History of hardships over Flash "Adobe" vs "Apple"

Adobe finally announced the discontinuation of Flash Player development (for smartphones) for mobile, but let's look back on the history of feud with Apple until here.

First of allMarch 6, 2008. Steve Jobs at Apple's shareholders' meeting said:

Jobs: Flash Is Too Much for iPhone - Mobile and Wireless - News & Reviews - eWeek.com

The Flash format of Adobe Systems is not suitable for Apple 's iPhone, and for now, I do not plan to support Flash on iPhone -. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said on March 4 at its annual shareholders' meeting.

Jobs does not mention specific reasons that does not support Flash at this time,March 21, 2008At a point in time, a glimpse of the reasons can be seen.

Adobe`s iPhone Plans Hang on Jobs` Opinion of Flash - Mobile and Wireless - News & Reviews - eWeek.com

Mark O'Nišk, Marketcircle, who develops applications for Mac OS X and perhaps iPhone, explains as follows. "In order for Adobe to bring Flash to iPhone, we will need some special contract with Apple"

"As an application installation mechanism for iPhone, each application has its own" sandbox. "All of this file system is unique and not accessible to other applications"

"So the normal procedure for installing plugins in applications like Safari will not work on iPhones, there is no common library / plugin folder that third-party applications can access"

"Apple's intention lies in removing the big root that threatens the stability and security of the system - from the point that multiple applications and their settings can access each other from the iPhone - no matter what plug - Even if it's Flash or Java, it will not appear on the iPhone unless Apple specifically allows it as part of software updates. "

In other words, it was mainly due to "security reason" at this point. Also at this point both Apple and Adobe had been negotiating under the water, then the story about this Flash and Apple sprung out one year laterFebruary 3, 2009is.

From the end of September last year to the beginning of October, a misinformation that "Adobe has made Flash compatible with iPhone" was posted in many blogs and news sites, but this was due to Flash on the Beach (FOTB ) At a conference following the remark of Paul Betlem, Adobe's director of engineering for the conference. According to quotation by Adobe Evangelist Serge Jesper, Mr. Betsle's remarks are as follows.

Adobe makes Flash Player compatible with iPhone. Development work has already started. However, we can not announce details beyond that yet. In any case, in order to make full feature of Flash compatible with the iPhone, it is necessary to cooperate with Apple beyond the scope of SDK, emulation environment and current license. If you can use Flash on the iPhone, Apple and Adobe together will bring significant benefits to millions of customers. We hope to cooperate with Apple for that.

As a matter of fact, development of the Flash Player for iPhone was advanced as of 2009. However, Apple and Adobe were negotiating whether or not to allow full-featured versions of Flash to work.

After a year from this storyJanuary 28, 2010Whether it finally became numb or ended negotiations on the way, Adobe can finally release "Adobe Flash Professional CS5" as a trump card and export the source code written for Flash and AIR for iPad and iPhone "Packager for iPhoneWe decided to announce.


next dayAdobe blamed for Apple and iPad does not support Flash as follows:

He points out that iPad users can not access many Web contents because there is no Flash support. 70% of Web games and 75% of online video are not available on iPad. "If you want to access Disney, Hulu, and many other Web sites on the iPad, it will not work."

And the following month,February 22, 2010, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs delivers a bomb remark that criticizes Flash as a "dying technology" by name.

Steve Jobs Blasts Flash As "Dying Technology" - The Next Web

Apple's CEO Steve Jobs, critical of Flash for some time, has been told that he criticized Flash severely when he visited the Wall Street Journal. He said that Flash would "consume a lot of batteries," "eat CPU resources," "under security holes," "dying technology" and "we do not put much energy on old technology" It is said. Mr. Jobs has been criticized as having many bugs in Flash for a long time and it is said that he said "Flash is no longer used and it moves to HTML 5".

Two more months laterApril 12, 2010, The terms of the iPhone SDK have changed, and Flash will be completely excluded from Apple's iOS world.

It is controversial that Apple has changed the terms of service of the SDK according to the beta release of the iPhone OS 4.0 SDK. According to the new convention, "The application must be written in JavaScript that is executed by Objective-C, C, C ++, or iPhone OS WebKit engine, compiling only code written in C, C ++, Objective-C, You can link directly (applications that link to public API using layers and tools for conversion and compatibility are prohibited) ". This makes it impossible to convert a Flash application to iPhone application with Adobe's "Packager for iPhone" tool, and to convert an application written in C # into an iPhone application with the .NET framework.

Some developers have criticized this change, and there is a view that "It might be a change for Flash crushing". Adobe commented, "I am investigating the new regulations and will continue to develop Packager for iPhone technology." This technology will be installed in Adobe's Creative Suite 5.

Mr. Jobs responds to inquiries about this matter as measures for maintaining quality. He explained that the middle layer for developing cross-platform applications is "to create applications of sub-level, hindering the progress of the iPhone platform".

Indeed it seems Adobe came in the head to attack this explicit Flash,Fierce objections during the same dayAnd "Fat Apple"I said.

Leebrimelow.com >> Apple Slaps Developers In The Face

Apple is tyranny - Adobe's platform evangelist Lee Brimloe is criticizing Adobe's platform evangelist about Apple's changing the terms of service of the iPhone SDK and limiting the programming languages ​​that can be used for iPhone applications.

He posted an entry titled "Apple has hit the face of the developer" on his blog. He criticized Apple severely after pretending "I am not an official view of Adobe, but my personal opinion."

He said the change in the terms that restricts the language of application development is "a terrible measure that can not reasonably be defended." "Tyrant developers tyranny and are trying to use developers as hands in the holy war against Adobe."

