Question About Adobe Captivate 5: What's Up With the "Enable SWF for conversion to iPhone application" Option?
I'm confused. I know that Apple and Adobe are at war with regards to SWF output playing on the iPhone or iPad. But I just noticed in Adobe Captivate 5 that there is a check box when you publish that says: "Enable SWF for conversion to iPhone application." Does this mean that Captivate 5 output will play on the iPhone and that I should get excited?
Answer: Don't get too excited. The "Enable SWF for conversion to iPhone application" option was, in fact, going to allow you to use Adobe's Packager for iPhone to get SWFs to play on the iPhone and iPad. However, Apple's SDK License Agreement put an end to that dream by simply not allowing developers to make SWFs available on on the iPhone or iPad. Adobe has officially stopped ceased further development of the Packager. According to Adobe, "the feature remains in CS5 to demonstrate the capabilities of the Flash Platform to support multiple platforms and devices."
Yeah, well, I am confused as to why they left it in there. They could have taken it out since Captivate was released way after Flash CS5 was released. Adobe can release it as an update if Apple changes their mind about Flash technology in general.
Yeah, well, I am confused as to why they left it in there. They could have taken it out since Captivate was released way after Flash CS5 was released. Adobe can release it as an update if Apple changes their mind about Flash technology in general.
Yeah, well, I am confused as to why they left it in there. They could have taken it out since Captivate was released way after Flash CS5 was released. Adobe can release it as an update if Apple changes their mind about Flash technology in general.
I agree that it should have been removed. According to Adobe, “we plan to keep this completed work in CS5 to demonstrate the capabilities of the Flash Platform to support multiple platforms and devices.”
I agree that it should have been removed. According to Adobe, “we plan to keep this completed work in CS5 to demonstrate the capabilities of the Flash Platform to support multiple platforms and devices.”
I agree that it should have been removed. According to Adobe, “we plan to keep this completed work in CS5 to demonstrate the capabilities of the Flash Platform to support multiple platforms and devices.”