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Android 4.1 offers many things, Adobe Flash isn't one of them

by Alistair Lowe on 29 June 2012, 09:53

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Staying true to its word, Adobe has confirmed that Flash isn't and, will never be, certified for Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. What's more, the firm will be removing Flash from the Google Play store on August 15th, providing only security updates and vital patches to existing users.

It's worth noting that Adobe didn't state Flash wouldn't work on Android 4.1, only that it's pulling support, so perhaps there will be a few rendering artefacts here and there, or less than ideal performance but it may very well work, at least for now, that is, if you are willing to spend the time obtaining the apk from adobe's archives for old versions.

In this writer's mind, this move signals the expedition of Flash's death in general. Loss of support for a platform that sells over one million devices per day is a serious hit to the list of reasons to stick with or pick-up Flash in the first place. It's perhaps a good thing then, that Android 4.1 is boasting excellent HTML5 support and performance.

Here's hoping someone launches a Flash version of the Internet Explorer 6 countdown page.



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Grrr. Guess this means I now absolutely have to get my Android phone before then so I can still get flash on it.

I'll be happy with the loss of flash when not a single website uses it any more. Until that day, losing flash functionality just means that your mobile device cannot browse a heck of a lot of sites.
If it makes sites speed up their migration to HTML5 then its a good thing.

IIRC Iphones and Ipads and the whole apple eco system doesnt use flash at all?
I haven't had flash installed on my Desire for a long time now.

I do not miss it at all.
I read this as: “Adobe cave-in and admit that Flash is a resource hog and they've given up trying to make it anything else, unfortunately proving old Jobsy right and also making mobile devices more limited until the world catches up and stops using Flash for sites”.

Still enough Flash sites out there (mainly estate agents offending for me this month) I'd like to at least have the option to *try* and view on my phone and especially tablet.
bbci player is based on flash…. kill it now! Tivo box has to use the flash based player and its horrid, anything with flash is horrid, much better alternatives available.

Good that they have given up!