TS1702 Why does iPad not support adobe flash player

Why does the Ipad not support Adobe Flash Player ?

No Flash for iPads, iPhones, or iPods
Here's why there's is no Flash available for iDevices or other mobile devices. Adobe was unable to provide a product that was suitable to the needs of battery powered mobile devices used for Internet browsing. Existing Flash technology used too much memory, ate battery life, and was buggy. Simply put Flash did not work well on mobile devices.
Apple's Steve Jobs led the escape from Flash dependency when Apple introduced the iPhone, and later introduced the iPad. There was a hue and cry over the omission. Time proved Jobs was right on target.
So this is why there is no Flash for your iPhone or iPad or iPod nor for most SmartPhones. Flash has been abandoned by many sites in favor of supported technologies such as HTML5 or by providing their own custom app.
Here is Steve Jobs official comment on his momentous decision to omit Flash from iDevices: Steve Jobs on Flash.
Here is Adobe's later announcement to cease development of Flash for mobile devices: Adobe on Mobile Flash. Adobe is not providing Flash for Apple iOS devices, and they no longer provide Flash for any other cellular phones. Flash is officially gone.
Now, you are not necessarily out on a limb. There are some apps that can display some Flash, but don't count on there ability to display anything using Flash.
A sample of Apps that can display some Flash content:
  1. Puffin
  2. SkyFire
  3. Photon Flash
  4. Browse2Go
  5. Swifter
Also, note that many sites that use Flash provide their own app for accessing their material. So check with your favorite sites and find out if "there's an app for that."

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    Why doesn't the iPad allow me to download adobe flash player so I can play my games?

    Noble Seven wrote:
    It's a really long story.
    TL;DR, Adobe doesn't make flash for the iPad, and they never will. If you want to view or play flash content, do it on a computer.
    Hopefully, this is the END of this thread.

  • Since ipad air does not support adobe flash player what is good to use?, Since ipad air does not support adobe flash player what is good to use?

    Since Ipad does not support Adobe flash player what is the best one to use?

    Adobe has not made a version of Flash for the iPad.
    Kappy explains why. https://discussions.apple.com/message/19446567#19446567
    5 Flash Player Alternatives http://www.techshout.com/features/2011/01/flash-player-for-ipad-apps/
    Top 4 browsers supports flash player on iPad and iPhone
    http://mashtips.com/flash-player-ios/
     Cheers, Tom

  • Does ipad 3 support adobe flash and other various video formats?

    does ipad 3 support adobe flash and other various video formats? Thanks/////!

    Flash is not a video format. Flash is a platform that consists of a scripting language, and plug-in or application that presents a canvas and resources to run the scripts. It is possible for Flash to load video and play them in the canvas, but the video itself is a separate resource. Flash became a popular mechanism for video plaback mostly because the plugin was available for multiple browsers and the video codecs that Flash could load were consistent across multiple platforms, which made coding easier. It also made it simpler to add advertising overlays (especially before CSS3), and it was also a popular mechanism to distribute viruses.
    In November of 2011, Adobe stopped development of and licensing of the use of Flash on mobile platforms, citing that HTML5 makes the primary uses for Flash obsolete. There is no version of Flash for iOS, or new or future versions of Android.
    Adobe further indicated that they will be phasing out Flash plug-in support as well (such as the plugins used in Desktop web browsers), instead aiming to make Flash applications stand-along applications running on the desktop. No time table for that has been set, though they've just recently phased out Linux development. However, Flash is being actively developer for native applications and Adobe makes Flash Builder and AIR that allow you to make native applications for iOS and Android using the Flash development tools.
    With regard to video formats... iOS natively supports MPEG-4 and various profiles thereof, and it supports the use of the HTML5 <video> tag to embed video in pages and in applications that leverage the WebKit environment to implement their UI. There are also apps that display other video formats.

  • Why doesn't Apple support Adobe Flash player on the iPad?  Very irritating!

    Why doesn't Apple support Adobe Flash player on the iPad?  Very irritating!

    Look to the right under More Like This and you will see that you are beating a dead horse. Instead of doing a search for your issue you will be one of the obligatory 5 or 6 folks who ask this same inane question here every bloody day.
    So there is you answer, just read a few of the links to the scores of other threads here on this very topic and you will have all of the answers. The primary one being that there is no Flash from Adobe for iOS devices. Never has been, and since Adobe gave up trying to make Flash that worked, likely never will be.

  • Why doesn't Apple support Adobe Flash Player?

    Why doesn't Apple support Adobe Flash Player?
    I recently traveled out of the country with a large group and we are sharing our photos on Snapfish and I need Adobe Flash Player to download them to my IPAD. Help!

    No Flash for iPads, iPhones, or iPods
    Here's why there's is no Flash available for iDevices or other mobile devices. Adobe was unable to provide a product that was suitable to the needs of battery powered mobile devices used for Internet browsing. Existing Flash technology used too much memory, ate battery life, and was buggy. Simply put Flash did not work well on mobile devices.
    Apple's Steve Jobs led the escape from Flash dependency when Apple introduced the iPhone, and later introduced the iPad. There was a hue and cry over the omission. Time proved Jobs was right on target.
    So this is why there is no Flash for your iPhone or iPad or iPod nor for most SmartPhones. Flash has been abandoned by many sites in favor of supported technologies such as HTML5 or by providing their own custom app.
    Here is Steve Jobs official comment on his momentous decision to omit Flash from iDevices: Steve Jobs on Flash.
    Here is Adobe's later announcement to cease development of Flash for mobile devices: Adobe on Mobile Flash. Adobe is not providing Flash for Apple iOS devices, and they no longer provide Flash for any other cellular phones. Flash is officially gone.
    Now, you are not necessarily out on a limb. There are some apps that can display some Flash, but don't count on there ability to display anything using Flash.
    A sample of Apps that can display some Flash content:
      1. Puffin
      2. SkyFire
      3. Photon Flash
      4. Browse2Go
      5. Swifter
    Also, note that many sites that use Flash provide their own app for accessing their material. So check with your favorite sites and find out if "there's an app for that."

