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Uploaded by on Jul 3, 2010

Frash is a port of the Adobe Flash runtime for Android to the iPhone, using a compatibility layer, by comex ( http://twitter.com/comex ). Frash can currently run most Flash programs natively in the MobileSafari browser. Frash currently only runs on the iPad, but support for other devices (3GS+ only due to technical restrictions) is planned, as well as support for iOS 4.

A release is planned for when Frash is stable. Developers are welcome to join the effort at http://github.com/comex/frash - fork it and send a pull request with your patches.

Frash uses a multi-process model similar to Chrome on the desktop, so a crash in the Frash/Flash plugin doesn't take down the browser. You can see this while I'm playing Alien Hominid: the ad above crashed (probably a Frash bug), but Safari stays open just fine, and continues to play other Flash content on the page.

Video and keyboard input are currently not supported. The former will require major reverse engineering of the video decoding frameworks on the iPhone, but the latter should be reasonably easy to implement.

...and if anyone from Adobe reads this: Hosting the libflashplayer.so binary somewhere accessible outside the Android Market would make this a lot easier to distribute :).

Shot on an iPhone 4 and edited using iMovie on the phone.

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  • @jakdg: Yes, of course. Nothing cool comes without a jailbreak. Of course it's free. It'll be released when its complete and stable.

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  • step 1. get an iPad

    step 2. jailbreak it

    step 3. go to Cydia

    step 4. install frash

    step 5. enjoy

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  • doesnt work on iOS 5.0.1 :(

  • @rockhopper123452 Well, if you haven't noticed from the video, it allows you to play flash content on the web.

  • @natroongjirarat so what is frash then ?

  • @rockhopper123452 he didn't spell it wrong. The app is actually called frash.

  • u spelled flash wrong...

  • @DJTEVAdotCOM I agree, but would you rather have HP, LG, or Samsung at the top. They r all about their bottom lines

  • GET,,,A';:FREE`',IPAD::`'``

    WWW.FREEIPADSNOW.TK

    

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