Adobe and HTC Bring Flash Platform to Android


Today we announced with our partners HTC that we’ve extended Adobe® Flash® to the Android platform for the first time. We really excited to finally enable rich web browsing to the open source Android platform, and particularly to such a great smartphone. As a top of the range device it sports multi-touch HVGA, accelerometers, GPS, Compass, WIFI, a 5MP Camera and the incredible Android Webkit Browser. With Flash the web browsing experience on the device is fantastic, rich and gives you access to a more complete Internet.

What will Flash on Android do for me as a user?

If you’re a user of the HTC Hero you’ll be able to view much of the available online video, of which 85% is played through Flash Player. In this mobile optimized runtime we also have support for streaming audio, and with it’s Actionscript 2.0 support we believe that you can view around 80% of the Flash content on the web today.

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You’ll be able to interact with games and rich Internet sites, widgets and of course the HTC Hero is a touch device with a huge HVGA (320×480 px) screen. As a nice addition, you can run Flash content in full screen simply by double tapping on it in the browser. As Flash is scalable you’ll find that this works exceptionally well, and the experience is really solid.

In the near future we’ll be shipping full Flash Player on the Android platform, enabling the richest possible web experiences. Android is a fantastic open platform for users to consume content under your terms, happy Flashing!

I’m a developer, what does this mean for me?

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As part of this announcement HTC has announced their membership in the Open Screen Project, an industry initiative led by Adobe. HTC and Adobe will work together with 25 other industry leaders to deliver the full Flash Player on a huge range of devices and platforms moving forward. As a developer this should give you some indication of the level of support that we’re seeing for the initiative. We’re really happy to see an industry leader such as HTC commit to delivering a consistent Flash Platform on their devices, and working with us for a more consistent web experience on devices.

There is no doubt that HTC have been shipping some of the most stunning devices available today, they led the charge with the first Android platform device the G1. For you as a developer this translates to significant sales to end users, and an opportunity for content distribution as the platform and devices scale. HTC reaches deep into the US, European and Asian markets and in fact we support many of their Windows Mobile smartphones with the Distributable Player which is now available in 29 countries (and counting).

As you’ve read above this device ships with Flash in the browser as a plugin, but it is accessible for immersive full screen playback. Distribution through content aggregators such as Playoo, GetJar and GamesPlaza should work really well and naturally. Another potential opportunity is to use the Android WebView class, which is essentially a way to create air like applications that use webkit. Don’t bank on this though, but do tell me if you get it to work :-)

To read more, and see the new device in action go here.

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  • http://maldenlabs.com Thom Theriault

    This is really great news! Congrats…

  • Jan K

    good news!

    I’ve got a g1, can I get a flash player for it?

  • https://flashmobileblog.com Mark Doherty

    Jan K :

    good news!

    I’ve got a g1, can I get a flash player for it?

    Not yet Jan, the Hero is the first device to ship with Flash support.

    Mark

  • http://maldenlabs.com Thom Theriault

    When is the Hero shipping in the US?

  • http://www.tutorialsbyibrent.com iBrent

    This is exciting news! With t-mobile dropping the price on their G1 to $50, it sure would be great to get the Flash Player update on these devices. ;-)

    Do you have a date on that “Not yet” release? =D

    iBrent

  • http://www.aviarts.com Hayden Porter

    Through the phonegap open source project (http://phonegap.com/) it may be possible to create AIR like standalone applications in webView, but this would require a Flash to javascript bridge.

    Essentially you would be going, Flash to JavaScript to Java, not the ideal situation but something to consider.

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  • https://flashmobileblog.com Mark Doherty

    iBrent :

    This is exciting news! With t-mobile dropping the price on their G1 to $50, it sure would be great to get the Flash Player update on these devices. ;-)

    Do you have a date on that “Not yet” release? =D

    iBrent

    To be clear, I believe that it’s unlikely to happen as it would mean significant firmware changes. But then, since it’s Android it may happen but it’s up to HTC.

  • http://flashmobile.scottjanousek.com Scott

    Wonder if Google has Hero dev devices yet …

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  • http://www.callingallinnovators.com/ keth flower

    good article…nowadays open source applications are in huge demand and even Forum Nokia’s 2009 Calling All Innovatorscontest is supporting open source applications through one of its category.

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  • ??? ????

    supporting open source

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  • michael morris

    Its so frustrating not being able 2 post images an view images on facebook.com all because there is no flash player available. For this G1 phone.. with all the updates that occur on this phone its sad that a flash player can’t be updated.. Now I will b searching for a new cell phone…thanks T-Mobile.

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  • michael knolton

    Is flash ever going to be on the G1 and if so around when should we be able to download it?

  • https://flashmobileblog.com Mark Doherty

    Hi Michael, I don’t believe that Flash will come to the G1 at this stage. We’re aiming at a future version of the platform and so devices with Flash today should see the full Flash Player, dependant on the hardware of course.

  • albert

    When can I get flashplayer for my android the tmobile my touch

  • raj

    G

    albert :
    When can I get flashplayer for my android the tmobile my touch

    that would be great.

  • Daniel Romero

    I’m very interested in a flash download for my g1. Hope it comes soon.

  • abigail

    When will flash be available for t mobile my touch?

  • ken f

    I bought the G1, then bought the MyTouch but went back to my G1 because I need the slide out keyboard. But I sure need a flash player for it. Is there anything we can do to get it to run? I’ll try anything. I heard somewhere there’s a list going to beta test it. Is that right? Please help.

  • https://flashmobileblog.com Mark Doherty

    You should ask T-Mobile, it will ultimately be up to them.

  • https://flashmobileblog.com Mark Doherty

    There are no pre-releases under way for Android OS, although please note that we are targeting Android 2.0 devices and so your device will need to be upgraded.

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    Even though Androi support Falsh, future is after HTML5, that Apple is developing.

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    I think People can also view YouTube Videos using flash technologies. and enable full screen viewing mode by simply double tapping the screen.