How to install flash player for iPhone, iPad?

Apart from being the most expensive and preferred smartphone device, Apple hesitated to allow flash player for iPhone and iPad devices. Although it is Apple’s subject of concern for not allocating Adobe player in iOS devices, the main hassle is faced by most iPhone users who are unable to access
flash games on their devices. The reason behind Apple not allowing flash player iOS devices is due to its own business and marketing concern. As you know Apple develops its own hardware and software and never lets any third party manufacturer enter their arena.
Why does Apple not allow flash for iPhone, iPod, and iPad?
The main reason behind the absence of Adobe flash player in Apple is the terms of service agreement prohibits it, as revealed in Wikileaks (https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Why_Apple_Won’t_Allow_Adobe_Flash_on_iPhone). Apple does not pay concern to what their users want, but it focuses on its brand stability. The brand that maintains complete governance over its hardware and software will never allow any third party development tool to take over it. According to an iOS game developer, allowing Adobe flash on Apple devices will violate the developers Terms of Service agreement. Secondly, all Apple devices consider the support of HTML 5 which does not require any flash player.

Still, can you get Adobe flash player for iPad, iPhone?
An innovative iPhone hacker figured out that Adobe flash player can actually be installed in iPhone and iPad devices. This could be a hard hitting matter for Apple, but yet a simple trick can let flash player access your device.


Why do you need iPad, iPhone flash player?
Getting flash player will let you access any flash games, websites or flash videos on your iPhone. In short, you can access the entire web on your iPhone without any interruption. For instance, you are visiting a website which requires flash player to be installed. In that case, having a flash player will let you access its entire contents without having to ask you to install flash player again and again.


How to install Adobe flash player for iPhone, iPad?

To install, you’d require installing Frash. Frash is a flash for iPad and iPhone which is specifically developed for iOS devices. To use this tool you should jailbreak your iPhone and download the .deb. The .deb should be uploaded to a specific folder of your iPhone using SSH. Then restart your phone.

Apart from this process, you can also install Frash from Cydia, which is the jailbreak app store in iOS devices. Remember, you should jailbreak your iPhone before performing this step.

To install “iPhone flash player”, please follow the steps below:
Run Cydia and tap on the ‘Manage’ button.
Tap on Sources > Edit > Add.
A pop-up box will appear where you’ll need to type “http://repo.benm.at/”.


Click on Add Source and close the box.
Tap on the ‘Done’ button.
Go to the Search bar in Cydia and search ‘Frash’.
Click on Frash from the list and install the app.

Now you’ll have flash player installed on your iPhone which you can also switch off when not in use. To save your phone’s battery power, it is better to turn it off most of the time when you are not using flash player.

Besides this, there are a number of flash player apps in the App Store which lets you play flash files on your iPhone and iPad devices.
Best flash player apps for iPad and iPhone
(1) Photon Flash Player for iPad, iPhone, iOS

Photon is a flash browser for iPad and also a private web browser which can play flash video apps and games on your iPad device. This app supports flash browsing with the latest flash player support and provides you all the features that a normal web browser does. Photon is a full-featured web browser which allows private browsing and bookmarks support. Photon flash player is a premium app which available for $4.99 from the App Store.


Photon flash player

(2) Puffin Web Browser

Puffin is an iPhone, “iPad flash player” and web browser which includes Adobe Flash Player over Cloud 24 x 7. With this browser, you can get full access to flash videos and games directly from your iPad and iPhone devices. Puffin is a secured browser which ensures privacy and safe browsing with Cloud protection. Developers keep updating it with the latest flash player updates and provide you a range of incredible features and support. Puffin comes for free from the App Store and supports all iPhone and iPad models, including iPhone 4S and later models and iPad 2 and later models.

(3) Cloud Browse

Cloud Browse is a premium web browser and flash player iPhone, iPad which gives you interactive browsing sessions and allows flash games and videos on your browser. This app supports full Retina Display resolution and any other media which is disabled on iOS devices. The basic installation gives you 10-minute browsing session after which you can upgrade with $2.99.

(4) Virtual Browser (iPad edition)

Virtual Browser is a flash player for iPad, iPhone, iOS which also runs as a virtual Chrome browser. This app supports all Chrome web store apps and extensions with support for Apple flash player. You can run any flash game or watch video through this app and play Facebook flash games like Farmville, Poker games, JibJab, BlueMountain, Adobe Acrobat and lots more. You can even download extensions from the Chrome Web Store and get support for Java too. Virtual Browser lets you customize your browsing experience with custom themes and extensions. You can sync your browser with Chrome, Firefox, IE, etc. to import all you bookmarks, history, and passwords.

(5) Virtual Browser for Firefox (iPhone edition)

Virtual Browser also comes as an Adobe flash player iPhone, iOS, iPad alternative which can run any flash file on your iPhone device. Similar to its iPad edition, you can play any Facebook flash games straight from your iPhone and integrate with any other browser. The virtual browser comes as the free flash player and also with a premium edition with the most standard features and options.

You can use this above-mentioned software and browsers to install flash in all iPhone and iPad models, including the iPhone 3, iPhone 3S, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5C, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad 2/3/4, iPad Mini, iPad Air etc.