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Android 5.0 and AIR progress?

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So as we know Android 5.0 broke all Adobe AIR built apps. I saw my sales drop 25% across the entire catalog the week 5.0 was released and getting a few emails a day about this issue. Any info on the progress or solution would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Colin HolgateCorrect answer

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There's this blog post:

http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2014/11/adobe-air-and-android-5-0.html

Short version is: Google will do a fix in the OS, in the meantime you can make apps with a 2048-RSA certificate, and those will work ok. The article has link to a patched ADT.jar file that defaults to 2048 instead of 1024. If you're using Flash Pro you can already select 2048 when making a certificate.

One thing I haven't tested yet, but will soon, is whether you can update an existing app that used 1024-RSA to one that uses 2048-RSA. Normally Google reject updates that don't use the same certificate as the previous version.

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mola2alex

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That seems counter to what the other thread is saying but I will try AIR 16 app on my N7 and see if it works or not. Cheers

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Colin Holgate

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My fear is that the new ADT (or selecting 2048-RSA in Flash Pro), isn't going to work for existing apps. Google insist that you use the same certificate that you used the first time. Hopefully an Android 5 update will just solve the issue.

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Colin Holgate

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Some new info, selecting 2048 in Flash Pro still makes a 1024 certificate. Maybe it needs this patched ADT: Shared Files - Acrobat.com , but I don't know if that is a particular version of AIR.

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Colin HolgateCorrect answer

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There's this blog post:

http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2014/11/adobe-air-and-android-5-0.html

Short version is: Google will do a fix in the OS, in the meantime you can make apps with a 2048-RSA certificate, and those will work ok. The article has link to a patched ADT.jar file that defaults to 2048 instead of 1024. If you're using Flash Pro you can already select 2048 when making a certificate.

One thing I haven't tested yet, but will soon, is whether you can update an existing app that used 1024-RSA to one that uses 2048-RSA. Normally Google reject updates that don't use the same certificate as the previous version.

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Mark.fromOPAuthor

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Thanks Colin. Please do let us know if its possible to update an existing app with a 2048 certificate and if that does fix the issue.

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Colin Holgate

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In the end I reused the old certificates. Will ask a friend to try the app under Android 5. I used the most recent AIR 16.

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