Preloader repeats loading

Question

I have the following preloader,
package
  import flash.display.Loader;
  import flash.display.Sprite;
  import flash.events.Event;
  import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
  import flash.net.URLRequest;
  public class Main extends Sprite
  private var l:Loader = new Loader();
  public function Main():void {
  l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,loop);
  l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, done);
  trace("loading ...");
  l.load(new URLRequest("./myapp.swf"));
  private function loop(e:ProgressEvent):void
  trace("loaded " + e.bytesLoaded + " bytes");
  private function done(e:Event):void {
  trace("done");
  addChild(l);
I expect it to load myapp.swf and display it when done. But it seems to load it again and again, as I have the following output. It goes on like that endlessly and never displays myapp.swf. What is going on?
loading ...
loaded 0 bytes
loaded 65536 bytes
loaded 9448859 bytes
loading ...
done
loaded 0 bytes
loaded 65536 bytes
loaded 9448859 bytes
loading ...
done
loaded 0 bytes
loaded 65536 bytes

Answer 1

With that knowledge, I think you're out of luck unfortunately. Others here on the forums can correct me if Im wrong, but from my understanding, the black screen you briefly see when loading up an Android app built with AIR is the AIR runtime loading/initializing and nothing can be displayed until that is done. Once it is done loading, your main app SWF is loaded and displayed automatically. So, as far as I know, there is sadly no way to have a splash image like in iOS unless Adobe adds it in. It seems silly that they haven't since they have it for iOS.
On the preloader front for Android apps, Im not experienced with that specific instance of preloading SWFs so there may be challenges or things to consider that Im not familiar with. I have only ever built preloaders for web based Flash players and that where my previous comment came from. Below is a link to these forums from several years ago where someone else posed basically the same issue of not wanting a blank screen at the launch of the appf. His solution was to create a preloader that loaded his main app SWF and the preloader contains the splash image. With this method, you still see the black screen for a brief 1 to 2 seconds while the AIR runtime starts up, but that was considered acceptable.
Since that is what you were doing and having the issue that brought you here in the first place, maybe there is someone else here that has more experience with preloading SWFs in an Android app that could provide insight as to what might be wrong.
Sorry I don't have better news for you
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