Dale Rankine » Flash Player http://dalerankine.com Mobile Technologist Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:25:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 HTC Hero first Android device with Flash support http://dalerankine.com/index.php/2009/06/htc-hero-first-android-device-with-flash-support/ http://dalerankine.com/index.php/2009/06/htc-hero-first-android-device-with-flash-support/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:58:38 +0000 Dale http://dalerankine.com/?p=307

Android have officially joined the Open Screen Project with the announcement of Flash support on the upcoming HTC Hero device. Flash is supported in the browser, but can also be launched in full screen mode by double-tapping a SWF from the browser, which is a neat way of launching “standalone” content. I’m thinking maybe you could use some kind of badge (like an AIR installer badge) which sits on the web page, but then when double-tapped, it goes to full screen and then starts the app/game/content. Mmmm … anyway … maybe Mark or someone could comment on that idea.

The HTC Hero is also a multi-touch device which could make for some interesting Flash applications as well.

It needs to be pointed out that this is not Flash Player 10, but interestingly has been referred to as a “mobile-optimized runtime” rather than Flash Lite. Still AS2.0 based, and can reportedly view around 80% of all Flash web content today.

Read more on the announcement over on Mark’s blog and also watch a video of Flash on the HTC Hero in action over in the Mobile and Devices Dev Center.

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There’s been a lot announced in the past week about the Flash mobile platform, and with Flash Player 10 and AIR being the next big advancement, I thought I’d write up a post on my Inside RIA blog to discuss those announcements and what they mean if you’re working with Flex or AIR at the moment.

Read the full post here, and also cast your vote in the recent Inside RIA Poll – “InsideRIA plans to increase its coverage of mobile development and design. How involved are you in mobile?”

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From Adobe @ Mobile World Congress

Palm have joined in the Open Screen Project, and have committed to brining Flash Player 10 to their devices. The number of times I have been asked over the past few years, “I have an application that I want to build with Flash, but my customer base all use Palm” has almost been as many as the iPhone questions! There’s certainly a resurgency of interest in this platform since the Pre was announced, and great to see that Flash is going to be part of its future.

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