Using Air 2.7 in Flash

I recently updated my Adobe Air from 2.0 to 2.7. Doesn't this mean that my Flash CS5.5 will also have the option of using this version of Air as a player? I checked but I couldn't find it. It went only till Air 2.6
The Reason I updated Air was because the Air Components for iOS refused to install when I tried installing Flash for the first time. I did a reinstall but it still didn't Install. The Air Website had a new 2.7 version which they say improves performance by a lot. So, I went ahead and downloaded since I needed the best performance for my iOS apps.
So, is this new version of Air automatically intergrated to my Air Programs or do I need to do something else in order to make a Program for Air 2.7?
So far my player options go only till Air 2.6 and Air for iOS.
BTW I only downloaded Air 2.7 not the Air 2.7 SDK... Is the SDK required?

You can't directly update AIR 2.7, there is some workaround for this, look at the below link and change accordingly
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/908/cpsid_90810.html

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hey there all,
here is what i am doing so far to use Air 2.6 with Flash CS5. i counts seem to find any help online with this, hope this helps someone...
Setting Up Flash CS5
1. replace Program FIles\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS5\Common\Configuration\ActionScript 3.0\AIR2.0\airglobal.swc with the airglobal.swc in the AdobeAIRSDK\frameworks\libs\air folder of the AIR 2.6 SDK zip file (AdobeAIRSDK.zip)
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2. replace Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS5\AIK2.0 with the AdobeAIRSDK folder in the zip file (AdobeAIRSDK.zip) you downloaded from Adobe.
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"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java" -jar C:\AdobeAIRSDK\lib\adt.jar -package -target ipa-ad-hoc -storetype pkcs12 -keystore [KEYFILE].p12 -storepass [KEY PASSWORD] -provisioning-profile [MOBILE PROVISION FILE].mobileprovision [IPA NAME].ipa [XML FILE NAME].xml [SWF FILE NAME].swf Icon_29.png Icon_48.png Icon_57.png Icon_72.png Icon_512.png Default-Landscape.png Default-Portrait.png Default-PortraitUpsideDown.png Default-PortraitLandscapeLeft.png Default-PortraitLandscapeRight.png
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<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/2.0">
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<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/2.6">
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<versionNumber>0.5.572</versionNumber>
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here is a compile script i put together for iOS using AIR 2.6. Copy and past this into a file named "compile ios.wsf". All you have to do is double-click and it will compile and paclage your app.
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we're developing some plain AS3 projects using Flash Professional (to compile) and Flash Builder.
All is working good with the new AIR 3.0 release and performance is better than with AIR 2.6
I followed this tutorial and simlar to use AIR 3.0 instead of AIR 2.6:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/908/cpsid_90810.html
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yes. It works now.
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I am able to install the .exe on windows using AIR NativeProcess.
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I would like to inquire how to use air 2.7 sdk in flash cs5.5.

I would like to inquire how to use air 2.7 sdk in flash cs5.5.
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Besides that, There's a display ratio problem if I publish the ipa in landscape mode. I can't interact with the program either. But it is not a problem if the ipa is published in portrait mode.

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/864964?tstart=0

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intrinsic
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Integrated
Runtime. However, when you run the SWF as an AIR application
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reference
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reference,
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item.
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line or drop
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there's enough
interest. To all of you who knew all this already, I hope I
didn't waste
your time.
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> P.S. I've clicked on your link a few times over the last
couple of days to
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help.
>
>
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import air.update.ApplicationUpdater;
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import flash.events.IOErrorEvent;
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trace("Error loading URL.");}
private function onUpdate(event:UpdateEvent):void{
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catch(e:Error){
Alert.show(e.toString());
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private function setApplicationVersion():void{
try{
var appXML:XML = NativeApplication.nativeApplication.applicationDescriptor;
var ns:Namespace = appXML.namespace(); ver.text =
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catch(e:Error){
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<mx:Label x="178" y="186" color="#F81908" fontSize="36" fontWeight="bold" textDecoration="normal" id="ver"/>
<mx:Label x="93" y="279" text="Hai"/>
</mx:WindowedApplication>
IT throws an error in this appUpdater.checkNow();
Error #2044: Unhandled updateError:. text=unknown update version
Please any provide solution for this
Regards,
Jayagopal

Hi Jayagopal,
The error you are getting might be from the fact that you are using an invalid namespace within your update.xml. Can you make sure that the specified namespace from the update.xml is the same with the following one xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/framework/update/description/1.0" and then then try to reproduce this issue?
Here is the update.xml which i've used when trying to reproduce your issue:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<update xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/framework/update/description/1.0">
<version>v1.1</version>
<url>http://localhost/AutoUpdate1/update.air</url>
<description><![CDATA[
Version 1.1. This new version includes:
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]]></description>
</update>
If you can still reproduce this issue can you also attach your update.xml or host your air app and update.xml on an external server from where I could access them?
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