Cannot install Adobe Air on Android phone

Report · Aug 03, 2011

I cannot install Adobe AIR on my Android phone (v. 2.2.1)

I search for "Adobe AIR" in the market and the app is not found.

So, I downloaded an app that was build to run in AIR and when I launch it, I get an alert "This application requires Adobe AIR. Install AIR now?" I click Install and I get an alert "The requested item could not be found."

Then I installed the Amazon store and purchased (for free) Adobe Air, but it too fails on install.

I can't believe this is an issue w/ my phone.

Anyone know what the issue could be?

Thanks!

Report · Aug 03, 2011

Your phone must comply to the following system requirements for Adobe AIR to be installable.

Android devices

VGA: Dedicated Cortex A8 (ARMv7) 550MHz App Processor with Neon for A8 only; Hardware Vector FPU
WVGA: Dedicated Cortex A8 (ARMv7) 800MHz App Processor; Hardware Vector FPU
Google Android™ 2.2 or later
256MB of RAM

Kindly confirm and revert.

Report · Aug 03, 2011

Thanks for the reply. Just found another forum post w/ similar issues:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/3450026

And the link to the Adobe site w/ certified devices:

http://www.adobe.com/flashplatform/certified_devices/smartphones.html

Even though my phone model is new (as of Feb. 2011), it's not on the list. I cannot and apparently will not be able to install AIR or any applications meant to run in AIR. Kind of sucks since I'm developing mobile apps.

Report · Aug 04, 2011

What is your device model?

Report · Aug 04, 2011

It's an LG Optimus V (VM670). Android OS 2.2.1.

Report · Aug 04, 2011

I'm sorry...

This model contains an older CPU (ARMv6)... Air 2.7 requires ARMv7 or higher.

Report · Aug 11, 2011

thank,Varun Bhatia

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Report · Aug 11, 2011

I cannot install Adobe on my Android phone same.

i use LG optimus one

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Report · Aug 12, 2011

Hi,

I found requirements for Flash and Air on Android from following Sites:

http://www.adobe.com/products/air/systemreqs/#mobile

Android devices

VGA: Dedicated Cortex A8 (ARMv7) 550MHz App Processor with Neon for A8 only; Hardware Vector FPU
WVGA: Dedicated Cortex A8 (ARMv7) 800MHz App Processor; Hardware Vector FPU
Google Android™ 2.2 or later
256MB of RAM

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/systemreqs/

VGA	WVGA	WSVGA (1024x600)	WXGA (1280x800)
Hardware requirements	Dedicated Cortex A8 (ARMv7) 550MHz App Processor with Neon for A8 only Hardware Vector FPU	Dedicated Cortex A8 (ARMv7) 800MHz App Processor Hardware Vector FPU	Dedicated Cortex A8 1000Mhz App Processor Hardware Vector FPU	Dual-Core Cortex A8 1000Mhz App Processor Hardware Vector FPU
Operating system	Android™ 2.2*

If I am getting it correctly, both requires same ARM version, and Hardware Vector FPU.

But I have found many devices, where Adobe Flash is installed and running. (If market does not show Adobe Flash, device manufacturer provides flash apk which works)

But can not install Adobe Air. Market does not show Adobe Air.

Is there any way to sort this out?

I get feeling that as Flash is more popular software, people have got patched version for the same. But for Air, it does not exist.

Thanks

Report · Nov 07, 2011

Why Adobe AIR for Android cannot be found in the Android market in the first place??

Report · Nov 07, 2011

It's here:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.adobe.air&hl=en

It wouldn't show up on devices that can use it. So, an Android 2.1 or earlier device for example. Or anything that doesn't have ARMv7.

Report · Nov 07, 2011

Thanks Colin. I think this is one of the biggest downsides of using Adobe AIR for Android as how can we build an andriod app and need to ask the user to check their phone whether it has ARMv7? We just bought an Android phone 2.2 and thought that it should be able to install Adobe AIR as Adobe website only says 2.2 and above. We are gutted.

Report · Nov 07, 2011

It is actually pretty hard for most people to find out if their phone has ARMv7. It is written about in the AIR requirements, and any AIR apps won't show up at all on a device that can't run them. But, there will be plenty of people who will assume that the higher end phones from only a year ago ought to cope, only to find out that they won't.

