Adobe Flash Lite 2.1
Aug 10th, 2007 by yohanes
Flash Lite 1.2 is included in most S60 3rd edition phones, but this version of flash is built using very old technology, and many people is not satisfied with that. Adobe has released Flash Lite 2.1 that supports ActionScript 2.0 and Flash Player 7 for Symbian 3rd Edition devices. You can install this new version to play newer flash applications, but unfortunately there are some problems.
First this application is not integrated tightly into the phone, if you download some flash application, the default player is the old player. Since the Symbian 3rd edition, user can no longer override a built applications, so unless Nokia decides to give firmware upgrade for flash player, we are stuck using the built in flash player. Second, the flash player always display few seconds of useless animation when you start it. And the last problem is that the flash player can’t see your SWF file in Memory Card unless you put it in E:\Other.
Despite the problems, If you are a developer you might be happy with this version, because now you can create a flash program using open source tools MTASC. MTASC is an ActionScript compiler that supports Flash 7 onward, so you don’t have to buy expensive Flash MX just to develop a Flash application in your phone.
Download From: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashlite/
4 Responses to “Adobe Flash Lite 2.1”
Unfortunately if you already have Flash Lite 2.0 on your phone (as with my N95) it won’t let you install 2.1 over the top, which is rather annoying…
It is possible to change Flash 2.1 to handle .swf files by default.
Step 1: get a developer certificate from http://www.symbiansigned.com/
Step 2: download YTasks, YTasks Main Server and YTasks File Association manager from http://www.drjukka.com/YTasks.html
Step 3: Use your developer certificate to sign the YTasks Main Server .sis-file and install the YTask applications
Step 4: Run YTasks File Association manager and set application/x-shockwave-flash to use Flash instead of flash player
Step 5: ?????
Step 6: PROFIT!!!
hello, do you have the direct link for flash lite 2.1 for htc p3300?
I try to build FlashLite 2.1 project (pure .as – no movieclips at all!) with the following command:
/opt/mtasc/mtasc -v -version 7 -cp /opt/mtasc/-swf nardik.swf -main -header 320:240:12 Nardik.as
But when I try to run the result .swf into my FlashLite 2.1 Player (Nokia E61) I see the following error: “Problem with content: 3″. I try
to use -version 6, but the error remains the same.
Do you know which command line options required to build FlashLite 2.1 application?