Editing Adobe Flash (section)

==Availability==

===Desktop computers===

====Adobe Flash Player====
{{Main|Adobe Flash Player#Availability}}
Adobe Flash Player is currently only supported with the [[Enterprise software|enterprise]]<ref name=ent1/><ref name=ent2/><ref name=ent3/> and [[China]]<ref name=Zhongcheng/> variants, it has been deprecated everywhere else.<ref name="Adobe Flash EOL"/>

Adobe Flash Player is available in four flavors:
* ActiveX-based Plug-in
* [[NPAPI]]-based Plug-in
* [[PPAPI]]-based Plug-in
* Projector

The ''ActiveX'' version is an [[ActiveX]] control for use in [[Internet Explorer]] and any other Windows applications that support ActiveX technology. The ''Plug-in'' versions are available for browsers supporting either [[Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface|NPAPI]] or [[Google Native Client#Pepper|PPAPI]] plug-ins on [[Microsoft Windows]], [[macOS]], and [[Linux]]. The ''projector'' version is a standalone player that can open [[SWF]] files directly.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html |work=Adobe Flash Player Support Center |title=Downloads |access-date=October 1, 2016 |archive-date=October 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022033330/http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Adobe AIR====
{{Main|Adobe AIR#Platforms}}
Adobe AIR shares some code with Adobe Flash Player and essentially embeds it.

