Jun032012

Why can’t I install Adobe Flash on my iPad 2?

Cathy Cowan asks:

I try to install adobe flash on my iPad 2 and it says you can’t on the iPad.


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Kyem Ghosh

June 3, 2012

you cannot download adobe flash in your ipad2 as it is not supported there… By the way if you want to just play flash videos then you can download skyfire web browser. But I don’t think this would help you cause it will not let you run any flash site or games… Wait for more comments

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Rajaa Chowdhury

June 4, 2012

Apple iPAD2 does not support the Adobe Flash standards. Even Adobe have themselves stopped support for Flash.

Molly

So what program can I download to watch shows that use adobe flash? It is so frustrating

June 4, 2012
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Susendeep Dutta

June 4, 2012

Apple doesn’t like flash and so they didn’t supported it at first.

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Isaac

June 8, 2012

No. Flash is coded to support mouse and keyboard devices, a REAL mouse MUST be in the equasion. Its not the clicking, but the actual ‘hovering’ that allows you to interact with flash elements. Apple ans flash attempted to make flash for iOS devices, but in order for it to work, evey single element must be re-coded to support the iOS version.

Apple and Flash want to work together. The devices themselfs are the only issue. Just isnt compatable.

Pat

Apple doesn’t allow Flash on iPad/iPhone:

http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/

Jobs writes:

“…we do not allow Flash on iPhones, iPods and iPads.”

August 14, 2012
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Famedoro

July 21, 2012

You can download puffin browser to see flash video or flash sites… It’s the only flash complete browser

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John doe

July 28, 2012

Just another example not being compatible with the rest of the world. They don’t own adobe so they flat out aren’t going to create a device that supports it even if the users want it. You must use crappy iTunes for everything

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Sheila Coull

August 13, 2012

I would love to play Scrabble with my friends on my I pad a keep being told IPad does not accept Adobe Flas Player. WHY???

Kim

I’m able to play words with friends via Facebook (this is the same as scrabble).

Good luck.

Kim xx

August 22, 2012
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Jo CROSSLEY

August 13, 2012

I want to upload photos from my iPad2 to Facebook but can’t upload abode flash player. Is there any other way I can do this?

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Madhvi

November 2, 2012

I would like to install adobe flast on my i pad 3 and i phone 4s
can i do that?
if i can how can i do that?
can i also install it on i mac?
please advise asap
thanks

Tina

Madhvi,

As far as I know it is not possible to install Adobe Flash on the iPad or iPhone. However, if you want to view flash content, there are workarounds.

Since I do not own Apple devices myself, I recommend that you either search the forum or ask a new question to get a detailed response. Good luck!

November 28, 2012