I am using an component, and currently have a dataProvider working that is an ArrayCollection (have a separate question about how to make this an XML file... but I digress).

Variable declaration looks like this:

[Bindable]
private var _dpImageList : ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection([
    {"location" : "path/to/image1.jpg"},
    {"location" : "path/to/image2.jpg"},
    {"location" : "path/to/image3.jpg"}
]);

I then refer to like this:

<s:List
    id="lstImages"
    width="100%"
    dataProvider="{_dpImageList}"
    itemRenderer="path.to.render.ImageRenderer"
    skinClass="path.to.skins.ListSkin"
    >
    <s:layout>
        <s:HorizontalLayout gap="2" />
    </s:layout>
</s:List>

Currently, it would appear that each item is processed asynchronously.

However, I want them to be processed synchronously.

Reason: I am displaying a list of images, and I want the leftmost one rendered first, followed by the one to its right, and so on.

Edit:

I just found this answer.
Do you think that could be the same issue?