===Mobile devices===

====Adobe Flash Player====
Adobe Flash Player was previously available for a variety of mobile operating systems, including [[Android (operating system)|Android]] (between versions [[Android Froyo|2.2]]<ref>{{cite web|first = Phil|last = Nickinson|url=http://www.androidcentral.com/andy-rubin-says-flash-coming-froyo-version-android-operating-system |title=Andy Rubin says Flash is coming in Froyo version of Android operating system |publisher=Androidcentral.com |date=April 27, 2010 |access-date=December 4, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101204221455/http://www.androidcentral.com/andy-rubin-says-flash-coming-froyo-version-android-operating-system| archive-date= December 4, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> and [[Android 4.0|4.0.4]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.webpronews.com/today-is-the-last-day-to-get-flash-for-android-2012-08 |title=Today Is The Last Day To Get Flash For Android |publisher=WebProNews |date=August 14, 2012 |access-date=January 12, 2015 |archive-date=January 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130212639/http://www.webpronews.com/today-is-the-last-day-to-get-flash-for-android-2012-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>., [[Pocket PC]]/[[Windows CE]], [[QNX]] (e.g., on [[BlackBerry PlayBook]]), [[Symbian]], [[Palm OS]], and [[webOS]] (since version 2.0<ref>{{cite news |first=Sascha |last=Segan |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371016,00.asp#fbid=tFzIWK6F9kL |title=HP WebOS 2.0 with Flash: Hands On |publisher=[[PCMag]] |date=October 19, 2010 |access-date=October 16, 2011 |archive-date=August 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806023944/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371016,00.asp#fbid=tFzIWK6F9kL |url-status=live }}</ref>). Flash Player for [[smartphone]]s was originally made available to handset manufacturers at the end of 2009.<ref name="palmpr">{{cite web|url=https://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200902/021609AdobePalmOSP.html|title=Palm Latest Mobile Industry Leader to Join Open Screen Project|access-date=February 20, 2009|date=February 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223002124/http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200902/021609AdobePalmOSP.html|archive-date=February 23, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In November 2011, Adobe announced the withdrawal of support for Flash Player on mobile devices.<ref name="sfgate">{{cite web |last=Winokur |first=Danny |url=http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2011/11/flash-focus.html |title=Flash to Focus on PC Browsing and Mobile Apps; Adobe to More Aggressively Contribute to HTML5 (Adobe Featured Blogs) |publisher=Blogs.adobe.com |date=November 9, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |archive-date=January 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118144923/http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2011/11/flash-focus.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2011 Adobe reaffirmed its commitment to "aggressively contribute" to HTML5.<ref>Stevens, Tim. (2011-11-09) [https://www.engadget.com/2011/11/09/adobe-confirms-flash-player-is-dead-for-mobile-devices Adobe confirms Flash Player is dead for mobile devices] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804032451/https://www.engadget.com/2011/11/09/adobe-confirms-flash-player-is-dead-for-mobile-devices/ |date=August 4, 2017 }}. Engadget.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theinfoboom.com/articles/adobe-flash-player-turfed-for-mobile-devices/|title=Adobe Flash Player Turfed for Mobile Devices|access-date=November 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425155220/http://www.theinfoboom.com/articles/adobe-flash-player-turfed-for-mobile-devices/|archive-date=April 25, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Adobe announced the end of Flash for mobile platforms or TV, instead focusing on HTML5 for browser content and Adobe AIR for the various mobile [[List of digital distribution platforms for mobile devices|application stores]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tideart.com/?id=4ebafb57|title=Web designers: Time to ditch Flash, Silverlight, and embrace HTML5|access-date=November 10, 2011|archive-date=November 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112082542/http://tideart.com/?id=4ebafb57|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/flash-is-dead-long-live-html5/1633|title=Flash is dead. Long live HTML5|access-date=November 12, 2011|date=November 9, 2011|work=[[ZDNet]]|archive-date=November 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112013856/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/flash-is-dead-long-live-html5/1633|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2011/11/flash-focus.html|title=Flash to Focus on PC Browsing and Mobile Apps; Adobe to More Aggressively Contribute to HTML5|access-date=November 12, 2011|date=November 9, 2011|publisher=[[Adobe Systems]]|quote=We will no longer continue to develop Flash Player in the browser to work with new mobile device configurations (chipset, browser, OS version, etc.) following the upcoming release of Flash Player 11.1 for Android and BlackBerry PlayBook|archive-date=January 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118144923/http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2011/11/flash-focus.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=PlayBook has a Flash-filled future; RIM's worst decision to date?|website=[[ZDNet]]|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/without-mobile-adobe-flash-is-irrelevant/|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=August 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810185514/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/without-mobile-adobe-flash-is-irrelevant/19247|url-status=live}}</ref> and described it as "the beginning of the end".<ref>{{cite news|title=The beginning of the end for Adobe's Flash|url=https://money.cnn.com/2011/11/10/technology/adobe_flash/|access-date=November 11, 2011|work=CNN|date=November 10, 2011|archive-date=November 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112084349/http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/10/technology/adobe_flash/|url-status=live}}</ref> BlackBerry LTD (formerly known as RIM) announced that it would continue to develop Flash Player for the PlayBook.<ref>{{cite web|title=PlayBook has a Flash-filled future; RIM's worst decision to date?|website=[[ZDNet]]|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/playbook-has-a-flash-filled-future-rims-worst-decision-to-date/|access-date=November 11, 2011|archive-date=November 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113015429/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/playbook-has-a-flash-filled-future-rims-worst-decision-to-date/63118|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Anchor|Flash for iOS}}There is no Adobe Flash Player for iOS devices ([[iPhone]], [[iPad]], and [[iPod Touch]]). However, Flash content can be made to run on iOS devices in a variety of ways:
* Flash content can be bundled inside an Adobe AIR app, which will then run on iOS devices. (Apple did not allow this for a while, but they relaxed those restrictions in September 2010.<ref>{{cite web |first=Joseph |last=Menn |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/86cf0890-bc32-11df-8c02-00144feab49a.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204015145/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/86cf0890-bc32-11df-8c02-00144feab49a.html#axzz1ay3FpLua |archive-date=February 4, 2013 |url-access=subscription |title=Apple relaxes app developer rules |work=Financial Times |date=September 9, 2010 |access-date=October 16, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>)
* If the content is Flash video being served by Adobe Flash Media Server 4.5, the server will translate and send the video as HTTP Dynamic Streaming or HTTP Live Streaming, both of which can be played by iOS devices.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jonny |last=Evans |url=http://blogs.computerworld.com/18922/adobe_brings_flash_free_flash_to_apple_ipad_iphone |title=Adobe brings Flash-free-Flash to Apple iPad, iPhone |publisher=[[Computerworld]] |date=September 9, 2011 |access-date=October 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007182046/http://blogs.computerworld.com/18922/adobe_brings_flash_free_flash_to_apple_ipad_iphone |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* Some specialized mobile browsers manage to accommodate Flash via streaming content from the cloud directly to a user's device. Some examples are Photon Browser<ref>{{cite web|title=Photon Browser|url=http://www.appsverse.com/Browser|access-date=5 March 2014|archive-date=February 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224080755/http://www.appsverse.com/Browser|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Puffin Web Browser.<ref>{{cite web|title=Puffin Web Browser – About|url=http://www.puffinbrowser.com/about/|access-date=12 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214183654/http://www.puffinbrowser.com/about/|archive-date=February 14, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The mobile version of [[Internet Explorer]] for [[Windows Phone]] cannot play Flash content;<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hemphill |first=Kenny |date=September 15, 2011 |title=Microsoft ditches Flash support in tablet version of Internet Explorer |magazine=[[MacUser]]  |location=London |url=http://www.macuser.co.uk/5470-microsoft-ditches-flash-support-in-tablet-version-of-internet-explorer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220235934/http://www.macuser.co.uk/5470-microsoft-ditches-flash-support-in-tablet-version-of-internet-explorer |archive-date=December 20, 2012 }}</ref> however, Flash support is still present on the [[Windows RT|tablet version of Windows]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bott|first1=Ed|title=Microsoft changes default Flash behavior in Windows 8 and RT|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-changes-default-flash-behavior-in-windows-8-and-rt/|website=[[ZDNet]]|access-date=2 February 2015|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724233936/https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-changes-default-flash-behavior-in-windows-8-and-rt/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Adobe AIR====
{{Main|Adobe AIR}}

AIR is a [[Cross-platform software|cross-platform]] [[runtime system]] for developing applications for mobile devices running [[Android (operating system)|Android]] ([[ARM Cortex-A8]] and above)<ref name="flashmobileblog1">{{cite news |title=Flash Player 10.1 – Installations and updates |url=http://www.flashmobileblog.com/2010/03/02/flash-player-10-1-installations-and-updates/ |url-status=usurped |access-date=November 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008031022/http://www.flashmobileblog.com/2010/03/02/flash-player-10-1-installations-and-updates/ |archive-date=October 8, 2010 }}</ref> and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[iOS]].<ref name="fp11ios">[https://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/articles/ios_features_in_air26.html iOS features in Adobe AIR 2.6] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925184916/http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/articles/ios_features_in_air26.html |date=September 25, 2012 }}, Adobe Devnet</ref>

===Adobe Flash Lite===
{{Main|Adobe Flash Lite}}
Adobe Flash Lite is a lightweight version of Adobe Flash Player intended for mobile phones<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NS0t2VF6fooC&pg=PA77|title=Mobile Web Design|last=Moll|first=Cameron|date=2007|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9780615185910|language=en}}{{self-published source|date=February 2020}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=February 2020}} and other portable electronic devices like [[Chumby]] and [[iRiver]].