Flash Player on Android Emulator

Question

I need to test my Android app for playing flash objects in the WebView.

At first I didn't need to test it on the emulator since I have an actual device (Android 2.3.7) but since users have been reporting issues about the app on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), I want to test it now in the emulator.

First I tried to install the Android Market using

adb install androidmarket.apk

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

adb install flashplayer.apk

So I tried the app but still no flash is playing. Then I read somewhere that I should be installing the Adobe AIR instead. I installed the apk using the same approach

adb install adobeair.apk

Tried the app again but still the same. Just the blue box with a question mark appears.

Any idea how to test Flash videos on the Android emulator?

EDIT: I've also tried

adb -e install -r adobeair.apk

with the same result.

Answer 1

You can download the APK you need for all flash versions for Android 2.x and 3.x, even for Android 4.0 at the following location: Archived Flash Player versions Just scroll down a little bit

Answer 2

Just a several days before, on the site:

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

You could have found many APK packages with various versions of FlashPlayer for Android. They even have been successfully installing on the emulator - although I actually DONT KNOW if they work properly (I had no point in running anything..).

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

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

edit: I've just found the proper site:

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

edit2: nope, it installs but does not seem to work. I've just tested http://www.adobe.com/swf/software/flash/about/flashAbout_info_small.swf on emulator and empty black page showed up.

Answer 3

First I tried to install the Android Market

The Android Market/Google Play client is not licensed for distribution and use this way. You cannot obtain a legal download of this APK from Google.

so I downloaded the Flash Player apk

Please point to where you can get an authorized download of this APK from an official Adobe Web site.

Then I read somewhere that I should be installing the Adobe AIR instead. I installed the apk using the same approach

Please point to where you can get an authorized download of this APK from an official Adobe Web site.

Any idea how to test Flash videos on the Android emulator?

Even if there were legal downloads of the required APKs (and I am not aware that there are), Flash/AIR depend heavily on hardware acceleration and cannot work in today's emulator.