Fixing the ‘timestamp’ error when packaging an AIR app for desktop

Adobe Flash Builder

Adobe Flash Builder 4.7 is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for developing games and applications using ActionScript and Flex framework.

Error description

When packaging an AIR application for desktop, you might encounter an error- “Could not generate time-stamp: Remote host closed connection during handshake”.

Solution

This error occurs due to the presence of Java 6 in Flash Builder. Please follow the steps below to fix this error:

Windows

1. Run Flash Builder with Java 7/8 by following the steps mentioned in the article Running Flash Builder with Java 7/8.
2. Add the line below in the FlashBuilder.ini file in the installation directory of Flash Builder.

-Djava.util.Arrays.useLegacyMergeSort=true

Mac

Run Flash Builder with Java 7/8 as mentioned in the article Running Flash Builder with Java 7/8.

Command Line/ Terminal

When packaging through command line (Windows) / Terminal (Mac), you need to set the Java version to 1.7 or 1.8 to avoid errors.