ActionScript contained in externally loaded SWF files will be ignored on iOS devices

Question

I am developing an IOS app in Flash CS6. I'm trying to load an external swf. The preloader loads the external swf. The loading itself seems to work. After loading the external swf, I add its movieclips to the stage. But strangely, on iOS devices, the movieclips are not added to stage.

Here's the code for the preloader:

package {

    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    import flash.display.BitmapData;
    import flash.display.Loader;
    import flash.display.Bitmap;
    import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
    import flash.net.URLRequest;
    import flash.system.LoaderContext;
    import flash.system.ApplicationDomain;


    public class Test extends MovieClip {
        private var lobbyBgAssetsLoader:Loader = new Loader() ;
        private var ldrContext:LoaderContext;

        public function Test() {

            var urlStr:String = "cards.swf";
            lobbyBgAssetsLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, LobbyBgAssetsswfLoaded);
            lobbyBgAssetsLoader.load(new URLRequest(urlStr));
            ldrContext = new LoaderContext(false,ApplicationDomain.currentDomain,null);


        }

        private function LobbyBgAssetsswfLoaded(e:Event):void
        {
            txt.text = "loaded complete  test ";
            var logoSmall:Bitmap = new Bitmap();
            var classDefinition:Class = lobbyBgAssetsLoader.contentLoaderInfo.applicationDomain.getDefinition("cardBg") as Class;
            txt.text = "after load ";
            var img:MovieClip = new classDefinition() as MovieClip;
            this.addChild(img);
        }
    }

}

Answer 1

All actionscript gets converted into native Obj-C code when you compile your app for iOS. So even if your app is able to load an SWF file from the internet, the actionscript inside will not be converted to Obj-C.

Apple does not allow the actual flash player inside an iOS app, so an app cannot play back SWF content.