C.5. The 10,000-pound gorilla in the room: Adobe Flash

Once you get your head around a solution such as Corona, you may wonder if a similar approach could be used to enable Adobe Flash content to be wrapped up and played as a standalone application on an iOS-powered device. The answer is a resounding yes, but the road has been particularly rocky for Adobe to get to this stage.

Recently rereleased, the Packager for iPhone (available as part of the Adobe Flash Professional CS5 product) enables Flash developers to convert an ActionScript 3–based project into a native iOS application that’s suitable for deployment to an iOS device as well as for submission to the iTunes App Store.