New application converts Flash to HTML5
Adobe has released a conversion application that it says can allow Flash games to play on iPhone for the first time.
The move is the latest twist in a long-standing rift between Flash owner Adobe and smartphone giant Apple. The Mac group has always blocked Flash from its hugely popular iPhone and iPad devices, instead calling on developers to adopt the rival HTML5 standard.
But Adobe appears to have performed a coup against Apple, by releasing an “experimental Flash to HTML5 conversion tool”.
The application, codenamed Wallaby, allows designers and developers to convert Adobe Flash Professional files into HTML5. Adobe said this can be done via a “simple drag and drop” technique, thus making the process as easy to implement as possible.
Apple has not endorsed the device, though CEO Steve Jobs has repeatedly endorsed and invested energy in the HTML5 format.
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“Adobe invites customers to download Wallaby, try out the code it generates and provide feedback on how they are using it,” the group said in an admission of the tool’s imperfections.
“With more than 3 million Flash developers in the creative community, Adobe continues to look for new ways to help them build on their existing skills and to make their content available to the widest possible audiences,” it added.
To me this just seems like HTML5 on the iPhone, the conversion is done by the developer. It's nice that it makes it easy for developers to transition to HTML5 but it doesn't allow existing flash content to be played.
"But Adobe appears to have performed a coup against Apple, by releasing an “experimental Flash to HTML5 conversion tool”." That's not a coup against Apple, silly, it's a win for Apple.
Really? Convert your timeline animations to HTML5. No code supported at all. Nice PR spin though.
The application doesn't even support Actionscript, it's just completely not possible to make it work with games. Read their release notes.
Got me excited for nothing, this is primarily aimed at simple ads, not games. Thinking about it, why would you want to play a game that sits inside a website that sits inside Safari, when you could just be sent to the iPhone version of the game, published using Adobe Packager?
Apple will never support the scripting subset of HTML5, so it will never be a Flash replacement. So brainless animations will work, but not games.
Brilliant move by adobe actually , they made this conversion so their excisting adobe flash users wont have to learn html5 and continue to use their flash product . Cudos adobe ....
