 * Echo Example Air file
 * Pixel Perfect Air file