Use Native iOS/Android APIs with Flex/Flash Builder 4.5.1?

Is there any documented, official way to access the native APIs on mobile devices (iOS and/or Android, specifically)? Perhaps some sort of ExternalInterface support? My most important need for this is importing 3rd party SDKs, the first one being the Facebook iOS SDK for Single Sign-On.
If not, is support for native APIs planned? Has anybody figured out an unofficial way to access the native APIs?
Related:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/865548?tstart=30
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/785130
[Re-posted here from Flash Builder forum]
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3754084

Nothing official is available; although there is an AIR for TV Document on building ACtionScript extensions to AIR. I expect that "approach" will show up in other AIR runtimes.
You can look at this for an "ad-hoc" way to do it: http://www.jamesward.com/2011/05/11/extending-air-for-android/

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Thank you very much Denis,
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