Chapter 2: Exploring Platform-Specific Considerations

We will now spend some time exploring the various target platforms that are natively supported by Adobe Animate. To be successful with Animate, you must understand the underlying technologies involved in each platform and when to use one over another, as they each have their strengths and weaknesses. This understanding enables sound decisions when selecting a target document type upon starting a new Animate project.

We'll begin with an overview of the major platforms supported natively as publish targets within Animate. Following this, we can then explore the variety of document types that support and target different aspects of these platforms for a greater understanding of why you might use certain document types over others.

After reading this chapter, you will be able to do the following:

• Understand the set of platforms native to Adobe Animate.
• Explore best practices around the ActionScript 3.0, HTML5...