Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Arrives For Android 273
adeelarshad82 writes "Adobe announced that it has released the final version of Flash Player 10.1 for Google's mobile operating system. The app will be available for download via the Android Market for those users who have Android 2.2 (Froyo) installed on their phones. Devices expected to offer the Android update include the Dell Streak, Google Nexus One, HTC Evo, HTC Desire, HTC Incredible, Droid by Motorola, Motorola Milestone, and Samsung Galaxy S. Flash Player 10.1 was also released to support devices based on Android, BlackBerry, webOS, future versions of Windows Phone, LiMo, MeeGo and Symbian OS, and is expected to be made available via over-the-air downloads and to be pre-installed on smart phones, tablets and other devices in the coming months."
Re:Is that all? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:how well does it run on hacked Iphones ruining (Score:1, Informative)
It runs as native code through the NDK, not in the Dalvik virtual machine, so I'm going to guess "not at all".
Re:Quite impressive, but still fundamentally flawe (Score:4, Informative)
> You also can't drag anything because this just scrolls the website.
The N900 has a special "cursor mode" that, when enabled, changes the dragging from scrolling to moving a virtual cursor that allows sending drag events to the browser (flash or javascript). I'd guess android could have something similar added if it doesn't have it already.
Re:But what about performance? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Quite impressive, but still fundamentally flawe (Score:4, Informative)
I'm actually using Beta 3 (the final version doesn't seem to be in the market despite what the article says). It is much better than the first beta and generally isn't too bad.
You *can* zoom in using pinch-to-zoom but it doesn't really help. Even with the controls filling the screen you can't drag, and many controls are just too damn small.
You can also double-tap on the flash to make it fill the screen, which works pretty nicely, but even then you can't drag! (wtf?)
All in all, I don't think anyone could have done a much better job, but the fact is no current flash movies were designed for use on phones, and it shows badly.
Re:Calling it now (Score:3, Informative)
I really doubt that would happen. These are big corporations, not kids on a playground. Adobe wants flash on every device imaginable, and the iPhone/iPod/iPad represents a significant number of those devices. If Apple reverses itself and says Flash is welcome, then Adobe will jump to have it on their devices. I'm sure the execs at Adobe are and will continue to call Jobs lots of nasty names in the privacy of their offices, but they're not about to give up marketshare if it's offered to them.
Re:Calling it now (Score:3, Informative)
http://smokescreen.us/ [smokescreen.us]
Re:Calling it now (Score:3, Informative)
And right after that, Apple fans will complain that Android phones are copying Apple's iPhone.
Probably because Steve's announcement would go something like this:
"And now I want to show you something really special... revolutionary. Something never before seen on a mobile device. Today I'm here to announce that Adobe Flash will run on the iPhone and iPad."