Help urgent help! how to watch flash on nexus 7??

simonhenry · Jul 31, 2012

Just purchased a nexus 7. Can't see any flash on the homepages using chrome! Please help! Thanks

dautley · Jul 31, 2012

I don't believe flash is supported on Jelly Bean, however read this and you should be in business Adobe Flash on the Nexus 7 and other Jelly Bean Devices – xda-developers

SamCarter · Jul 31, 2012

The nexus doesn't support Flash in its stock format. Here's a link on to install it, but be careful, I don't have my tablet to try it yet and it's not a supported method. How to Install Flash on the Nexus 7 and Other Jelly Bean Devices - How-To Geek

GalaxyNexus · Jul 31, 2012

Dude I posted like four lines under you...

I posted a TUTORIAL. I'm not trying to come across rude, but seriously.

http://androidforums.com/showthread.php?p=4748940

rushmore · Aug 1, 2012

The only issue should be the stock browser. Dolphin HD, Xscope and Opera should work as long as you install a more recent Flash 11 apk.

GalaxyNexus · Aug 1, 2012

rushmore said:
The only issue should be the stock browser. Dolphin HD, Xscope and Opera should work as long as you install a more recent Flash 11 apk.

Dolphin doesn't work with the new update.

DanielM426 · Aug 1, 2012

Firefox actually gets a chance to shine! The biggest tips to improve firefox mobile that I can give.
-Put Adblock plus on it
-Put Phony on it and set to android (tablet)
-Type about:config into the mobile URL. Search "keyword". modify "keyword.url" and type the following "http://www.google.com/search?&q=" Now search results come up in normal view

SpungeWorthy · Aug 2, 2012

DanielM426 said:
Firefox actually gets a chance to shine! The biggest tips to improve firefox mobile that I can give.
-Put Adblock plus on it
-Put Phony on it and set to android (tablet)
-Type about:config into the mobile URL. Search "keyword". modify "keyword.url" and type the following "http://www.google.com/search?&q=" Now search results come up in normal view

I got flash working on the Firefox beta and I'm hating Firefox... I wanna do what your saying, but I don't understand what your saying at all :eek:

could you explain how to do this in further detail?

eager27 · Aug 2, 2012

DanielM426 said:
Firefox actually gets a chance to shine! The biggest tips to improve firefox mobile that I can give.
-Put Adblock plus on it
-Put Phony on it and set to android (tablet)
-Type about:config into the mobile URL. Search "keyword". modify "keyword.url" and type the following "http://www.google.com/search?&q=" Now search results come up in normal view

thanks for this - that phony plug in is really helpful.

viffer800 · Aug 2, 2012

I have Chrome, Dolphin HD and Firebox Beta on my N7

I use FF Beta with sideloaded Flash if I need ....errr....flash.

I like Dolphin HD for the gestures and speedy access to my favouritest sites

I like the Chrome rendering

Think i've answered the question and mind-wandered a wee bit

GalaxyNexus · Aug 2, 2012

I mainly use Chrome since it syncs w/ my computer and phone. I only use FF Beta for Flash websites, or for occasionally watching Amazon Prime instant video.

Jay Aristide · Aug 2, 2012

I use the AOSP JellyBean browser when I need Flash support. I've found different browsers do different things better than others. For example: Firefox does z-indexing properly, and so does xScope, which makes tagging pictures and such easier in facebook, while Dolphin HD and Chrome seem to work better with anything that opens an upload or select document dialog...

Either way, if flash support is a matter of 'urgency' for you, you're really going to hate having an android device in the near future. Adobe has deprecated Flash on all mobile platforms, and the platforms themselves are in full support of that decision. In a year, Flash will have been updated to the point where the apk's currently available to us will either be heavily exploited or hopelessly behind on tech, and you'll HAVE TO leave it behind.

rushmore · Aug 2, 2012

If Flash is still prolific next year, I disagree. Consumers dictate demand (in a "free" economy), so IF Flash is still prolific, There will be some form or fashion of Flash working for Android tablets and OEMs seeing the advantage of the app being supported. OEMs will MARKET the support of Flash as a a point of differentiation for their product- again, IF consumers want it.

The socialistic approach that Apple and Android are trying to force consumers in will have a limit of appeal. Competition and differentation are key.

If consumers want it, SOMEBODY will provide it, since consumers are how business makes money.

Added: The only way this does not happen is if Flash has a sudden trend downward by this time next year to the point of being "meh" to consumers. Quite the opposite for a lot of consumers at the monent. Flash is still the number one reason a lot of consumers choose Android tabs over iPad.

Flash goes away, so does some of the market share inertia in favor of Android. This is a key reason Apple wanted Flash to go away. They wanted the playing field with LESS differentiation of function. Apple decided no Flash and are playing their cards with this convention.

Sam 95 · Aug 2, 2012

Boat browser works very well after the last update

Jay Aristide · Aug 2, 2012

Except it was Adobe who decided to deprecate Flash on mobile devices, and - demand or not - the product BELONGS to Adobe. It is closed-source, proprietary technology that THEY own. If Adobe says no more Flash on mobile devices, then that's how it's gonna be. Anybody who takes that technology and uses it against their wishes is violating intellectual property law, and becomes subject to criminal action.

Whether or not it's what Apple wants doesn't have much to do with it as long as it's what Adobe wants, which appears to be the case.

Companies wanting to keep the business of mobile users will need to begin developing mobile and/or HTML 5 versions of their sites. The further we get away from Flash on mobile devices, the closer we'll get to a unified browsing experience across all platforms.

Edit: The only way *I* see this changing is if consumers raise enough demand for Adobe themselves to continue development, if consumers convince Adobe they're willing to PAY for continued development, or if some corporate entity offers to BUY the rights to independently develop it. Flash is PROPERTY. It belongs to Adobe, and no sense of entitlement, no matter how strong or righteous, overrides that.

rushmore · Aug 2, 2012

Adobe are little guurlee men. Like Gloria Gaynor, Flash will survive.

Jay Aristide · Aug 2, 2012

rushmore said:
Adobe are little guurlee men. Like Gloria Gaynor, Flash will survive.

I LOL'd. Hard.

Jay Aristide · Aug 2, 2012

I'd pay $2.99 every six months for adobe to continue developing Flash for Android.. Would you? People who RUN flash-based sites would probably pay considerably more. You want Flash to stay in the Android world? In the words of Cuba Gooding Jr., SHOW THEM THE MONEY

Edit: We'd probably see a hell of a lot better product if we offered to start paying for it, too...

Edit 2: This thread has given me a good idea. Let's start one of those online petitions and let Adobe know we'd be willing to pay for continued Flash support on Android. $6/yr * the gods only know how many subscribers willing to pay it should entice Adobe to continue development.

ANDRO1D2 · Aug 5, 2012

My Google Nexus 16gb just gives an error message at the start of the downloads given by xda. I thought I would send a short but accurate note to xda to make them aware that there was a problem. However this required registering as a developer. There is a tasteless mass of adolescent nonsense to endure in their so called video. Then there is the dreaded confirm you are not a robot nonsense. A totally illegible visual clue or a totally cacophonous audio clue. Which effectively are non-clues to persons of good vision and hearing. Consequently no contact could be made. If anyone knows these children, would they pass on that there "Flash enablement method" does not work from the very beginning as I have stated where Nexus has a problem with the download. Thanks.

CrackBaby · Aug 6, 2012

Cool...thanks for the boat recommendation. I can tell a difference between it and ff-beta. I used the xda download linked within the thread to get the flash.

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