Adobe Flash Player exits Android Google Play store
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Adobe is pulling its Flash Player plug-in from Android's Google Play store.
It follows a decision to halt development of the software for mobile devices.
The plug-in allows multimedia content created using the Flash format to be viewed via a web browser.
Adobe will continue to develop the player for PCs. It will also support Air - a tool which lets developers turn web-based applications using Flash into standalone mobile apps.
The Flash Player had been popular on Google Play - with two-thirds of users giving it a top score.
But Adobe said it was removing the option to install the plug-in because it was likely to exhibit "unpredictable behaviour" when used with the latest version of Android, known as Jelly Bean.
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And what of its replacement, HTML5? Oh yeah, it's still under development. Nothing like pulling the plug too early. Kinda like removing expandable storage from mobile devices because they can use the cloud. The problem is, the cloud requires a net connection and wifi isn't universally available.
Happily, my Galaxy Player has both Flash and a card slot.
ps: it's still available for
officially supported devices