1/20/2015 - Beta - AIR 16.0.0.283

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Adobe AIR Beta Channel Update
This beta release provides access to the latest AIR SDK for Windows, Mac OS, iOS and Android.  You can download the AIR beta here: Download Adobe AIR 16 Beta - Adobe Labs
Below are some of the key features and benefits of AIR 16. Please see our release notes for full details.
New Features:
iOS 64-bit Support
As many of you are aware, Apple has recently changed their iOS requirements to enforce 64-bit compatibility. We’re pleased to share that the AIR 16 SDK can now be used to generate universal IPA binaries, which will run on both 32bit and 64bit iOS devices. Going forward, every IPA generated using AIR SDK 16 and above will be a universal binary and there is no change required in the packaging commands for this support.
Please note that support for creating universal IPA binaries will only be available in the new compiler. The legacy compiler is not (and will not be) compatible with iOS 64-bit. Because of this, it will be removed with version 16 of the AIR SDK. To ensure that Adobe as well as third party tools are able to work with this AIR SDK, the -useLegacyAOT option will continue to exist, but will be internally mapped to the new compiler.
With this change, any ANE that gets packaged in the application should contain the universal native libraries. Failing to do so will result in “Apple App Store allows only universal applications. <binary name> is not a universal binary. Please change build settings in Xcode project to "Standard Architecture" to create universal library/framework” error while packaging the ipa.
To learn more about the improved packaging engine, please read Faster Compiling with AIR for iOS
If you encounter packaging or runtime issues, please report them to us over at http://bugbase.adobe.com or create a post on our AIR beta forums.  Please provide detailed steps to reproduce along with sample projects. If you'd like to keep your code private, please feel free to email attachments along with your bug number to [email protected]. Your help and assistance is critical and will allow us to fix problems quickly
Stage3D Wireframe Mode Support
To help designers and developers create robust and efficient 3D content, we've added Wireframe support into AIR desktop. This option can be changed by setting Context3D's setFillMode() to "wireframe" or "solid".
Stage3D - Standard Constrained Profile
In version 14 of the Runtime we added the new Standard profile to desktop systems.  In Version 15 we expanded that to mobile devices in AIR.  In Flash Player 16 we've added a new Standard Constrained profile.  Like Baseline Constrained, Standard Constrained targets older and lower powered GPUs on both desktop and mobile devices.  While Standard profile reached ~21% of iOS devices, Standard Constrained can now reach more than 85%.  Developers can access this by using the new STANDARD_CONSTRAINED constant in Context3DProfile.  The chart below breaks down the differences between the different profiles that are available.
Fixed Issues:
[iOS]Unable to install the application on iOS Simulator after updating iOS SDK and iPhone simulator with 7.1. (3833912)
[iOS] Landscape launch image twitches to portrait when aspectRatio is set to landscape mode in application.xml (3916056)
[iOS] Error for LC_VERSION_MIN_IPHONEOS mismatch thrown when min iOS version defined in app-xml when user submits app to app-store.
Multiple security and stability issues     
Known Issues:
VideoTexture support has been temporarily removed from the beta.  We discovered last minute bugs that effected core code that was shared with Flash Player and impacted video related websites.  Once we fully address these bugs we'll be adding this feature back into AIR.  We apologize for this inconvenience!
[iOS8, iPad] Application hangs on returning back to stage after importing an image from gallery on iPad. (3916940)
[iOS] App Screen does not render properly when device is rotated to upside down position. (3916521)
[Android] StageText not visible after screen rotation. (3821523)
[iOS iPhone 6 Plus] iPad Launch image is displayed on iPhone 6 Plus in standard display mode. (3836781)
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You can find instructions for getting started with this release here: AIR Labs Page

Answer 1

Hi,
Thanks for reporting the issue Jeffrey,
We tried reproducing the issue on iPad 3 retina, iPad AIR and iPad 2 as well but unable to replicate it. All three calls from event Event.Resize are returning equal screensize.
Could you please share us a sample app to reproduce the issue at our end.
Best Regards,
Jitender