How to View Flash Platform Websites on iPad

Due to Apple’s policy on web content, Flash is no longer supported on iPad (including iPhone and iPod touch). To view Flash files, you need to download an application that supports downloading Flash websites, or download and convert Flash files on your computer and then sync to iPad.

Table of Contents

Open Flash website

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Open the App Store on iPad. iPad doesn’t natively support Flash content, so you’ll need to download and install a third-party browser that supports Flash.

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Find a browser that supports Flash. There are many different applications that support Flash, of which the two most popular options are Photon Flash Player and Puffin Web Browser. Puffin Web Browser has a free trial version, so you can try it out and see if it works.

See also online for detailed instructions on how to install apps from the App Store.

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Open browser. Once you’ve installed it, tap the new browser’s icon on the Home screen to open the app.

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You need to make sure Flash is enabled. Photon browser allows us to enable and disable Flash support. If Flash is turned off, browser performance will improve, but you won’t be able to view Flash content. You can enable Flash by clicking the “Lightning Bpt” button in the upper right corner.

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Go to the page containing the Flash content you want to view. Flash content will start playing if you’re using a computer to access it.

Some Flash content may run slow on iPad. This is an unfortunate limitation of using third-party browsers.
You need a high-speed Internet connection because downloading Flash content can “consume” a large amount of bandwidth.

Convert SWF files

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Download the SWF file on your computer. You can convert SWF (Flash) movie files to iPad compatible formats. However, we cannot convert SWF games.

Click here for detailed instructions on how to download SWF files to your computer.

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Download and install the converter. There are many conversion programs available, two of the most popular choices are Freemake Video Converter and Avidemux. Both of these programs can be downloaded for free.

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Select the SWF file as the source file. The process will vary depending on the program you use, but in general you can upload something as a source for the conversion.

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Select “MP4” or “iPad” as the output format. If the converter has a preset for iPad, select that setting. If not, just choose MP4 as the output format.

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Convert videos. This can take a while, especially if the video is long.

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Add converted video to iTunes library. Videos that you add to iTunes will be in the Home Videos section.

See more online about adding files to iTunes.

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Sync the converted video to iPad. After you add a video to your library, you can sync it to your iPad. Connect your iPad to your computer, select “Home Videos” and check to make sure the movie you just added is selected.

See more online about synchronizing video files.

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Watch video. Open the Videos app on your iPad and select the “Home Videos” tab. The converted SWF file will be located here. Click to play the video.

Warning

When this method is applied, some Flash pages including games and movies will not respond or run as fast as when you view them on a desktop computer.

Steps

Open Flash website

Convert SWF files

Warning

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