  • I  am trying to find a app to replace adobe flash player. My IPad does not support adobe flash player"

    Trying to find a app to replace adobe flash player. My IPad doesn't support adobe flash player.

    no adobe don't make a flash player for mobile devices it's not your ipads which does not support flash
    there are some browsers in app store which is supposed to handle flash how well I'm not sure

  • Why can I not install Adobe Flash Player on my Samsung III phone!?!? Are you kidding me!?

    .Why can I not load Adoble Flash Player onto my Samsung III phone !?!?Are you kidding me!? Or am I doing something wrong?

    Hi, I don't know. It is not too helpful to only know that you have a computer.
    eidnolb

  • Why can I not install Adobe Flash Player on my computer ?

    I am not able to install Adobe Flash Player on my computer. I have uninstalled a previous version. The new version says the installation was successful, but there is no installation.

    Hi, I don't know. It is not too helpful to only know that you have a computer.
    eidnolb

  • Why does latest version of Adobe flash player starts multiple copies

    When I go to a page that uses adobe flash player Firefox freezes. When I open up task manager there are up to 10 copies of flash player running and I have to close them manually. What is going on?

    FlashPlayer often causes problems.
    The protected mode is intended to improve security, but itself may cause problems. It certainly has been shown conclusivly to increase the rate of Firefox crashes. Firefox now makes it easier to disable Flash Player's protected mode when necessary or for test and compsarison purposes.
    *See [[Adobe Flash plugin has crashed - Prevent it from happening again#w_disable-flash-protected-mode]]'''_disable-flash-protected-mode'''
    *Also see [[Flash Plugin - Keep it up to date and troubleshoot problems]]
    Note some sites offer HTML5 video instead of or as an alternative to FlashPlayer. YouTube is an example, but even with YouTube options have been chabging and changing back and sometimes may differ and be not only browser specific but browser version specific. Look at their test and options page with each browser:
    * https://www.youtube.com/html5

  • Why does the apple iPad 1st gen not support Adobe flash player

    No camera icon

    Flash is not supported on any iOS device, and as Adobe have stopped development on all mobile versions of it, it probably never will be : http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
    In terms of the camera icon, the original iPad doesn't have any cameras on it, so there is no need for a camera app.

  • I can not watch the videos because ipad 2 does not support adobe flash player .Is there a way to solve this problem  ...

    The problem with flash player is definitely negative for a device such as Ipad 2 ...

    Flash is not, and quite possibly never will be, suppported (and which is well known about iOS devices) : http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
    Apps such as Skyfire claim to support flash, but their reviews are mixed. Some websites, especially news sites, have their own apps in the App Store, so you could try checking there.

  • Why you do not have adobe flash players ? I will move for sumsung bc of this reason.

    Guys i prefer to move to sumsung bc i always face a problem bc apple do not support adobe flash player and realy this company is stuborn as **** and fir sure they have issues with abobe and they r fu....ing the users .   Aplle if you dont want to solve this problem with adobe tell us bc we fade up bc mane website we can not open it and also we have videos issues.

    Ok Great Allan,
    thanks for the articles they explain with details ok i agree with you in many points about the flash player
    but still inconvenient for me using iphone and my ipad and to get surprise many videos i can not watch them on the devices.
    really you guys should find solution and one more issue with apple it's really hard to install images or videos to the pc or opposite. i bought sumsung galaxy note and really i stoped using my iphone after that and i always love Aplle but i feel to much presure from your side by using itunes and stupied sync which many times could lose your apps and re-download.  as i m user i do not want to compicate my life where ever you guys make it easier for us we will be more happy from Apple.
    By the way many friends i know they switch from iphone to sumsung bc of this reason so please try to make it easy bc we love Apple hardware.
    Best regards
    Abdul Korek

  • As apple does not support Adobe flash how do I watch youtube other  videos and play games?

    As apple does not support Adobe flash how do I watch youtube other  videos and play games?

    There is a YouTube built-in app for watching those videos. If you can't find the app (it can't be deleted), then check that it's not hidden via Settings > General > Restrictions > YouTube.
    For videos on other sites then you might find that some of them (probably more so if they are news sites) have their own apps in the App Store which might let you get some of the content that you want (and there is the built-in YouTube app). Also there are browsers such as Skyfire which 'work' on some sites - but judging by the reviews not all sites. If you want to play flash games then you are probably out of luck if you want to play on-line though the iSwifter app might work on some of them, but again some flash games have app versions in the store.

  • Why can i not download adobe falsh player for ipad retina

    Why can i not download adobe falsh player for ipad retina

    Adobe has not made a version of Flash for the iPad.
    Kappy explains why. https://discussions.apple.com/message/19446567#19446567
    5 Flash Player Alternatives http://www.techshout.com/features/2011/01/flash-player-for-ipad-apps/
    Top 4 browsers supports flash player on iPad and iPhone
    http://mashtips.com/flash-player-ios/
     Cheers, Tom

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