Adobe AIR Now Available for Android PhonesAdobe AIR Now Available for Android Phones

If you run a desktop Twitter client, you're probably familiar with Adobe AIR, an application framework and runtime environment that allows developers to write an app and have it instantly portable to multiple operating systems. Now, Adobe has announced that AIR is available for Android mobile phones as well, giving app developers another way to code apps that will work in Android.

The news doesn't mean that all of your desktop AIR apps like your favorite Twitter client or RSS feed reader will work instantly on your Android device however. App developers will have to use Adobe's Flash Builder or Flash Professional to develop AIR apps for Android. The list of AIR-enabled apps for Android isn't very long yet, but as more developers sign up to get the AIR developer tools for Android, it's likely the list will grow.

Developers who want to use the AIR platform to build apps for Android will need to have a handset running Android 2.2 "Froyo" or later, and will have the option to port their existing code or build code from scratch using Flash or AIR tools. In either case, developer code will have to be heavily modified to run on mobile devices that have significantly less system resources than a desktop or laptop.

AIR for Android works similarly to AIR for Mac OS and Windows; if you try to install an app that requires the AIR framework you'll be prompted to install it first. In fact, apps that use AIR are already beginning to appear in the Android App Market, and there's a short list over at Adobe's AIR for Android page. Most of the apps so far are simple games, instructional or educational apps, and a few entertainment apps with relatively simple features.

Even so, the fact that AIR exists for Android gives developers another way to build applications for Android without using Google's native Android toolset, and gives developers a way to quickly and easily release versions of their apps for desktop operating systems and for Android in one round, all using tools their developers are likely already familiar with.

source : appscout

Flash FAIL threatens Android

One of the key selling points of Android 2.2 is the inclusion of a full version of Adobe Flash Player.

Unfortunately, the implementation of Flash on Android is TOO full, and Adobe have managed to make the platform vulnerable to the latest zero day security threat, according to PC World magazine.

Adobe Flash and Adobe Acrobat Reader are two completely miserable failures when it comes to security. Although Flash is not quite as bad as Acrobat Reader, it is still a sign of remarkable FAIL to be able to be so rubbish.

Although Flash does add functionality, does it come at too high a price? And is Steve Jobs right to keep Flash off the iPhone platform after all?

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Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Arrives for Android

Good news and bad news: Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Arrives for Android.. but whether or you see it as good or bad news depends largely on your point of view.

Available only for Android 2.2 devices (and there aren't exactly many of those about), Flash 10.1 will be available through the Android Market for download. Now, Android users can experience full Flash multimedia while opening up their Android handset to a terrifying number of security flaws that Adobe products come with.

Still, it might annoy those people who have shelled out for a new iPhone 4, which isn't a bad thing..

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