Flash for Android dies tomorrow

[twowheelz]

"In November of last year, Adobe made a surprising about-face on its popular Flash plugin, announcing that it would stop development of Flash for mobile devices. Tomorrow, Adobe will disable new installs of Flash on Android, effectively cutting it off from the future of the mobile web — despite the company's historical assertion that Flash would enable the "full web experience" on mobile devices. Instead, Adobe surrendered the major mobile battlegrounds and pledged allegiance to HTML5.

Adobe, 2007: With Flash, "we've passed a major milestone in bringing a desktop experience to mobile and transforming the wireless industry."

Adobe had grand plans for mobile Flash, but the company met a sizable early wall when Apple refused to adopt it. Despite the company's push to get Flash on all platforms with its Open Screen Project, it never solved iOS support under Steve Jobs, who famously fought against Flash in favor of HTML5. Adobe never really had a chance with iOS, but it faltered where it did have a chance — on Android. Despite attempts at marketing and Android integration, Adobe withdrew from Android, shutting it out of roughly 85 percent of the mobile market. And the final nail in Flash's coffin may be from Microsoft, which only plans to offer limited Flash support in Windows 8. As one Adobe project manager said last year, Flash "was not going to achieve the same ubiquity on mobile that it has on the desktop."

Adobe, 2010: "Adobe, Google, and other members of the Open Screen Project are working together to make sure the full web experience can be delivered on the largest possible number of devices."



Adobe, 2011: HTML5 is the "best solution for creating and deploying content in the browser across mobile platforms."

Adobe, of course, is not giving up by any means: the company's roadmap includes plans to focus on gaming and "premium video," and the company will continue to support Flash on PCs. Still, it's hard to imagine Flash's ongoing relevance in a world that's increasingly mobile, and Adobe's support for HTML5 doesn't bode well for the plugin: in a web with increasingly less Flash, HTML5 will soon provide the "full web experience" for most users. But hey — at least Flash still has one admirer in the mobile world."

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[Phillyfanatic]

so what app can one download that will allow you to watch videos that could only be viewed previously with flash?

[ggrant3876]

so what app can one download that will allow you to watch videos that could only be viewed previously with flash?

You can still get flash here.
http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/jell...layer-apk.html

[Bluesky5553]

From what I understand, as long as you already have it and don't delete it, it will still work. I know it still works in Jelly Bean. And with the off site server listed by ggrant above, it can still be had. I try not to get into the dealings too much between other companies as it gets too confusing for words. Evidently Adobe's thinking is that if Apple doesn't want it, why support it, and to me thats not logical thinking since the Android world is bigger than Apple (which is the source of Apple's hellbent to destroy Android attitude).

Apple has not used flash, and they get by ok, and Android will survive without it until HTML5 comes into play (though it may take a couple of years). In the meantime, better things to worry about are how are the Android makers and Google going to stop Apple's quest to rule the world. I can't believe that the courts are buying some of this crap that Apple is laying down as to size and shape when all other arguments are failing. What gives with the justice system. Let's see. The original home phone by MaBell was square, followed by the rectangular princess phone. Can MaBell go back and sue Apple for making a rectangular smartphone??

We will survive without Flash. We will survive without Apple. I need my Xoom.

[twowheelz]

From what I understand, as long as you already have it and don't delete it, it will still work. I know it still works in Jelly Bean. And with the off site server liste, it can still be had. I try not to get into the dealings too much between other companies as it gets too confusing for words. Evidently Adobe's thinking is that if Apple doesn't want it, why support it, and to me thats not logical thinking since the Android world is bigger than Apple (which is the source of Apple's hellbent to destroy Android attitude).

Apple has not used flash, and they get by ok, and Android will survive without it until HTML5 comes into play (though it may take a couple of years). In the meantime, better things to worry about are how are the Android makers and Google going to stop Apple's quest to rule the world. I can't believe that the courts are buying some of this crap that Apple is laying down as to size and shape when all other arguments are failing. What gives with the justice system. Let's see. The original home phone by MaBell was square, followed by the rectangular princess phone. Can MaBell go back and sue Apple for making a rectangular smartphone??

We will survive without Flash. We will survive without Apple. I need my Xoom.

I taught flash a couple semesters, was a fun program. The possibilities, to me, were endless. It'll be around many years. Knowing flash its like a program version of Apple, closed. HTML5 is, eh let's see, its a ightweight, better supported, faster and a open version of Flash. I'm pretty sure it runs natively IN the browsers rather than being a add-on. In theory it should load faster. As far as coding goes, don't know, haven't tried it.

The recent episode of lawsuits, against Sammy, is not looking to good for Samsung. And it goes far being a square case. But that's all what the media feeds you. Their opinion may differ from yours or mine. Or like politics, half the truth gets you far! lol