- What is Adobe® Flash® Lite™?
- Adobe Flash Lite software is a runtime engine that provides users a rich, engaging experience across mobile phones and consumer electronics devices. Flash Lite enables OEMs and operators to differentiate their devices via customized user interfaces and the ability to access the web, video, and mobile content across devices.
- What are the key new capabilities of Flash Lite 3?
Flash Lite 3 includes the following new capabilities:
- FLV support
- Improved web browsability with support for most Flash 8 content
- Faster performance
- MMI extensions for UI design
- Integrated authoring environment
- Multiplatform support
For detailed information on the capabilities of Flash Lite 3, visit the features page.
- When is Flash Lite 3 available?
Flash Lite 3 was released to OEMs on May 31, 2007.
Flash Lite 3 Developer Edition will be available for noncommercial distribution in the Mobile and Devices Developer Center in November 2007. The Developer Edition is optimized for Symbian OS™ v3 devices and has been certified by Adobe for the Nokia N95 handset.
- When will Flash Lite 3 devices begin shipping?
- Flash Lite 3 devices are expected to be available to consumers in late 2007.
- How do Flash Lite 2.1 and the Flash Player 7 SDK compare to Flash Lite 3?
- The following table contains a comparison of primary features. For a complete comparison, see the comparison chart.
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| |
Flash Lite 3 |
Flash Lite 2.1 |
Flash Player 7 SDK |
| Web browsing compatibility |
Yes (Flash 8 or earlier) |
No |
Yes (Flash 7 or earlier) |
| Video codecs (FLV, device video) |
Device dependent |
Device dependent |
No |
| Audio codecs |
Device dependent |
Device dependent |
Yes |
| Flash Media Server connection support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| XML socket support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SOAP API |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Language support (including right-to-left) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Optimized for ARM |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| MMI APIs |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- What reference platforms are available for Flash Lite 3?
- Symbian OS v3 and Microsoft® Windows® XP.
- Does Flash Lite 3 support Linux®?
- Flash Lite 3 can be ported to run on Linux. Some of our partners and customers have already ported Flash Lite 3 for their Linux based devices.
- What is the client footprint of Flash Lite 3?
- 380KB is the size of the core library without video codecs. As a reference, Flash Lite 2.1 has a footprint of 450KB.
- How much memory is required for Flash Lite 3 to run?
- Adobe recommends allocating 20MB of RAM for optimal performance.
- What is the required memory usage for playing FLV files?
- A one-minute video consumes 2–3MB of RAM, while a five-minute video consumes an average of 3–4MB. Longer videos play without requiring a linear increase in memory. Note: This is true for progressive, streaming, local, and/or remote.
- What features of Flash 8 does Flash Lite 3 not support?
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As of September 15, 2007, the following Flash 8 features are used by less than 5% of websites and are not currently supported in Flash Lite 3:
- Filters (blur, drop shadow, etc.)
- Blend modes (add, subtract, multiply, etc.)
- Enhanced strokes (miter, square, etc.)
- CSS support
- <img> tag
- Text as Link
- setTimeout
- WMode
- _target
- Encoding per pixel alpha with Flash 8 video (On2 VP6)
- Bitmap caching
- ActionScript Objects, or methods
- LocalConnection object (to be added in a Flash Lite 3.x update)
- movieClip.AttachBitmap()
- Flash.Geom object
- Flash Remoting
To learn more about optimizing your website and content for Flash Lite 3, review the Flash Lite 3 web browsability support guidelines.
- Are there plans to add support for the Flash 8 features that are not currently supported by Flash Lite 3?
- We are currently evaluating support for the remaining Flash 8 features in a future release of Flash Lite.
- Does Flash Lite 3 support H.264?
- We are currently evaluating H.264 support for Flash Lite. Flash Lite 3 currently supports software codecs such as On2 VP6 and Sorenson.
- Does Flash Lite 3 support Flash 9 content?
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Flash Lite 3 will not play a Flash 9 (Flash CS3 Professional) SWF file. Flash Lite 3 will display a Flash icon to indicate the content is not supported.
- Will Flash Lite 3 support Flash 9.x content?
Flash 9.x content support is on the Flash Lite roadmap and will be addressed as this content becomes more pervasive and critical to mobile and consumer electronic devices.
It is important to remember that Flash Lite 3 supports about 85% of all Flash enabled websites today and that users will not necessarily access the same types of websites on a mobile or consumer electronic device that they would in a desktop environment, due to constraints in device (screen size, processors, RAM, input methods, battery) and bandwidth (limited 3/3.5G availability).
- I am currently using an older version of Flash Lite. What do I need to do to upgrade to Flash Lite 3?
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If you are an OEM, contact your Adobe representative or complete the Flash Lite license request form. If you are a developer, visit the Mobile and Devices Developer Center to download Flash Lite 3 Developer Edition.
- How can I author Flash Lite 3 content for mobile devices?
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Author, test, and publish mobile content for the latest release of Adobe Flash Lite, now supporting FLV and rendering of SWF files for Flash Player 8 when integrated within a mobile phone or embedded web browser. Authoring support for Flash Lite 3 requires both an update to Flash CS3 Professional software and an update to Adobe Device Central CS3.
- I am currently a Flash Player 7 SDK customer. Should I upgrade to Flash Lite 3 or wait for the Flash Player 9 SDK?
- The migration path for the Flash Player 7 SDK is Flash Lite 3. There are no current plans to release a Flash Player 9 SDK.
