And when we got it running on iOS, the performance was just abysmal and embarrassing and it could never get to something which would be consumer value add. Adobe Flash was officially discontinued earlier this year , with support ended in all web browsers and operating systems where it was available. Scott Forstall left Apple in , but he led the development of the iPhone and iPad, as well as its operating system. This is why he has been asked to testify in the Epic Games vs.
Apple case, as the two companies are battling it out in court over the removal of the popular game Fortnite from the App Store and accusations of Apple conducting monopolistic practices with its platform. Your iPhone doesn't natively support Adobe Flash in its Safari browser, but you can download browsers from a variety of well-known developers that support the feature.
The apps offer different levels of support for Flash content, from watching videos to running interactive Flash applications for training purposes. Instead, these browsers connect to a cloud server as you browse. That means Flash would open a new door for application developers to get their software onto the iPhone: Just code them in Flash and put them on a web page. In so doing, Flash would divert business from the App Store, as well as enable publishers to distribute music, videos and movies that could compete with the iTunes Store.
Apple's well aware of these problems, which is why the company wrote a clause in its iPhone developers' Terms of Service agreement. This could come as major disappointment to iPhone owners, as the lack of Flash support has been a paramount complaint about the handset since its release. No Flash means that the iPhone browser is incapable of displaying a large portion of the internet. For example, free Flash games aren't supported, videos can't be streamed from the vastly popular television and movie site Hulu, and websites that use Flash to render content or navigation won't work on the iPhone.
It's no wonder Adobe is expressing reluctance about the prospects of Flash for iPhone. Apple computers such as the MacBook do not have a Flash player installed by default, but users can install a player or use a Web browser such as Chrome that supports Flash. Unlike with the computers, iOS devices are closed, meaning users cannot install software unless it comes through the iTunes App Store and has been verified by Apple.
He said Flash was unreliable and could cause memory problems and instability with iOS devices. Analysts believe Jobs may also have feared that if Flash caused iOS devices to crash, Apple might get blamed for the poor user experience. The reliability and performance of such browsers is variable and they offer no guarantee that a particular Flash-based page will work correctly.
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