Report · Nov 07, 2011

That's right. most people will know or can check the version of Android but it's very hard for people to check whether it has ARMv7 processor with vector FPU, minimum 550MHz, OpenGL ES 2.0, H.264 and AAC HW decoders. Does it mean that when you develop an app that requires AIR then you will need to ask your users to find out the device requirements first? This is a really bad practice though.

Report · Nov 07, 2011

If you just publish your app, it won't show up for users that can't install it.

Report · Nov 07, 2011

If you're making an app for a client to use on their own devices, then yes, you would forewarn them about the requirements. For anyone else, they're not going to be able to buy it by mistake, it won't appear in the marketplace if their device isn't supported.

Report · Nov 07, 2011

We are creating a free app for the public actually so it’s not a very good idea.

Report · Nov 07, 2011

It's not a good idea? If it is for the public, then you shouldn't mind about the requirement. Most of recent phones should be able to run your app.

Report · Feb 14, 2012

Bad practice is still the second thing. The main point is that you are going to lost your potential customer when they found that their phones can't run your apps.

Here is the list of ARMv6 phones:

Android SDK emulator
Asus Garmin nuvifone A50 (T-Mobile Garminfone)
Augen GENTouch 78 Tablet
Coby Kyros Internet Tablet (MID7015)
Geeksphone One, Geeksphone Zero
HTC Aria
HTC ChaCha
HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1, Android Dev Phone 1)
HTC Droid Eris
HTC Espresso (T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide)
HTC Hero (T-Mobile G2 Touch)
HTC Legend
HTC Magic (T-Mobile myTouch 3G, T-Mobile G1 Touch)
HTC Salsa
HTC Tattoo
HTC Wildfire
Huawei Ascend
Huawei Ideos U8150-B (T-Mobile Comet)
Huawei U8110 (T-Mobile Pulse Mini)
Huawei U8230
LG Ally (Apex) (LG VS740)
LG GW620 (Eve, InTouch Max, LinkMe)
LG Optimus, Optimus M, Optimus T, Optimus S, Optimus V
LG Vortex
MAG iMiTO iM7
MAG iMiTO iM7S
Motorola Backflip
Motorola Citrus
Motorola Cliq (MB200)
Motorola Dext
Motorola Devour
Motorola i1
Motorola Spice XT300
Motorola Quench XT5 XT502
Pandigital Novel
Samsung Behold, Behold 2
Samsung GT-S5570 Galaxy Mini
Samsung Galaxy Y
Samsung i5500 Galaxy 5 (Corby)
Samsung i5700 Galaxy Portal (Spica)
Samsung i5800 Galaxy 3
Samsung i7500 Galaxy
Samsung Intercept
Samsung M900 Moment
Samsung S5830 Galaxy Ace
Samsung Transform
Sanyo ZIO M6000
Sony Ericsson Xperia X8
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro
Superpad 10.2" Tablet PC
Viewsonic ViewPad 7 Tablet
Velocity Micro T103 Cruz tablet
Vodafone 845
ZTE Blade / San Francisco
ZTE Light / V9
and many more

Report · May 08, 2012

The system requirements for Adobe AIR are RIDICULOUSLY high.

A lot of devices won't be able to run a lot of apps that their hardware should be PERFECTLY capable of running.

But what else can we expect from Adobe?

Report · Dec 15, 2011

Sorry its not an answer to your original post!

I'm also trying to install Adobe Air for Android, but on a tablet (i-box T70) with the following spec:

Android v2.3.3

ARM11 processor

256MB DDR2 RAM

WVGA

The device is not being recognised. Is there anyway of installing Air (current or older) manually on my device? Its not visible on Android market place and I've not been able to download it via https://market.android.com/details?id=com.adobe&hl=en .

Any work rounds tips etc, or even a no can do! would be very helpful and save me (and others) a lot of time.

Report · Dec 15, 2011

The naming of ARM processors and the instruction set names, can get confusing. Look at this page:

http://www.arm.com/products/processors/classic/arm11/index.php

You'll read there that ARM11 has a powerful ARMv6 instruction set. AIR requires the more powerful ARMv7 instruction set. So, although 11 is a bigger number than 7, that processor isn't supported.

Report · Dec 15, 2011

the runtime.apk is included in the Air SDK (most times at least)

http://www.adobe.com/special/products/air/sdk/

It sounds like for you, it doesnt matter, but if someones device hardware was supported you can manually install this .apk or a captive runtime app.

A friend has a 'viewsonic G-tab' with no access to the normal andorid market or Air, the hardware checks out, so I recently installed Air runtime + air app and a captive runtime Air app. Both work as expected.