Flash

[steppy9]

Since Adobe no longer supports ics, what have you found to be the best flash player substitute?

TIA


Steppy9


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[nnjwy]

Adobe supports ics, It does not support JB, If you want search for Adobe flashplayer apk. this way you can always side load it.

 

[coryteague]

If you install Firefox or dolphin and side load the flash apk you can get flash on jb. The T-pIN is still running ics and still has flash support. I wonder if you can side load the non chrome android browser on a jb device with flash apk and get it work? Anyone?

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[shafferb]

At least I can answer the side-load the ICS browser into JB question, and the answer is a big fat "NO". I was able to get the APK file from my TF700T, but no dice loading it into JB on my Nexus 7,

Soooo, necessity being the mother of invention, I tried the Dolphin browser (version 8.5.1 to be specific on the Nexus 7 , sideloaded) along with the latest Flash 11.1 (again sideloaded) and worked just fine.

Just in terms of browsers though, if you haven't tried Dolphin, you've missed a lot, new or "old" version. Very fast, incredibly simple, but with voice and "gesture" commands that nothing else has. It has now become my default browser in all my devices, just a superb product in every way.

UPDATE:

I did find an article (guess where!) on how to install the original AOSP browser on the Nexus 7, requires root, so I haven't done it yet, but here's the link:

http://www.androidauthority.com/nexus-7-stock-aosp-browser-replace-google-chrome-103893/

 

[fireplug]

Not certain if this is the only way to get the latest versions of Dolphin Browser, Adobe Flash Player and Jellybean to play nice together, but this is a method that worked for me.

With this method I believe that you must choose between Always On or On Demand in Dolphin, because I think the software only limits your ability to make changes to the Flash setting, and since the default is normally Off when one downloads from the play store, normally one can't activate Flash without getting the slap on the hand "you can't do that" from Dolphin. The trick here is to save a copy of the Dolphin ICS settings which allow Flash use and then restore those on JB.

This is how it worked for me.

You need:

1. A device running ICS which probably needs to be rooted.
2. Your device running Jellybean which probably needs to be rooted.
3. Titanium backup on both device
4. A version of the Flash Player apk to side load which you can download (they are still available if you Google search) or a Titanium backed up version that you already made.

Turn off automatic backup from your Google account on your JB device.

On your ICS device install Titanium backup and Dolphin from the market. Open Dolphin, go to settings and turn on Flash content. Exit Dolphin. Open Titanium backup and make a backup of Dolphin and Flash player if that is how you will be getting Flash. Now you need to copy those backup files to your Jellybean device. There are several ways to do so which I won't cover here.

On your Jellybean device uninstall any copies of Dolphin and Flash you may already have on there. You can backup your bookmarks first if you wish but can't do a full backup and restore of all your settings because they will overwrite what we are going to do. Now, with a clean Jellybean, install titanium backup from the market if you don't already have it. Open titanium backup and find that dolphin backup you moved from the ICS device. Restore the app and data. Open Dolphin and go to settings and see that Flash is enabled but don't touch the toggle. Close Dolphin. Now either restore the Flash app in Titanium, or install it from an apk you found on the net

That's it.

Open Dolphin and you should now be able to use Flash, and pinch zoom.

Never touch the flash toggle in Dolphin, and I wouldn't let Dolphin update either.

Your milage may vary, but this worked for me. "Thanks" are appreciated if this works for you.

Good luck and please excuse any typos or mistakes as I was typing this in the car as my daughter was driving (scary)


UPDATE: This method works for Dolphin Beta Browser as well which has improved HTML5 compatibility.