"Adobe and Apple have come this far to help each other for a long time, but Apple clearly shows the difference between the two companies that Apple has taken to such a hostile and sneaky means," Mr. Brimloe said. "We are not trying to kill anyone, I will not think about changing Adobe's SDK so that we can not link our platform with third-party editors."

"Perhaps I will not pay Apple for another celebrity until Apple's leader changes, already I have already transferred books, music and video purchases to Amazon and I will continue looking for other services, Declare bad faith. I conclude the end of the blog with the word "fatter Apple".

And three days laterApril 22, 2010, Adobe will abandon Flash for the iPhone and declare that it will emphasize for Android.

On Adobe, Flash CS5 and iPhone Applications at Mike Chambers

Chambers will release Packager for iPhone for iPhone and iPad, but Adobe said "It is not planned to invest any further in this function," suggesting the end of development. He is convinced that Apple will apply the new terms to the content developed in Flash CS 5, "Developers are ready to remove applications and content created in Flash CS 5 from the iTunes Store We should be careful. "

"Fortunately, there is only one choice for the iPhone." He says, and points out that Android is stretching their forces. "I personally move all mobile approaches from the iPhone to Android terminals (especially concerning the Android tablet appearing within the year), I will not put much effort on the iPhone anymore." Adobe is collaborating with Google in the development of Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR 2.0 for Android, and these programs are said to be in private beta testing.

About this matter overlapped with the day when the company's top such as CEO of Adobe came to Japan, the following comments are also given.

Adobe CEO "Apple chose closed" Investing in Flash application conversion tool for iPhone - ITmedia News

Adobe's CEO Narayan and others have come together and criticized Apple's response to iPhone's Flash compliance as "closed." It also announced that it will stop investing in Flash application conversion tool in connection with the change of the regulations of SDK for iPhone.

About HTML5, Narayan CEO says, "Adobe provides an authoring environment for all formats, Creative Suite supports HTML and coexists with Flash," he said. "HTML evolution will be welcomed," and "We will also advance innovation in Flash such as movies and 3D games."

Adobe's strategy presentation, decision to abort Flash development for iPhone - INTERNET Watch

At the strategy briefing on 22nd, the directors of the US headquarters have come together. Everyone speaks to Apple, "Apple's choice to close the platform narrows the range of end-user options. Users and industry are demanding that once they create content, they can deploy it extensively. "Paul Wiskoff, Senior Vice President, Co-Plate Development, Co-Plate Development," says, "Apple's choice is not a good thing for both users and creators. We will be able to ride on the same ship including publisher, "said Josh James, senior vice president and general manager of the company's Omniture Business Unit.

And after about a week30th April 2010, Suddenly Apple's CEO Steve Jobs published a letter on the official website and explained why Flash would not run on iOS such as iPhone or iPad.

Thoughts on Flash


"Thoughts on Flash" (Japanese translation) - Kenichi Maehashi's Blog

Among them, Mr. Jobs said, "Flash is not open," "There is a problem in reliability, security, performance, Flash has a problem in reliability, security, performance" "Flash has a battery life expectancy "Flash does not presuppose touch operation" "Developers relying on Flash to enable developers to use innovative functions immediately, even if innovative features are installed Flash will do it We can not develop until we support it. "

And the next month14th May 2010, "Flash is open", Adobe began counterarging Apple, to fight Apple founder Jobs, letters written by Adobe founder Chuck Geschke and John Warnock official website I started publishing at.

Our thoughts on open markets | Adobe

In an open letter on April 29, Mr. Jobs said that "Flash is the first cause of a Mac crash," the performance of Flash on mobile terminals is low, and that Flash Player He also added severe criticisms in terms of performance.

In an open letter, Adobe criticizes this in the implicit. For example, since 72 cloning makers were born in the early days because PostScript had disclosed specifications in the past, Adobe explained that he continued to take leadership in the market by continuing innovation himself. Even now, since the specification of Flash is open, anyone can argue that I can develop my own Flash Player. "Adobe Flash technology continues to be a market leader for our employees' constant creativity and innovation," he says, "We believe that Apple takes the opposite approach He criticized violently.

At the end of the open letter, Adobe said at the end of the open letter, "Who controls the World Wide Web? We believe that the answer is no one, everyone, we believe it, but obviously it is not one company It is concluding.

The site that was released at this time is the site "Flash and creative freedom", which still remains.

Flash and creative freedom | Adobe
http://www.adobe.com/choice/


In this way Apple and Adobe are completely separate, Adobe's Flash sneaks to the Android camp, and as a result approaches Google, Flash is directly integrated in Google Chrome.

Adobe Flash Player - Google Chrome Help

Adobe Flash is integrated directly into Google Chrome and is enabled by default. When Adobe Flash updates are available, they are automatically included in Google Chrome system updates.

However, Google also chooses HTML 5 instead of Flash, and on June 29, 2011 it starts to publish even those that convert Flash to HTML 5.

Google swiffy that can convert FLASH to HTML5, also supports iPhone and iPad - GIGAZINE


Furthermore, on September 2, 2011, the Google Maps API for Flash is secretly abolished.

ANN: Abolition of the Google Maps API for Flash has been announced - Google-Maps-API-Japan | Google Group

And this announcement leads to a decision not to continue developing Flash Player for smartphones such as Android.

Android Flash Player for smartphones development ceased development, future focus on HTML 5 and AIR - GIGAZINE


Will Flash go into the development environment for HTML 5 and AIR in the future, whether there is a further trump card, orShockwaveWill it become like ... ?.

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