Flash Lite Now On The iPhone, Without Apple's Blessing

Chicago (IL) - We know that Flash will be supported on the iPhone sooner or later. All of those who don’t want to wait for Apple and Adobe to unveil an official version of the software, there is now a limited Flash Lite integration created by a Belgian developer.

While Apple and Adobe are still trying to figure out how and when to release Flash Lite for the iPhone, Thomas Joos from Belgium claims he has found a way to run Flash Lite on the iPhone using the b.Tween framework and the graphics tool eyeGT. The implementation allows Joos to run Flash content as a native iPhone application. However, the Flash Lite support does not to extend to the Safari browser, which means that Flash-based websites are still not displayed within Safari.

The state of Adobe’s Flash for iPhone efforts are unclear at this time. The company repeatedly said that it is working "closely" with Apple to find a solution that will not require Flash Lite to run as a browser plug-in or a background application. While Flash Lite uses processing resources and less battery power than the full Flash version, Flash Lite isn’t efficient enough to be used in an iPhone without significant code tweaks, we are told.

Processor and power concerns are the two primary issues believing to cause the delay of the application since Apple made it clear that it will not authorize Flash Lite for the iPhone until the multimedia web extension runs efficiently, without draining the battery too quickly.

Joos’ Flash Lite integration is not processor or energy-focused, but it does serve as an example that there are no coding barriers to bring Flash Lite to the iPhone. You can watch the Flash Lite running on an iPhone in this YouTube video.