How do I get flash player on iPad.

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Feb 5, 2012 11:04 AM in response to Mac OS 9000

What the heck are you on about? This is the iPad forum. Not a Mac forum.

There is no Mplayer for the iPad and there is no VLC available for the iPad in the iTunes App Store. You had a very short window to get VLC for iOS. You cannot install anything in QuckTime on the iPad.

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Feb 5, 2012 11:05 AM in response to cherylfromirwin

Only way to get Flash on an iPad.

Take piece of paper and write Flash on it.

Place paper on top of iPad.

You now have Flash on an iPad.

Allan

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Jim545

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Feb 5, 2012 12:48 PM in response to Allan Eckert

So first of all, you can get Flash on the iPad, but each solution has it's own focus and limitations. A few are listed below. A decent article listing most of these is at http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-faq/54703-flash-ipad.html I only included solutions in the App Store. So Allan (loved your post) and Daveed, you can have Flash alternatives on the iPad.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skyfire-web-browser/id384941497?mt=8

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skyfire-web-browser/id384941497?mt=8Skyfire

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flash-web-browser-splashtop/id431331485?mt=8

Flash Web Browser - Splashtop Remote Browser

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puffin-web-browser/id406239138?mt=8

Puffin

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photon-flash-web-browser-app/id430200224?mt=8

Photon

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cloud-browse-best-web-browser/id394418635?mt=8

Cloud Browse

http://www.macstories.net/tutorials/watch-flash-videos-on-iphone-ipad-no-jailbre ak-or-apps-required/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/remote-desktop-lite-rdp/id288362576?mt=8

Remote Desktop Lite

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/splashtop-remote-desktop-for/id382509315?mt=8

Splashtop Remote Desktop

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/logmein/id479229407?mt=8

Log Me In (reomte control too)

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Dah•veed

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Feb 5, 2012 12:51 PM in response to Jim545

So Allan (loved your post) and Daveed, you can have Flash alternatives on the iPad.

You are not stating anything new. We have all pointed to the different Flash alternatives. But if you have actually read this long thread, that is not what is discussed and that is not what we are referring to when we state that there is no flash for the iPad. And anyone who has not understood that is just thick in the head.

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tpulak

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Feb 5, 2012 3:48 PM in response to Dah•veed

To put in short, Flash on iPad would be desirable, but is not.

And, to alleviate the stress in others, yes, Flash has ceased development on mobile devices, however, it doesn't mean that "suddenly" flash will leave the web. It's a gradual process, that will take years at the least.

But keep in mind that the iPad was not meant to be a true laptop replacement. At the conference in which Steve Jobs introduced the iPad, I vividly remember him saying that the iPad was to be a "fill-in" between the iPhone and a laptop. And indeed, it is what is was promised to be. To this day, the iPad 2, and even still the iPad still sell in the millions to people, the majority of whom are satisfied.

However, for those who have the will for flash, there is a way (as the quote goes 🙂 ). You either be patient for say 2-3 years in which most mobile flash sites will be gone, or you go ahead and jailbreak the iPad and install a very unstable, primitive version of flash, which crashes 20-30 percent of the time, and void your warranty.

Or, sell the iPad, and get a netbook/laptop 🙂

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Jim545

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Feb 5, 2012 5:55 PM in response to tpulak

You guys don't even make any sense. No Flash on iPad to most people, "The iPad has no possible way to use Flash on the iPad, period!"

Has anyone tried any of the many the alternatives provided at the Apple App store that DO provide the ability to use Flash applications generally each with some limitations? Any suggestions? Tpulak, glad you can see the future 🙂. None of the above use jailbreak.

I think I may just give up here as I dont' get help, I get arguments using symantics. You are still saying NO FLASH. That is not correct. No official Adobe Flash Player will install on an iPad TRUE, but there are ways to work around that...TRUE. Anyone else looking for help here may want to look elsewhere too. (for you daveed, that means, they should go to another thread to look for help)

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MLadd

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Feb 5, 2012 6:13 PM in response to Jim545

It's easy. Most people with iPads are not worried about Flash and do not bother wasting their time with partial solution to a problem that they don't have. Some who do not have iPads come here and complain about one feature which most people couldn't care less about and make it sound like the iPad doesn't have access to WiFi.

So, as has been mentioned a dozen times, there are some partial solutions. Some links and product names have been mentioned. Feel free to follow up on some research yourself. I have no desire or need to install any type of Flash. So I can't help with which one is better for your unspecified needs.

If you REQUIRE Flash, buy a different device that currently supports it. The answer for your question (given over and over and over again) is extremely simple. What else do you want from this forum? Geesh.

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Feb 5, 2012 6:25 PM in response to Jim545

Every single workaround which you listed out has already been discussed, described, and recommended dozens of times in this thread alone, and hundreds and hundreds of times in countless threads over the years. The limitations on their use have been well documented through direct use and experiment, something which you would of course not have bothered to do.

You've lost track of the fact that this is a user to user tech support forum, not a social network chat site set up for your personal gratification. If you'd like to continue proselytizing then you can always start a blog and invite in only those who think "correctly" on this issue. Few if any will chase you there as, absent the recurring input from trolls, no one discusses this dead issue at length any more.

You aren't advancing the issue, are not adding a single new fact, opinion, or solution to this question, and basically you're just taking up space. You're a single-issue contributor of at best limited value and I applaud your decision to fold your tent and leave.

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