Adobe shows off Flash Apps for iPhone (wha?!)

Seth Weintraub
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October 05, 2009
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This probably isn't what you think but it is still an extremely interesting development. Techcrunch reports that Adobe is making middleware that allows developers to port their Flash apps to the iPhone.

The upcoming version of Flash CS5 will allow you the option to "Export Project to native iPhone application."  You then get a file you can submit to the App Store.  This isn't some far of alpha either.  There are already apps in the app store (South Park!) that have been developed with Flash, though a full release isn't expected to be out until Flash CS5 - which you can be notified of here.

Wow.  (BTW, is that a Digg.app we see up there? WAs it made with Flash?)

This would be the first third-party application development environment for the iPhone and one we're not so sure Apple will sanction.   

This is also interesting because some feel that Apple's Keynote is an alternative development environment to Flash because it allows you to export simple animated presentations to .swf format without using Flash (we're not so sure about that classification, however).

Here's some more apps that were (covertly developed?) made with Flash that are already in the App Store. 

Chroma Circuit

chromacircuit

Trading Stuff

trading

Fickleblox

fickleblox

Just Letters

justletters

South Park

southpark

That Roach Game

roach

Red Hood

redhood

  

 

Comments (7)

applemuncher01 (not verified) | October 05, 2009 - 12:36pm

does this mean we will be able to develop iphone apps on the pc?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 05, 2009 - 12:43pm

yes, this is good news. go adobe!
having to buy a mac to mac iphone apps... stupid.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 05, 2009 - 7:32pm

Buy a Mac and you can not only develop for the Mac and iPhone but Windows as well. Just think of all of the money you could have made by now!

ebarsoum (not verified) | October 05, 2009 - 1:05pm

Mono touch is the first third part development environment for iPhone.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 05, 2009 - 2:49pm

errr - is it just me or is the video broken?

Derry Quinn (not verified) | October 05, 2009 - 3:22pm

They always do that here at 9 to 5 mac

Chris R (not verified) | October 06, 2009 - 1:54pm

I think this is great. Now even I can build an application for my iPhone.