Adobe flash

Adobe Flash

Developer(s)	Adobe Systems Macromedia FutureWave
Target platform(s)	Web browsers, iOS, Android, Windows, macOS
Editor software	Adobe Animate, Flash Builder, FlashDevelop, Powerflasher FDT, Flash Catalyst Scaleform
Player software	Flash Player Adobe AIR Scaleform Gnash Lightspark
Format(s)	SWF FLV FLA
Programming language(s)	ActionScript
Application(s)	Animation Browser games Rich Internet applications Desktop applications Mobile apps Mobile games console games computer games
Status	Active
License	Proprietary

Adobe Animate (formerly called Adobe Flash and Shockwave Flash) is a multimedia software platform for production of animations, browser games, rich Internet applications, desktop applications, mobile applications and mobile games. Flash displays text, vector graphics and raster graphics to provide animations, video games and applications. It allows streaming of audio and video, and can capture mouse, keyboard, microphone and camera input.

Artists may produce Flash graphics and animations using Adobe Animate. Software developers may produce applications and video games using Adobe Flash Builder, FlashDevelop, Flash Catalyst, or any text editor when used with the Apache Flex SDK.

End-users can view Flash content via Flash Player (for web browsers), AIR (for desktop or mobile apps) or third-party players such as Scaleform (for video games). Adobe Flash Player (supported on Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux) enables end-users to view Flash content using web browsers. Adobe Flash Lite enabled viewing Flash content on older smartphones, but has been discontinued and superseded by Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime).