Adobe Demonstrating iPhone Applications Built Using Flash

Announced today at adobe max... you will be able to use the new Flash CS5 to compile native iphone apps?

http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2009/10/use_flash_to_build_native_iphone_apps.html

all over twitter as well. Interesting...

edit: http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2009/10/05/building-applications-for-the-iphone-with-flash/#more-1849

apparently a few iphone apps made with this technology have made it through the approval process and are sold in the store already...

This is going to open the door to a ton of cool things!

still no flash for the web.

It's great to see a rich development toolset landscape evolving for the iPhone, including alternative development environments to XCode and Objective-C. That can only serve to enrich and grow the platform in the long run. I thought MonoTouch (http://monotouch.net/) was really interesting too when I saw it. It allows C# .NET development for the iPhone, much like Adobe Flash CS5 allows Flash/AS development.

Eh, we'll see. I am happy not to have flash on my phone because javascript and css does a better job. I know flash is a power-hungry for the iPhone/iPod batteries and does lag/slow down bad.

I'm not quite happy with Adobe lately. Their CS3 and CS4 software have become bloated and garbage lately so I hope the CS5 will be 64 bits and less bloated. (see adobegripes.tumblr.com for more information)

I'd much rather have flash for Safari on the iPhone/iPod Touch than Flash in apps.

It's not like I love Flash or anything, it's that some idiotic but indispensable-to-me companies (i.e. Disney) still code 99% of their websites in Flash. And if you can't view Flash, sucks to be you.

A friend of mine almost missed out on buying tickets to a very exclusive, never-happens-ever tour of the Walt Disney Archives, all because her iPhone couldn't handle the Flash on their website, and her only other computer was out of service at the time. She ended up having to drive to a public library to access the website.

Not saying that's really Apple's fault... Just saying, there's a good reason to need Flash. And to smack Disney's web-design department upside the head a few times. :P

P.S., this is coming from the point-of-view of a regular user, who knows nothing about how bloated Flash is or anything like that. From a developer's POV, I'm sure Flash sucks. I'm just saying it's widely used.

I'd much rather have flash for Safari on the iPhone/iPod Touch than Flash in apps.

"Flash in apps" could be a little misleading. It sounds like this is just a feature for CS5 that will allow an application to be created in the Flash environment, and exported to Apple's format for submission to the App Store.

Hopefully being compiled helps with the CPU usage. Even a basic flash file can take 100% of one of the cores of my Mac Pro. There are two things I like about Flash - it isn't multithreaded (I'm sure it would take all 4 of my cores then), and isn't on the iPhone.

...I'm sure Flash sucks...

You seem to be sitting on the fence there...or are you just too scared to voice your real opinion in front of the Fanbois around here!? It's okay to like it! ;)

Flash is a great tool. I'm very excited that as a Flash developer I'll be able to make applications that will be able to help the companies I work for...and might be able to get a bit of extra cash into me pocket!! :D

P.S. I can't see the large media companies stopping using Flash for their sites. It allows for a really entertaining browsing experience and well...even if it hurts their search engine ranking...I'm pretty sure you know their URL anyway! ;)

Hulu for the iPhone here we come!