Adobe’s Flash Player 10.2 for Google Android devices will be available
Adobe’s Flash Player 10.2 for Google Android devices will be available March 18, offering preliminary support for Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets, such as the Motorola Xoom, Adobe said on Friday.Flash Player is Adobe’s proprietary technology for playing rich media experiences within a browser. WhileFlash Player 10.2 will be a production release for the Android 2.2 and 2.3 releases, it will initially be a beta release forAndroid 3.0 tablets requiring the Android 3.0.1 point release.[ Android application developers at a technical conference this weekwere unfazed by Oracle's lawsuit against Google pertaining to the platform. | Keep up on key mobile developments and insightsvia Twitter and with InfoWorld'sMobile Edge blog andMobilize newsletter.]“We have been working very closely with Google to ensure tight integration between Flash Player 10.2 and new OS and browser capabilities in Android 3.0,” saidAntonio Flores, product manager for the Flash sell your house quickly Platform at Adobe, in a blog post. “The March 18 beta release of Flash Player 10.2 in conjunction with Google’s first system update to Android 3.0 (version 3.0.1) currently underway for the Motorola Xoom will deliver the first phase of our work together. This will be followed by subsequent updates, which will complete the optimizations and result in a production GA (general availability) release of Flash Player 10.2 for Android 3.0.” The date of general availability of Flash Player 10.2 for tablets is undetermined at this point.Flash Player 10.2 for Android offers hardware-accelerated video presentation for the H.264 video codec as well as deeper integration with the Android browser rendering engine. Both of these features work with Android 3.0.1 or higher. Website scrolling is improved as well, as is performance for the latest smartphones and tablets, Flores said. Automatic soft keyboard support improves interaction for touchscreen devices.


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