Adobe has revealed at AdobeMax2009 that starting from Flash CS5 developers will be able to build applications for the iPhone and that those apps will be available at the Apple Store. So if you haven’t already jumped in the Objective-C bandwagon to develop some iPhone Apps you can now write in your beloved ActionScript 3 and use all the goodies from the iPhone like web access , multitouch, accelerometers, GPS and compass. Besides all the well know Flash abilities. It’s important to note that althought these will run as applications Flash Player still not enabled on the iPhone so you will not have flash on Safari or other web applications. It’s a big advance but I really look forward to the day that you can browse flash sites on the iPhone like you do on a PC.
A tutorial on Adobe Developer Connection to create applications for the Apple iPhone using the Adobe Flash Platform.
Demonstration Video
Watch a demonstration of applications from the Apple App Store built using Flash technology:
Flash Professional CS5 will enable you to build applications for iPhone and iPod touch using ActionScript 3. These applications can be delivered to iPhone and iPod touch users through the Apple App Store.*
A public beta of Flash Professional CS5 with prerelease support for building applications for iPhone is planned for later this year. Sign up to be notified when the beta starts.
Example Applications
At MAX 2009, Adobe showed a number of applications and games for iPhone that have been built using a prerelease version of Flash Professional CS5. These applications are available now for you to download from the Apple App Store:
| Chroma Circuit
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Trading Stuff
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| Fickleblox
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Just Letters
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| South Park
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That Roach Game
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| Red Hood
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The Flash on the iPhone by David Gamez, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 Mexico License.
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Good summary! Do you think you’ll use it yourself? Any feedback? I posted a little analysis over at my blog for anyone that’s interested in more of a developer take on it.
http://ragona.com/blog/flash-iphone-real-story/
Hi Ryan !!
I think I’ll give it a try, but the fact that you can’t use “Flash Player ” on the iPhone browser and that because of this applications might run slower than usual is a fact that I don’t like very much hope they come to terms over this, your post on this it pretty good.