[FLEX-22819] SWFLoader/Application background transparency not possible

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Component/s: mx: SWFLoader
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Browser: Firefox 3.x; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 19/Jan/10 05:32
• Updated: 29/Apr/11 11:03

Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Download Source
2. Notice the white background around the yellow square.

Actual Results:
Setting backgroundAlpha="0" on the application that the swfLoader is loading has no effect.

Expected Results:
No white Background.

Workaround (if any):
(sadly) Set the background color of the application to the background that it is on. This is dumb for maintenance and really sucks if the background it is supposed to be on is a gradient, but it is the only option.