Comments on: Flash On The iPhone: Well Almost http://blogs.gartner.com/mark_driver/2009/10/06/flash-on-the-iphone-well-almost/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:24:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Seth http://blogs.gartner.com/mark_driver/2009/10/06/flash-on-the-iphone-well-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-6846 Seth Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:05:41 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/mark_driver/?p=71#comment-6846 I believe a micro-version of the flash runtime is compiled into each app as it's being exported. I believe a micro-version of the flash runtime is compiled into each app as it’s being exported.

]]> By: Brad Hubbard http://blogs.gartner.com/mark_driver/2009/10/06/flash-on-the-iphone-well-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-6184 Brad Hubbard Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:24:19 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/mark_driver/?p=71#comment-6184 I disagree with the statement that "The run-time has been the key" As a Flash developer reaching clear back to the Macromedia Director days, I can tell you that Flash has always supported a "Compile Standalone" version, for both Mac and PCs. In the PC, this took the form of a .exe that could be run by users with neither the Flash plugin nor any other install. Though I don't develop Flash anymore (moved on to Ruby), my understanding is that this feature exists in the very expensive toolchain that Adobe continues to sell. I imagine the iPhone versions will not be terribly different from this. Pre-compiled slugs that execute using the native libraries on a machine, beholden to no Adobe install or runtime, or even the Flash moniker. I disagree with the statement that “The run-time has been the key” As a Flash developer reaching clear back to the Macromedia Director days, I can tell you that Flash has always supported a “Compile Standalone” version, for both Mac and PCs. In the PC, this took the form of a .exe that could be run by users with neither the Flash plugin nor any other install. Though I don’t develop Flash anymore (moved on to Ruby), my understanding is that this feature exists in the very expensive toolchain that Adobe continues to sell.

I imagine the iPhone versions will not be terribly different from this. Pre-compiled slugs that execute using the native libraries on a machine, beholden to no Adobe install or runtime, or even the Flash moniker.

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