Flash Player 10.1 Beta for Android

[Guest fbsqual]

that's right. the Adobe Flash & AIR are developed by using NDK, they dont run in VM. They'r the native Apps those only based on ARM-v7 hardware.

[Guest pine]

If we are really lucky, maybe it will work like 2.0 and 2.1 on the Droid/Milestone, you will be able to use some 2.2 apks on 2.1 Android.

That has nothing to do with flash, just with Froyo.

What would be awesome is if some devs made it work on a 2.1 device (HTC phones will stay with Andro 2.1 for some time I think compared to the N1 and Droid which will get it soon)

How did you get adobe air for android. Has the beta program already started. Can share install file?

[Guest fbsqual]

I doubt that adobe have the permission to add Flash plugin into the present Chrome Lite. The ‘Gears’ was packaged in Chrome Lite APK, it's not independently. It can shown by using adb shell. I think google have updated the browser in 2.2 and it was permitted adding new plugin by 3rd part developer. But for 2.1 or lower, we may need rebuilt the browser.

Is that right?

Edited May 22, 2010 by fbsqual

[Guest thenext1]

Google has got a bit too much light-headed about releasing new androids and breaking api compatibility.

First there was 1.6 that was supposed to be a milestone, then 2.0 and an instant later 2.1... and that was supposed, too, to be an api milestone... and now guess what? 2.2 is out and is api-breaking (hence flash only for 2.2)

[Guest dentette]

Google has got a bit too much light-headed about releasing new androids and breaking api compatibility.

First there was 1.6 that was supposed to be a milestone, then 2.0 and an instant later 2.1... and that was supposed, too, to be an api milestone... and now guess what? 2.2 is out and is api-breaking (hence flash only for 2.2)

It is not API breaking, it's API adding.

You can't innovate without adding new API's and frankly, I rather have new features than a platform that stands still for a whole year.

That being said, i hope Acer will do the port to 2.2 for the liquid (even a leaked one for the Liquid e is ok).

Do we have sources inside acer that can confirm anything ? (LIQUID_USER?)

[Guest thenext1]

It is not API breaking, it's API adding.

You can't innovate without adding new API's and frankly, I rather have new features than a platform that stands still for a whole year.

At least, they could wait for their "gaseous thoughts" about 2.1 to depositate a bit, and include 2.2's APIs into 2.1.

Frankly it really looks like the differences in APIs between 2.1 and 2.2 are thin.

For me it's a commercial move.