http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html
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Works great on my Nexus 7, in the CyanogenMod (Custom ROM) AOSP browser... As I type this, I'm watching David Attenborough waffling on about elephants and rhinos in Africa in BBC iPlayer.
Haven't tested it yet with other Flash compliant browsers like Firefox... but I see no reason why it shouldn't work.
Flash development was supposed to have stopped for Android, except for security patches. Still the release notes are a bit more promising than that:
Now 4OD has an app, I'm not entirely sure what I an use flash for....demand 5?
I also thought Adobe had ceased support for Android devices... but I think the reason why they continue to support it is for devices (legacy?) that already had Flash installed before they officially ceased support...
cf. this statement from Adobe from June of last year.. pay particular attention to the bits in bold...
"We announced last November (2011) that we are focusing our work with Flash on PC browsing and mobile apps packaged with Adobe AIR, and will be discontinuing our development of the Flash Player for mobile browsers. This post provides an update on what this means for ongoing access to the Flash Player browser plugin for Android in the Google Play Store.
The Flash Player browser plugin integrates tightly with a device’s browser and multimedia subsystems (in ways that typical apps do not), and this necessitates integration by our device ecosystem partners. To ensure that the Flash Player provides the best possible experience for users, our partner program requires certification of each Flash Player implementation. Certification includes extensive testing to ensure web content works as expected, and that the Flash Player provides a good user experience. Certified devices typically include the Flash Player pre-loaded at the factory or as part of a system update.
Devices that don’t have the Flash Player provided by the manufacturer typically are uncertified, meaning the manufacturer has not completed the certification testing requirements. In many cases users of uncertified devices have been able to download the Flash Player from the Google Play Store, and in most cases it worked. However, with Android 4.1 this is no longer going to be the case, as we have not continued developing and testing Flash Player for this new version of Android and its available browser options. There will be no certified implementations of Flash Player for Android 4.1.
Beginning August 15th (2012) we will use the configuration settings in the Google Play Store to limit continued access to Flash Player updates to only those devices that have Flash Player already installed. Devices that do not have Flash Player already installed are increasingly likely to be incompatible with Flash Player and will no longer be able to install it from the Google Play Store after August 15th.
The easiest way to ensure ongoing access to Flash Player on Android 4.0 or earlier devices is to use certified devices and ensure that the Flash Player is either pre-installed by the manufacturer or installed from Google Play Store before August 15th. If a device is upgraded from Android 4.0 to Android 4.1, the current version of Flash Player may exhibit unpredictable behavior, as it is not certified for use with Android 4.1. Future updates to Flash Player will not work. We recommend uninstalling Flash Player on devices which have been upgraded to Android 4.1.
For developers who need ongoing access to released versions of Flash Player for Android, those will remain available in the archive of released Flash Player versions. Installations made from the archive will not receive updates through the Google Play Store.
As always this and other Flash runtime roadmap updates can be found in the Adobe roadmap for the Flash runtimes white paper.
If you are using the mobile browser with Flash for video playback, please see our blog post here about various options available to help with this change."
You'll need to download a browser that is compatible with Flash. I tried this with my husband's Nexus today. I couldn't get Dolphin browser to work with Flash but Firefox worked ok.
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New version of Flash for Android out...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856912&page=7
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html
** scroll down to Flash Player for Android 4.0 archives **
Works great on my Nexus 7, in the CyanogenMod (Custom ROM) AOSP browser... As I type this, I'm watching David Attenborough waffling on about elephants and rhinos in Africa in BBC iPlayer.
Haven't tested it yet with other Flash compliant browsers like Firefox... but I see no reason why it shouldn't work.
Rgrds,
SebJ.
Flash development was supposed to have stopped for Android, except for security patches. Still the release notes are a bit more promising than that:
Now 4OD has an app, I'm not entirely sure what I an use flash for....demand 5?
I also thought Adobe had ceased support for Android devices... but I think the reason why they continue to support it is for devices (legacy?) that already had Flash installed before they officially ceased support...
cf. this statement from Adobe from June of last year.. pay particular attention to the bits in bold...
"We announced last November (2011) that we are focusing our work with Flash on PC browsing and mobile apps packaged with Adobe AIR, and will be discontinuing our development of the Flash Player for mobile browsers. This post provides an update on what this means for ongoing access to the Flash Player browser plugin for Android in the Google Play Store.
The Flash Player browser plugin integrates tightly with a device’s browser and multimedia subsystems (in ways that typical apps do not), and this necessitates integration by our device ecosystem partners. To ensure that the Flash Player provides the best possible experience for users, our partner program requires certification of each Flash Player implementation. Certification includes extensive testing to ensure web content works as expected, and that the Flash Player provides a good user experience. Certified devices typically include the Flash Player pre-loaded at the factory or as part of a system update.
Devices that don’t have the Flash Player provided by the manufacturer typically are uncertified, meaning the manufacturer has not completed the certification testing requirements. In many cases users of uncertified devices have been able to download the Flash Player from the Google Play Store, and in most cases it worked. However, with Android 4.1 this is no longer going to be the case, as we have not continued developing and testing Flash Player for this new version of Android and its available browser options. There will be no certified implementations of Flash Player for Android 4.1.
Beginning August 15th (2012) we will use the configuration settings in the Google Play Store to limit continued access to Flash Player updates to only those devices that have Flash Player already installed. Devices that do not have Flash Player already installed are increasingly likely to be incompatible with Flash Player and will no longer be able to install it from the Google Play Store after August 15th.
The easiest way to ensure ongoing access to Flash Player on Android 4.0 or earlier devices is to use certified devices and ensure that the Flash Player is either pre-installed by the manufacturer or installed from Google Play Store before August 15th. If a device is upgraded from Android 4.0 to Android 4.1, the current version of Flash Player may exhibit unpredictable behavior, as it is not certified for use with Android 4.1. Future updates to Flash Player will not work. We recommend uninstalling Flash Player on devices which have been upgraded to Android 4.1.
For developers who need ongoing access to released versions of Flash Player for Android, those will remain available in the archive of released Flash Player versions. Installations made from the archive will not receive updates through the Google Play Store.
As always this and other Flash runtime roadmap updates can be found in the Adobe roadmap for the Flash runtimes white paper.
If you are using the mobile browser with Flash for video playback, please see our blog post here about various options available to help with this change."
Source - http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/06/flash-player-and-android-update.html
Rgrds,
SebJ.
New version of Flash for Android out...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856912&page=9
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html
** scroll down to Flash Player for Android 4.0 archives **
Sideload it as usual.
Rgrds,
SebJ.
For everything...
http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/Who-Still-Uses-Flash-Video-Just-About-Everybody-84335.aspx