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October 23, 2015
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Adobe Flash Player - Safari - iPad

  • October 23, 2015
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Until the recent Mac iOS upgrade, I was running an Adobe Flash Player video in my iPad's Safari Browser. Since the upgrade, the video does not display and no error messages are displayed. Can anyone tell me why this has happened, and what, if anything, I can do about it?

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    jeromiec83223024
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    jeromiec83223024Community Manager
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    December 3, 2015

    Yeah, it sounds like iOS broke the tool that you were using to play Flash content on iOS.  AFAIK, we have no engineering relationship with that third-party vendor, so I have no idea how they were getting it to work, nor do we support the use-case.

    Apple changes APIs and underlying OS architecture pretty aggressively, so the technique they were using is probably no longer viable.  You'll either need to wait for the vendor to update, or find a different mechanism for delivering your eLearning content.  I'm pretty sure that there are numerous options for true cross-platform courseware delivery available commercially, including products from Adobe.

    Puffin browser is really the only viable option I'm aware of.

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    PGB10210X
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    November 12, 2019

    I use Safari to access my employers network.  Since the the update tp iPad IOS when I log onto the network i get an error stating that my version of Safari is out of date.  When I fly Delta Airlines, I like to watch movies on my iPad.  After the last iPad IOS was installed I can no longer watch movies on my iPad.  The delta app tell me that have to enable Adobe Flash in the preference settings of Safari.  It thinks I am running from a Mac.

    Robert Mc Dowell
    Robert Mc Dowell
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    November 12, 2019

    This thread is 4 years old, so you really have to create a new discussion. The only way for now to launch Flash API apps on IOS is to use Puffin browser.

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    peterd63671096
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    November 27, 2015

    Hi

    Have you looked at the Puffin web browser.  They say they can run flash on iOS devices.

    Peter

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    CHScotlandAuthor
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    December 1, 2015

    Hello Peter,

    Thank you for this. Yes, we recommend installing the Puffin browser to all our iPad users.

    Regards

    John

    CHS ICT Support

    Children's Hearings Scotland

    Area 2/1/1 Ladywell House, Ladywell Road, Edinburgh EH12 7TB

    t: 0131 244 3696 | e: CHSICT@childrenshearings.org.uk<mailto:CHSICT@childrenshearings.org.uk>

    _maria_
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    _maria_Community Manager
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    October 23, 2015

    Hi chscotland,


    Not sure how you were running Flash Player on iOS as Flash Player has never been supported on iOS.

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    Maria

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    CHScotlandAuthor
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    October 29, 2015

    Thanks for your response Maria. Yes, I have always been aware that Flash has never been supported by IOS. What we were running was an eLearning module created using Articulate Storyline and saved in SCORM format. It was then upladed to a SharePoint website using SCORM Player 365 to run it. SCORM uses Flash to display the module. It ran fine on Safari (and Chrome) on both an iPad and iPhone. After upgrading the IOS, it stopped working. Both the Safari and Chrome were basic installs with no plugins.I think  the question is here is not "why is it now not working?" But rather "How did it run in the first place?!!?" Thanks again Maria.

    _maria_
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    _maria_Community Manager
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    October 29, 2015

    HI CHScotland,

    "How did it run in the first place" is a good question, since Flash Player has never been supported on iOS (the OS used by both iPad and iPhone).  I would start by contacting the content developer and the makers of SCORM Player 365.  It seems they may have done something for this to work on iOS.

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    Maria

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