Flash Player for Android Emulator

Question

I need to test an Android app to play flash objects in a WebView.

At first I did not need to test it on the emulator, since I have a real device (Android 2.3.7), but since users report problems in the Android 4.0 application (Ice Cream Sandwich), I want to test it now in the emulator.

At first I tried to install Android Market using

adb install androidmarket.apk 

After installing it, it just closes when I open it, so I downloaded Flash Player apk and installed it in the same way.

 adb install flashplayer.apk 

So, I tried the application, but it does not play the flash. Then I read somewhere that I should install Adobe AIR. I installed apk using the same approach

 adb install adobeair.apk 

I tried the application again, but still the same. Only a blue box with a question mark will appear.

Any idea to test Flash videos on an Android emulator?

EDIT: I also tried

 adb -e install -r adobeair.apk 

with the same result.

Answer 1

At first I tried to install Android Market

The Android Market / Google Play client does not have a distribution license and uses this method. You cannot get legal download of this APK from Google.

so I downloaded Flash Player apk

Indicate where you can get authorized download of this APK from the official Adobe website.

Then I read somewhere that I should install Adobe AIR. I installed apk using the same approach

Indicate where you can get authorized download of this APK from the official Adobe website.

Any idea to test Flash videos on an Android emulator?

Even if there were legitimate downloads of the required APKs (and I don’t know what they are), Flash / AIR is highly dependent on hardware acceleration and cannot work in today's emulator.

Answer 2

Just a few days before on the website:

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/installers/archive/android/

You could find many APK packages with various versions of FlashPlayer for Android. They even successfully installed it on the emulator - although I really DON'T KNOW if they work correctly (I didn’t have any sense running around).

As of today (= 2012.11.18) their site is almost down, but you can still downlaod packages, for example:

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/installers/archive/android/11.1.115.27/install_flash_player_ics.apk

edit: I just found a suitable site:

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html

edit2: no, it installs, but doesn't seem to work. I just tested http://www.adobe.com/swf/software/flash/about/flashAbout_info_small.swf on the emulator and a black page appeared.

Answer 3

You can download the APK for all flash versions for Android 2.x and 3.x, even for Android 4.0 in the following place: Archived versions of Flash Player Just scroll down a bit