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Is it possible to watch XfinityTV or HBOGo on A500?

Just got my A500 via Staples mail order. Using the stock browser, I tried to catch up on my Falling Skies via XfinityTV with no success. Instead of a show, I got a message to install Microsoft Silverlight plug-in.
One of the reasons I got a tab is to be able to watch shows online when I'm stuck waiting for family at rehearsals, etc. I already have an e-reader and a video player, so this is the gap I need to cover.
Is this possible? Do I need a different browser? Or am I outta luck?
Thanks in advance.
UPDATE: In case anybody else is interested in this, Comcast "thinks" that the Xfinity android app will be updated to allow actual tv episode watching in a couple of months. Apple took precedence and they will eventually finish working on it for Android. Meanwhile, their app is good for controlling your DVR remotely, which is useless for me, which is why I tried to watch through the browser. Which is why I ended up posting here.

As far as I know there isn't any silverlight support for android yet. There was a project called moonlight that was supposedly going to bring silverlight to android but I did not hear anything new about it for the past 6 months, so I assume it is dead.

time to start calling and complaining.

BrianDigital said:
time to start calling and complaining.
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To whom? It's hardly Acers or Google's fault that these sites decided to use a Windows only technology for their media streaming.

HBOGo on A500 works.
And given that HBOGo app streams video in H.264, the stream from the website is higher quality.
I am using Dolphin Browser

Did you install the app (from where, I don't see it in market) or do you just navigate to hbo dot com via browser? Thanks.

tanman1975 said:
HBOGo on A500 works.
And given that HBOGo app streams video in H.264, the stream from the website is higher quality.
I am using Dolphin Browser
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How did you get to work HBO Go when launch says not supported on your device, is there tab ver of it because I'm using the one installed on my phone which works fine there.
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dito33 said:
How did you get to work HBO Go when launch says not supported on your device, is there tab ver of it because I'm using the one installed on my phone which works fine there.
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Just use the stock browser (or others), go to hbogo.com and sign in. It works that easy.

naplesbill said:
Just use the stock browser (or others), go to hbogo.com and sign in. It works that easy.
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Almost. If you're on honeycomb 3.1, you need to go into your browser's settings and set the viewing mode to "desktop." If you're still on 3.0, you will need to set your browser to debug mode to enable desktop UA string.
Though really, you will want to watch on 3.1 because supposedly it gets better video performance with Flash.

And if some of the online shows require real player how do you watch that since
the extension is .smil and android real player can't open that to play.

Trying to run hbogo on stock browser along with dolphin opera and Firefox all a nogo has laggy video audio is great but picture very slow running 3.2 stock rom but these sites only run when in desktop mode tablet mode not an option any have a working apk version to install and see if we can get it working or some good setting for the browser
Acer A500 3.2 AsusNetflix patch FTW

fincan said:
As far as I know there isn't any silverlight support for android yet. There was a project called moonlight that was supposedly going to bring silverlight to android but I did not hear anything new about it for the past 6 months, so I assume it is dead.
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Greetings everyone, this is my first post. I found this comment and recalled seeing this on a blog of Jeffrey Steadfast who was developing that:
Jeffrey Stedfast said... Liam,
Unfortunately there's no update. We've been so focused on fixing bugs and implementing new features for MonoTouch and Mono for Android we just haven't had time to look at Moonlight anymore.
August 3, 2011 3:32 P
I would think that more or less confirms your thought that it might be dead.

FloatingFatMan said:
To whom? It's hardly Acers or Google's fault that these sites decided to use a Windows only technology for their media streaming.
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Calling into comcast to support android.
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Chrome for Android Beta

The speed and simplicity of Chrome, now on your Android phone and tablet.
Browse fast on your Android smartphone or tablet, and bring your personalized Chrome experience with you anywhere you go. Chrome for Android is available, initially in Beta, on Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. http://goo.gl/6ARvc
Features:
- Browse fast with accelerated page loading, scrolling, and zooming
- Search and navigate directly from the omnibox
- Open and switch between unlimited tabs in an easy-to-view stack
- Sign in to Chrome to sync your bookmarks and view tabs you have open on your computer
- Send pages from desktop Chrome to your smartphone or tablet with one click and read them on the go, even if you’re offline
- Browse privately in Incognito mode
Can anyone make this work on Gingerbread devices???

