Flex 4.5 is an iteration of the ActionScript and MXML based RIA SDK focused on expanding support for mobile / tablet platforms.
Notable areas of focus compared to version 4:
- Developing mobile and multiscreen applications
- Accelerated coding for Flex and ActionScript projects
- Support for an improved designer/developer workflow (Flash Builder <-> Flash Catalyst)
- Updated platform support and improved performance
- Expanded set of Spark components replacing MX versions, including:
- DataGrid
- Form
- Image
- formatters
- validators
The initial 4.5 release in April 2011 provided support for Android devices. A subsequent release in June 2011 (Flex SDK 4.5.1) added functionality to target both iOS and BlackBerry Tablet OS platforms.
References
Introducing Adobe Flex 4.5 SDK