Hot on the heels of yesterday’s announcement that Apple is easing restrictions on the tools developers can use to create iOS apps, Adobe says it’s going to resume support for its tools that let Flash developers port their apps to iOS. Adobe launched the tool as part of Flash CS5 earlier this year, but abandoned […]
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Apple eases restrictions on 3rd party development tools for iOS apps
There are more than 250,000 iOS apps in the iTunes App Store. Earlier this year, Apple insisted that it would only accept apps written in C , C++, and Objective-C and that the company would reject all apps built with third party tools. That was kind of a huge slap int he face to Adobe, […]
Apple could face antitrust case over iPhone SDK
Apple is making it harder for developers to use cross-platform tools to write apps for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The latest terms of the software developer kit (SDK) for iPhone OS basically prohibit the use of tools like Adobe Flash CS5. In other words, if you use the tools Adobe specifically developed to […]
Adobe gives up on tools for porting Flash apps to the iPhone
Apple has made it abundantly clear the company doesn’t want Adobe Flash touching the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad with a 327 foot pole. Instead the company has been pushing developers to write apps and web pages using HTML5 and other technologies to provide streaming video and interactive elements on Apple’s mobile devices. And by […]