Flash player with android tablets

Report · Nov 18, 2013

I have an Samsung adroid tablet. after a recent software update by Google I can no longer run videos from various sites that I was able to before. I got a message that I needed Flash player. went to the sight and downloaded the lastest version for Android. now when I go to a sight and try to run the videos, first it starts loading, then buffering and then I am kicked out of the internet totally and returned to the home page of my tablet. this happened on several websites. Youtube works without any issues. I called Samsung support and they said that Adboe no longer supports Android products. Is this true? I even tried installing a lower version of flash player and that gave the same results. does anyone have a suggestion for me? is this permanent or is Adobe working on something for Android prodcts?

Report · Nov 18, 2013

Samsung support LIED to you.

Android (not Adobe) dropped all support for Flash last summer. Adobe stopped development after that because there was no sense in continuing to make a product that's incompatible with all future releases of Android OS.

Look into "Dolphin" to use as a browser with Android.

Report · Nov 18, 2013

thanks for the response, but this is directly from samsung - you may want to check it out.

http://support-us.samsung.com/cyber/popup/iframe/pop_troubleshooting_fr.jsp?idx=412955&modelname=GT-P...

Report · Nov 18, 2013

here is another link for you to read

http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/06/flash-player-and-android-update.html

Report · Nov 18, 2013

The following is what I received from Samsung Support (07/31/2013):

"Beginning August 15, 2012 we will use the configuration settings in the Google Play Store to limit continued access to Flash Player updates to only those devices that have Flash Player already installed. Devices that do not have Flash Player already installed are increasingly likely to be incompatible with Flash Player and will no longer be able to install it from the Google Play Store after August 15th, 2012."

And from Kindle Support (07/31/2013):

"The Amazon Silk web browser on Kindle Fire 1st Generation supports some, but not all, versions of Flash. Adobe Flash is pre-installed on a 1st Generation Kindle Fire and is disabled by default.

If you see a message to install Flash while using your Kindle Fire, this means that the content you're attempting to view uses Flash. If you want to view the content, you'll need to enable Flash through the Silk settings menu.

If a web page suffers from slow performance due to Flash, or you're unable to view a web page with Flash enabled, we recommend switching to mobile view when browsing a Flash-heavy website to see if that solves your problem:

Some popular websites may also have an app available. Check Amazon Appstore, accessible through the Apps library on your Kindle Fire, for availability.

The Amazon Silk web browser on Kindle Fire 2nd Generation, Kindle Fire HD 7", and Kindle Fire HD 8.9" doesn't support Flash.

Some sites use alternative web technologies to Flash in their mobile versions. We recommend switching to mobile view when browsing a website with Flash content to see if that solves your problem:

Some popular websites may also have an app available. Check Amazon Appstore, accessible through the Apps or Games library on your Kindle Fire, for availability."