what happens to Flex/Flash application after December 2020?

Question

I understand that Adobe will stop supporting Flash in December 2020. All major browsers also might drop support after December 2020. I have a Adobe Flex/Flash application which is currently being used. What are the options I have, considering the above events?

Answer 1

You have a number of options.

First of all, if it's not essential that the app run in a browser, i.e. if it would be acceptable for it to be a desktop app, you could convert it to an Adobe AIR app.

Of course, many question how long Adobe will support AIR. They've just transferred support of AIR to a company called Harmon. You can get details about this at the Adobe AIR Development forum (https://forums.adobe.com/community/air/development).

There have also been a number of discussions on that forum about alternative options. HAXE gets a lot of mentions. I suggest that you do some reading on the forum.

Also, you should definitely look at Apache Royale (https://royale.apache.org/) which could be described as "next generation Flex" and is designed for precisely your situation.