I need the apk so I can sideload this, the android market won't let me install it on my captivate with ICS.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/108881409910799229685/posts/N1BHwtbgj6U
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can someone provide us an apk?
i cant install it due to country restrictions :-(
thanks
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http://db.tt/HrXiyfK7
plus.url.google.com/url?sa=z&n=1328639243160&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdb.tt%2FmXhhmr4R&usg=XDyZCHiqXl9-_CVlHCCUZRjZMoE.

miHah said:
can someone provide us an apk?
i cant install it due to country restrictions :-(
thanks
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The link is right above you lol

I want this for my EVO 4G

i though the android browser was already based on chrome already?

I believe it is but they added more features, check out the video here.
http://lifehacker.com/5883058/chrome-now-available-on-android-devices-running-ice-cream-sandwich

It is similar as stock android browser but i has a score of 343+10 on html5test.com also it is faster and better looking, more desktop like it has some nice feautures of auto zooming but i got some problems with pinch to zoom
Tested on Desire HD.

does it work on the evo with an ics rom in it or does the rom not matter?

Thx
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Been playing with it on my evo with ics but so far haven't been able to get it to work After you type something in search bar it tries but never completes

crazy25000 said:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/108881409910799229685/posts/N1BHwtbgj6U
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Thank you, sir.

Ahh, been waiting for a Chrome browser on my device! Sadly the wait continues. Glad to see it beginning.
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evoer said:
Been playing with it on my evo with ics but so far haven't been able to get it to work After you type something in search bar it tries but never completes
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Same thing here. Saw it first thing this morning. Downloaded from market. After typing in a search, never loads web content. UI is there, just no web content. (Currently running evervolv 4.0.3 ICS ROM).
Tried wiping cache and data. Didn't think to try fixing apk uid mismatches. Already uninstalled, though.
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Works great on my Nexus S running ICS but cant get it in my Galaxy Tab 10.1 running 3.1, wont even try to install.
Lovely browser though, its streets ahead of the normal one.

The app requires the LEVEL 14 API.. So not sure when the great devs here can get it to work with GINGERBREAD.

I have it running on my epic 4g with cm9 but its a no go on the evo. The UI looks great, I like the functionality of the tabs. Look forward to playing with it on my transformer

Darn, and here I was thinking I could break free of miren... Anyone know if intent works properly on this one? (i.e. you open a Youtube link and it gives you the option to load it in the Youtube app)

Didn't work well for me
I tried it out on my Evo running Drew's P7 build. Uninstalled it after about 5 minutes. It takes up 50 MB of internal storage, wouldn't move to SD, the keyboard was really laggy when typing URLs, the page wouldn't display, and when I went into app management, it was using a whopping 81 MB of RAM.
Maybe I'll revisit this later, but for now it isn't right for my device.

Chrome beta doesn't play flash??

Guys i've just upgraded to ICS and installed the Chrome browser.. really love it, but tried to go to a site to watch some anime and it says there's no pluggin.. Is there anyway around this??
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Flash is not officially supported. HTML5 is.
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It does not support flash yet they are working with adobe

mrevankyle said:
It does not support flash yet they are working with adobe
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Actually they are not.. adobe will no longer make a plugging for any new mobile devices.....
http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/2/7...ported-chrome-android-browser-android-browser

tweaked said:
Actually they are not.. adobe will no longer make a plugging for any new mobile devices.....
http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/2/7...ported-chrome-android-browser-android-browser
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oho ok last i heard was that they were sorry about that

mrevankyle said:
oho ok last i heard was that they were sorry about that
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No sorrys needed. adobe just sux. Lol

The problem is not that flash is not supported in browser, it is that web site developers are still using it to develop websites !!!

