Adobe Confirms December Release for Flash on Android Ice Cream Sandwich
Following its announcement that it would transition from Flash development to HTML5, Adobe has released another statement confirming the release timetable for Flash support on Android Ice Cream Sandwich. As the operating system initially launched without Flash support, speculation arose that the operating system would mark the beginning of the transition to HTML5 and would not […]
Breaking: Adobe to Cease Development of Mobile Flash, Moving to HTML 5/AIR
The following announcement was sent to Adobe’s internal developer mailing list and was confirmed by ZDNet earlier this evening: Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash developers to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major app stores. We will no longer adapt Flash Player for […]
Adobe to Integrate Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming, Gives Up On Flash for iOS
Adobe confirmed during the National Association of Broadcasters Conference that it would integrate Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming protocol for iOS into its latest build of Adobe Flash Media Server 2011. By doing so, the Flash platform developer has conceded its position on seeing Flash being integrated on iOS and quietly admitting defeat. The new version […]
Adobe Announces Flash 10.2 for BlackBerry PlayBook and Android 3.0
Adobe has announced that its latest update to the Flash runtime in 10.2 will be included with the RIM PlayBook tablet as well as Android 3.0, with the bulk of the changes centering around its new Stage Video hardware acceleration for Flash video in order to reduce processor and memory demands. The rest of the […]
Adobe Confirms Exploit in Flash 10.1, Affects Android
Adobe has confirmed an exploit in the latest version of the Flash 10.1 runtime which has the potential for malicious code to take control of a machine or device with the software installed. The company has issued the following statement: “This vulnerability could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of […]
Google VP Confirms Flash on Android in 2H 2010
Google vice-president of engineering Andy Rubin has confirmed to the New York Times during an interview that the next version of Android in Froyo (2.2) will feature full support for Adobe Flash 10.1, with the next wave of devices based on 2.2 launching in the 2nd half of the year. The rest of the interview […]
Adobe Abandons iPhone Cross Compiler Development
Adobe has officially abandoned further development of its iPhone compiler included in its latest CS5 Creative Suite after Apple’s latest change to its developer Terms of Service implicitly prohibited such tools. Apple has tightened its grip on the iPhone platform by explicitly defining which languages can be used in application development. The compiler will still […]
Apple, Adobe At Odds Over Adobe CS5 iPhone Compiler
Not long after the iPhone OS 4.0 release yesterday, Apple made a change to its developer agreement that fired a shot across the bow of Adobe and its Flash platform: Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. Applications must be originally […]
Windows Phone Series 7 to Feature Flash in Internet Explorer Mobile Along With Silverlight
Adobe’s Principal Product Manager for Flash Mike Chambers has released a statement on his personal blog concerning Flash on Windows Phone 7 Series. In the statement, Chambers elaborates that “Adobe and Microsoft are working together to bring Flash Player 10.1 to Internet Explorer Mobile on Windows Phone 7 Series.” Chambers didn’t state a timeframe for […]
Adobe Kills Flash 10.1 for Windows Mobile 6.5, Focusing on Windows Phone 7
An official Adobe employee has confirmed on the official developer forum that the Flash platform developer has decided to end development of Flash 10.1 for Windows Mobile 6.5, citing the lack of “support [for]some of the critical APIs that we need”, despite having previously committed to deploying Flash 10.1 on current generation hardware running Windows […]