So, the day has come. Jailbreak Creator “Comex” has managed to port Adobe’s Flash Player 10.1 to a Jailbroken iPad and iPhone 3GS. The “Spirit JB” creator has ported the Android version of Flash (or “Frash” as he calls it) to the iPad by using a Compatibility Layer, and with that layer, the Android runtime can play Flash (.swf) files through Safari natively, something Steve Jobs has never wanted to see the light of day on the iPad.
While I see this being very useful and a huge achievement for Comex and the Jailbreaking community, I believe that if people want to use flash for games in this way then It wont work out too well due to the games not supporting the Multi-Touch gestures the iPad and iPhone/iPod Touch is famous for, but playing back .swf files will have no problem as seen in the video posted below.
Frash for iOSAlso we are yet to see if Job’s claims of low battery life with Flash on the iPad are true, but now It’s only a matter of time before the truth comes out.
