Adobe Release New Version of Flash for Android Devices

Adobe have recently released a new version of their flash player suitable for all Android devices. The update brings Flash for Android up to 10.3.186.6 and it comes with compatibility fixes that should be able to solve most of the unexplained issues that have been plaguing Flash on Android devices lately.

According to Adobe the compatibility issues that were addressed include:

Calls to gotoAndPlay() and gotoAndStop() no longer fail in some Flash applications which load shared libraries (2943612).

TextField instances which specify a negative offset (x property contains a negative value) now correctly flow the text horizontally instead of vertically (2941680).

Improved performance in some cases when displaying complex animations (2941931).

Flash applications at certain websites (http://heylenmichel.de) now load correctly (2944081).

They also announced these fixes and enhancements:
Enabled NEON optimizations for OMAP4 (Cortex A-9) based devices. (2853030)

Corrected an issue on the Samsung Galaxy S where H.264 video at resolutions of 720p and below was not displayed. (2852889)

Fixed an issue where app packaging would fail for Android Apps using Flash Player in WebView that set android:hardwareAcceleration to True in their AndroidManifest.xml.  (2834793)

Fixed a crash on the HTC EVO that some users encountered with specific video. (2855425)

Fixed an issue that caused video frames to stop rendering on long streaming videos (> 1 hour) on some Motorola devices. (2855957)

Fixed an issue where touch events were getting delayed with Kongregate.com games. (2874651)

Fixed an issue where games on Kongregate.com freeze when users exit from Full-Screen mode.  (2874640)

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