How do I download adobe flash player for ipad

google chrome mobile browser is baking flash into the browser for android and windows on arm thus removing the need for the plugin, hopefully apple will allow the browser soon, as i rarely use my ipad for web browsing and instead use my sons android tab or my android phone because of this flash issue.

i have tried all of these workarounds, and either you have to be on wifi or the site is unsupported.

even when they do work the quality is horrid, i have spent easily $100 on these workarounds and numerous apps.

my sons android tab and my phone both run flash as well as my desktop pc does, none of these workarounds come anywhere close.

I guess it is a matter of "to each his own". I've been using an iPad as my primary computing device (except work), for over two years and have never missed flash.

To more directly answer your question, it's hard to say. The Flash VM can already be included (and in some cases is) as part of an app, but appears to be limited to a specific source address, such as a single website domain or feed source. I'm not certain what the specific app design limitation are, but it would seem that if it could be included for general web consumption, someone would have already done it. Got to be easier to code than a streaming conversion.

To each their own, we all do different things on the web.

But if you think Flash is dead or dying you might want to check out this link.

http://www.careerbuilder.com/Jobseeker/Jobs/JobResults.aspx?IPath=QH&ch=&rs=&_ct l0%3ANavBar1%3AucQuickBar%3As_rawwords=adobe+flash&_ctl0%3ANavBar1%3AucQuickBar% 3As_freeloc=&qsbButton=Find+Jobs

https://www.google.com/search?sugexp=chrome,mod=13&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=ad obe+stopped+developing+flash

That's nice, but that hardly means anything. I'm a headhunter for Information Technology. In the last two years, we've had virtually no clients willing to pay us a fee for a Flash developer. But, on a daily basis we get requests from clients who are willing to pay a fee for iOS, Android, PHP, CSS, HTML5 developers, just to name a few of what's really going on in mobile and web development. Yes, flash still exists, but it is quickly being replaced with more stable, less memory hogging software.

There was a time when Cobol was a hot language. It's certainly not hot anymore. Face it. Technology moves forward and Flash isn't where it's headed. It's where it was.

And yet the most common asked for feature is adobe flash.

just compare the posts on this forum alone, can you find a more asked for feature?

You guys been claiming the death of flash since 2007. Yet today Google and Microsoft both are baking it into their browser.

This site was created less than a year ago, http://www.pottermore.com/ by one of the wealthiest people on the planet, and it uses Flash, what is your excuse for them not using something else? Is she stupid? can't afford it? I'd say it's because it's the best platform for the job.

You will also need Adobe® Flash Player 10+ if you want to experience everything that Pottermore has to offer.

I've never needed, nor asked for Flash. Somehow, I've managed to own two iPhones over the last 4 years, and 2 iPads over the last 2 years and I've never missed flash in anyway. Go figure.......

There is nothing to debate here. Flash isn't coming to iOS. If your iPad doesn't meet your needs, there are other options.

You can't download adobe flash for any idevice because it is said to waste to much battery life. With Steve Jobs sad passing the new CEO might decide to allow adobe flash for idevices. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Chrome on android does not have flash, nor do they ever plan to support it.

Chrome on windows has flash as well as chrome os( the os no one wants or uses).

Flash on mobile devices is dead and gone.

Adobe is shifting desktop stuff over to air and html5.

I never said you needed Flash, or it was an issue for you. I also never claimed the iPad is useless without it, or that the iPad needs it.

The only time I've said anything about anything was when one of you guys claims Flash is dead, that's when I respond, and what I respond about.

I've never said anything else.

When you say Flash is not supported, I say nothing, when you say you don't need Flash I say nothing. When you say Flash is dead or dying, that's when I say something, and give a counter argument.

I could care less if Flash comes to IOS, or if anyone here needs it, or complains about it. But when you take the discussion away from these points and into the realm of claiming Flash is dead, I am sorry but I disagree and have every right to do so and say so, just as you have the right to claim otherwise.

The iPhone has been out nearly 5 years or more and has not supported Flash from day one, yet today Flash is more prevalent on the web than it was then.

We can agree to disagree as this discussion about the life of flash is nothing but opinion at this point, yet you claim it as fact.

And to Morgan, Google Chrome has baked Flash into the browser, they are doing the same for arm devices aka android and windows RT, thus removing the need for the plugin, so Adobe saying they are no longer supporting mobile is a red hearing, because browser makers are baking it into their browser removing the need for the plugin.

Also don't confuse mobile device with mobile OS, as their are and will be more mobile devices supporting Flash, just not mobile OS's.

Just like when windows originally said they were not going to support plugins in metro, and everyone assumed that ment no flash, but now microsoft has baked flash into the browser, so no plugin is required.

Another member on here made a great point.

The xbox outsells the ps3 2to1, yet the xbox does not support blueray, does this mean no one cares about blueray, or that it is a dead format?

Do people buying xbox's mean they dont need or want or care about blueray? Does it mean companies that put out content on regular dvd's for those without a blueray player mean that blueray is dead?

Saying the iPad does not support flash and thus flash is dead or dying is not true, also claiming that companies putting out content in other formats is a sign flash is dead is not true.

Just like the xbox not supporting blueray and outselling the ps3 2to1 is not a sign blueray is dead, or the fact compaines put out content in other formats is a sign blueray is dead.

Sony could say tomorow they will no longer support gaming machines with a new blueray format, but that does not mean blueray is dead.

No one is saying that Flash is dead because iOS doesn't support it (although a look at market share across tablet devices suggests its absence is a contributing factor). Flash is dying because it is quickly becoming outdated technology, particularly on mobile devices. At one time, it had the advantage of being the only game in town for certain purposes, but that is no longer the case. In addition, as security became more and more of a focus, it's flaws we're exposed. Yes, there will be, for a some time to come, sites using flash. Core technology use sometime takes a while to evolve, but the future of web content delivery is NOT flash.

johndaily wrote:

And yet the most common asked for feature is adobe flash.

And yet the absence of Flash has not hurt sales in the slightest.

Just for the record, I would be happier if the iPad did support Flash but it does not and it never will. It doesn't matter that "one of the wealthiest people on the planet" likes it. If Flash as a "must have" for you, your only option is to purchase a different product. Anything else is simply "beating a dead horse."

It is not us who is claiming that, but Adobe. Look at the link I provided in previous post.

Here are some sites I want to visit that use Flash. Can you let me know if there is an app that will support them?

http://www.theraa.com/media/

http://music.cbc.ca/