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Adobe Flash Player for Android … *lol*

I am sorry, I usually don’t flame about other people’s software. But Adobe Flash has always been a pain in the ass. I hate it on my MacBook and I don’t really like it on my Android (yes SteveJ, it drains my battery like crazy).

After investigating some issues with TV.Centerr and HTC Desire HD I came across the AndroidManifest.xml of the latest release (10.1.105.7). There I discovered some funny things

  1. android.webkit.PLUGIN is completely deprecated (source). So at some point, that stuff will no longer be supported by the Android system. Bad.
  2. Isn’t 8 gte 5 (8 > 5)? So Adobe develops for SDK version 8 (Android 2.2) but works with the SDK v5?

I really, really hope Adobe knows what they are doing …
And I still did not find a solution to the Desire HD problem.

4 thoughts on “Adobe Flash Player for Android … *lol*

  1. Hey,
    first off: i really like your apps.

    I got a quick question:
    As “android.webkit.PLUGIN” is deprecated, do you know of any alternative one should use when planning to support flash content in their apps?

    thx. 🙂

    1. hi steffen

      I have no idea. I haven’t had any time to check it out further. But there has to be a solution somehow 😉
      And android.webkit.WebSettings.setFlashPlayerEnabled(bool) has somehow also disappeared ;-D

      man I need some days off to fix my app. Let me know if you find something

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