Packager For iPhone Back As Adobe Resumes Work

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Some of us here at the TFTS offices were pretty upset when Apple made the decision to block third-party tools from developing iOS apps. This mainly affected Adobe, and their Packager for iPhone feature in Flash CS5 that allowed developers to write apps in ActionScript, then export Objective-C code ready for iOS. But with restrictions recently lifted, Adobe is going back to work on Packager for iPhone.

For the past year or so, Adobe has been pushing the idea of “code once, publish everywhere” for Flash apps where they could be used on multiple platforms. The forementioned Packager for iPhone was a big part of that. But Apple outlawed third-party development suites just one day before Adobe released CS5 which contained the tool. Bad timing, eh.

But with Apple avoiding an EU antitrust suit and removing those restrictions, Adobe is back at it. Adobe says via its blog:

Apple’s announcement today that it has lifted restrictions on its third-party developer guidelines has direct implications for Adobe’s Packager for iPhone, a feature in the Flash Professional CS5 authoring tool. This feature was created to enable Flash developers to quickly and easily deliver applications for iOS devices. The feature is available for developers to use today in Flash Professional CS5, and we will now resume development work on this feature for future releases.