Software Update: Adobe Flash Player & AIR 26.0.0.126

Adobe has released version 26 of Flash Player and the Integrated Runtime. This browser plugin makes it possible to play Flash content, including so-called rich Internet applications and streaming audio and video. Flash Player is built into Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, for other browsers it will have to be installed separately. The use has been on the decline for a while in favor of html5 and more and more browsers require an extra mouse click to still play Flash content. The release notes for this release are listed below.

New Features

• Moving to WKWebView for StageWebView on iOS
• D2D Vector Printing Support
• DeviceRotation Event Handler for Mobile AIR
• Enhanced Profile
• Vertex Texture Fetch

Fixed Issues

Flash Player

• removeMovieClip() method is not working as expected(FP-4198425,FP-4198400)
• viewer application quits unexpectedly. (FP-4198403)
• Video quits unexpectedly while playing from (FP-4198402)
• Flash Player quits unexpectedly upon interaction with site tabs(FP-4198407)
• [Win 10]Incorrect KeyboardEvent CharCode while shift is pressed(or Capslock)(FP-4198430)
• FileReference size and creationDate throws IO Error (FP-4198443)
• [Win10][ Edge]Mouse Move events are delayed when full screen is set to interactive mode and mouse lock is true.( FP-4198071, FP-4173060)

AIR

• [iOS] drawViewPortToBitmapData method on StageWebView return an empty bitmapdata
• [iOS] AudioPlaybackMode.VOICE and SoundMixer.useSpeakerphoneForVoice = true not working with bluetooth headset (AIR-4196360)
• [Android] StageText not firing ENTER event (AIR-4198260)
• [iOS] Unable to launch iPad Pro on iOS Simulator from ADT (AIR-4198314)
• [Android] Launcher icons are packaged in incorrect resources location (AIR-4198222)
• [iOS] Starling masking does not work on iOS with anti-aliasing turned ON (AIR-4198229)
• [iOS] ErrorEvent.ERROR not fired (AIR-4198355)
• [iOS] StageText: setting stage property after calling selectRange() incorrectly gives focus to StageText (AIR-4198296)
• “Could not generate timestamp: Connection error” is displayed while packaging the AIR application (AIR-4195221, AIR-4198332, AIR-4172255)