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Technical Help / Androids and Flash - some info if you get one for Christmas !
« on: Saturday 22 December 12 11:53 GMT (UK) »
I've just got a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, and I was dismayed that it would not display Flash graphics in web pages (the BBC News site use Flash for their embedded web page video).
When I tried to load the latest version of Adobe Flash as an app, I was informed that there was no compatible Flash version for my Android version. I found this a bit odd, because my Tab has Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 and my phone has the same version, and this does display embedded Flash.
The answer wasn't too hard to find - apparently Adobe has very quietly been withdrawing support for Flash on Android devices since Android 3.0, so there's no Flash apps for anything with Android 4 on it (and that includes all new Android devices).
The solution is just as simple - go into the general settings of your Android device, and under Security you'll see 'Unknown Sources' - "Allow installation of non-Market apps" - tick this box.
Then go to http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html
Scroll down the page and find Flash Player 11.1 for Android 4 (the top one). Download and run. This will install Flash on your Android device. If you wish, you can untick the box in the security settings, but it doesn't matter much if you don't.
The reason why my mobile phone supports Flash is because it was originally shipped with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), so Flash was installed and updated when the phone was updated to later Android versions (it now has Ice Cream Sandwich too).
Enjoy !
When I tried to load the latest version of Adobe Flash as an app, I was informed that there was no compatible Flash version for my Android version. I found this a bit odd, because my Tab has Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 and my phone has the same version, and this does display embedded Flash.
The answer wasn't too hard to find - apparently Adobe has very quietly been withdrawing support for Flash on Android devices since Android 3.0, so there's no Flash apps for anything with Android 4 on it (and that includes all new Android devices).
The solution is just as simple - go into the general settings of your Android device, and under Security you'll see 'Unknown Sources' - "Allow installation of non-Market apps" - tick this box.
Then go to http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html
Scroll down the page and find Flash Player 11.1 for Android 4 (the top one). Download and run. This will install Flash on your Android device. If you wish, you can untick the box in the security settings, but it doesn't matter much if you don't.
The reason why my mobile phone supports Flash is because it was originally shipped with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), so Flash was installed and updated when the phone was updated to later Android versions (it now has Ice Cream Sandwich too).
Enjoy !