Why doesn't my iPad support adobe flash player??

No Flash for iPads, iPhones, or iPods

Here's why there's is no Flash available for iDevices or other mobile devices. Adobe was unable to provide a product that was suitable to the needs of battery powered mobile devices used for Internet browsing. Existing Flash technology used too much memory, ate battery life, and was buggy. Simply put Flash did not work well on mobile devices.

Apple's Steve Jobs led the escape from Flash dependency when Apple introduced the iPhone, and later introduced the iPad. There was a hue and cry over the omission. Time proved Jobs was right on target.

So this is why there is no Flash for your iPhone or iPad or iPod nor for most SmartPhones. Flash has been abandoned by many sites in favor of supported technologies such as HTML5 or by providing their own custom app.

Here is Steve Jobs official comment on his momentous decision to omit Flash from iDevices: Steve Jobs on Flash.

Here is Adobe's later announcement to cease development of Flash for mobile devices: Adobe on Mobile Flash.

Now, you are not necessarily out on a limb. There are some apps that can display some Flash, but don't count on there ability to display anything using Flash.

Apps that can display some Flash from the Web:

• Puffin
• SkyFire
• Photon Flash
• Browse2Go
• iSwifter

Also, note that many sites that use Flash provide their own app for accessing their material. So check with your favorite sites and find out if "there's an app for that."

Adobe never made a version that APple liked, Apple never liked anything Adobe made.

Too many issues with Flash's battery and resource usage. And now mobile flash has ceased production so it's a moot point

This is ridiculous. It should be my choice if I want to use my battery and risk hitting a bug playing Flash.

Apple has some ulterior agenda in hating on Adobe. I don't know what it is, but I'm tired of paying the price for Steve Job's inability to get past his issues.

Bye!

Flash on iOS is over and done with, it will never happen.

Adobe has given up on flash on any mobile device.

Google's new mobile chrome doesn't support flash either.

Only ones planning on supporting flash is RIM, who are going out of business.

Better hurry and buy a playbook I guess.

Flash on mobile devices is a dying tecnology. Even Adobe has announced stopping developing it entirely.

Nevertheless, if you really need Flash, look for commercial remote desktop solutions (for example, AlwaysOnPC) in the AppStore that also have Flash support. If all you want are Flash videos, transcoding Web browsers like SkyFire can also help.

There's a nice writeup on all these: http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/87/how-you-will-want-watch-flash-only-videos-and- use-dynamic-flash-content

Still runs great on my android devices and knowing how Jobs hated android, there is probably a connection there that is being overlooked. I read an article where Jobs said he would spend 40 million if he had to to prove android was an apple rip off.

All that aside, how do we view web sites that require flash? Why would adobe stop supporting mobile and most websites continue to require it?

Read the thread. The second post answers your question. If you want to know why Adobe is no longer developing Flash for mobile devices, why not ask their forums?

u can use app name Photon flash player in app store it's abt 3.99 $

Ordydog46 wrote:

Why would adobe stop supporting mobile...

Because "mobile" will be dead very soon.

Worlds moving away from mobile OS, and instead bringing productivity and full OS to mobile devices.