• Dowload Starling

• unzip the archive

• unzip ./starling/bin/starling.swc

• copy the obtained library.swf file somewhere in your project (renaming it starling.swf might be a good idea).

• create a path file named 'starling.patch' (http://haxe.org/manual/swc):

-starling.core.Starling.context
-starling.core.Starling.juggler
-starling.core.Starling.contentScaleFactor

- Now the little test:

// Test.hx
import starling.core.Starling;
import starling.display.Sprite;
import starling.text.TextField;

class Test extends Sprite {
    public function new(){
        super();
        var textField = new TextField(400, 300, "Welcome to Starling!");
        addChild(textField);
    }

    public static function main(){
        var s = new Starling(Test, flash.Lib.current.stage);
        s.start();
    }
}

- And the compilation instructions:

haxe \
  -main Test \
  -swf-header 400:300:80:aeaeae \
  -swf Test.swf \
  -swf-version 11.3 \
  -swf-lib starling.swf \
  --macro "patchTypes('starling.patch')"

- Don't forget to download the latest standalone flash player and debugger, I experienced problems with the version I previously installed.

Test project: haxe-starling.tgz

And now, can a haxelib package add compilation parameters to haxe so the following would automatically add -swf-lib and --macro?

haxelib install starling
haxe -lib starling ...