Apple Relents on Flash-derived iPhone, iPad Apps

[Lemur]

This is good news for PC Flash-based developers.

Apple relents on Flash-derived iPhone, iPad apps | Deep Tech - CNET News

I know not everyone in this forum is a fan of Flash, but I think this is a major concession for Apple. This is, in no small way, due to the Android OS.

 

[Adamd]

I sure love Flash on my Android phone!

I was waiting a long time for webpages to look like they do on a PC and not all this mobile BS. Love Flash or hate it, it is still around and you just about have to use it.

 

[BCXtreme]

Note that this doesn't mean that the iPhone supports Flash in Safari. This means that third-party tools, like Flash CS5, are now allowed to develop apps for iOS, rather than being restricted to Apple's SDK and official languages.

 

[Lemur]

Note that this doesn't mean that the iPhone supports Flash in Safari. This means that third-party tools, like Flash CS5, are now allowed to develop apps for iOS, rather than being restricted to Apple's SDK and official languages.

That's a big reason why I'm psyched. I have CS5, and was disappointed to learn I couldn't develop iPhone apps.

 

[BCXtreme]

Note that this doesn't mean that the iPhone supports Flash in Safari. This means that third-party tools, like Flash CS5, are now allowed to develop apps for iOS, rather than being restricted to Apple's SDK and official languages.

That's a big reason why I'm psyched. I have CS5, and was disappointed to learn I couldn't develop iPhone apps.

Good, I hope a lot of people jump on this bandwagon. Being able to easily compile Flash apps into iPhone format is huge. Which makes me want to ask: just how easy is it? Can any CS5-created Flash app be converted to iPhone with no manual coding changes??

 

[Lemur]

Note that this doesn't mean that the iPhone supports Flash in Safari. This means that third-party tools, like Flash CS5, are now allowed to develop apps for iOS, rather than being restricted to Apple's SDK and official languages.

That's a big reason why I'm psyched. I have CS5, and was disappointed to learn I couldn't develop iPhone apps.

Good, I hope a lot of people jump on this bandwagon. Being able to easily compile Flash apps into iPhone format is huge. Which makes me want to ask: just how easy is it? Can any CS5-created Flash app be converted to iPhone with no manual coding changes??

I doubt just any coding. For example, I use Perl and PHP to connect to a database. Maybe I shouldn't say any coding, but not just any application. I have never used this feature. I'll guess I'll find out shortly.