Adobe Flash Player on Android hits version 10.3

Adobe has just plugged more security holes and introduced additional enhancements to their Adobe Flash Player on the Android platform, bumping the version number up to 10.3 in the process. Amongst the changes as quoted verbatim would include as follows :-

Flash Player 10.3 is the newest runtime release of the Open Screen Project that enables uncompromised Web browsing of expressive applications, content and video across devices. For a general overview of new features and enhancements, visit the Flash Player 10.3 Desktop release notes: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/901/cpsid_90194.html.

To get a more definitive list, take a peek after the jump and see what Flash Player 10.3.185.21 has in store for you.

• 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)
• Android Apps using Browser Plug-ins like Flash Player in WebView no longer need to set android:hardwareAcceleration to True in their AndroidMainfest.xml for plug-in output to be rendered. This was previously an issue on Android 3.0+ only. (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)

Has anyone given this update a go already, and how do you find it so far? Is your mobile Flash experience all the better?

Edwin Kee
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Tags: adobe, adobe flash, flash player