mcbyte_it you are too right. Flash is slowwwwwww

mcbyte_it said:
The problem is not that flash is not supported in browser, it is that web site developers are still using it to develop websites !!!
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I preface this with, i dont code flash, BUT how is this web developers issues when adobe is claiming flash is alive and well for desktops? These days companies cant afford to provide 2 completely different web sites for desktop and mobile and on the desktop there are just too many things that can be done with flash that cant be done in html 5 and we wont even talk about the effort to convert even if they wanted too. This is really a web fragmentation issue that needs to be adressed soon.
I'll also add that not being able to set useragent in chrome or even reliably in stock browser is driving me nuts. I hate mobile sites on my tab.

gottahavit said:
I preface this with, i dont code flash, BUT how is this web developers issues when adobe is claiming flash is alive and well for desktops? These days companies cant afford to provide 2 completely different web sites for desktop and mobile and on the desktop there are just too many things that can be done with flash that cant be done in html 5 and we wont even talk about the effort to convert even if they wanted too. This is really a web fragmentation issue that needs to be adressed soon.
I'll also add that not being able to set useragent in chrome or even reliably in stock browser is driving me nuts. I hate mobile sites on my tab.
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word to this.
i wish people would actually know what the hell they are talking about before they come out with stuff like ' adobe are crap, flash is crap, yadd yadda yadda'.. if these people had ever built a decent working website they would know that HTML5 is not the answer to everything and it is still very limited when compared to Flash.. thats just how it is, its no one fault.
the question we should be asking is how can dolphin implement flash fine and chrome/google cant/wont/dont?
flash works fine on chrome desktop, i just dont think they have activated yet on chrome beta.

bob dylan said:
word to this.
i wish people would actually know what the hell they are talking about before they come out with stuff like ' adobe are crap, flash is crap, yadd yadda yadda'.. if these people had ever built a decent working website they would know that HTML5 is not the answer to everything and it is still very limited when compared to Flash.. thats just how it is, its no one fault.
the question we should be asking is how can dolphin implement flash fine and chrome/google cant/wont/dont?
flash works fine on chrome desktop, i just dont think they have activated yet on chrome beta.
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Read the link above...its adobe; not anyone else that isn't supporting it.......its like some of you just talk and talk to read or hear your own voices........

The fifth website i went to using chrome needed flash... and apple reckons flash is not required lol
This was why i sold my iphone years ago.
Not using chrome anymore...

tweaked said:
Read the link above...its adobe; not anyone else that isn't supporting it.......its like some of you just talk and talk to read or hear your own voices........
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absolute rubbish- Flash works fine on Dolphin and Stock browser on ICS.
adobe still support it, they just wont be updating it for mobile devices, BIG DIFFERENCE.
i just love the way that 1 browser doesnt have flash enabled and everyone goes up in arms that adobe are crap etc... its complete tosh. other browser work fine with flash, use them and stop whingeing.

Strange, I have was checking The Verge with chrome for Android and the embedded YouTube video player works. Also the YouTube website, maybe chrome knows that YouTube is a video format and embeds a special player (HTML5).
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bob dylan said:
absolute rubbish- Flash works fine on Dolphin and Stock browser on ICS.
adobe still support it, they just wont be updating it for mobile devices, BIG DIFFERENCE.
i just love the way that 1 browser doesnt have flash enabled and everyone goes up in arms that adobe are crap etc... its complete tosh. other browser work fine with flash, use them and stop whingeing.
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Who is up in arms? Flash is old outdated and a resource hog. I'm glad they are making themselves obsolete.. and their software is bloated garbage. And support and update ain't much of a difference. No future browsers will have flash...unless you want to use old software in the coming years...
No where did I whine about it... talk to yourself about whining....

bob dylan said:
word to this.
i wish people would actually know what the hell they are talking about before they come out with stuff like ' adobe are crap, flash is crap, yadd yadda yadda'.. if these people had ever built a decent working website they would know that HTML5 is not the answer to everything and it is still very limited when compared to Flash.. thats just how it is, its no one fault.
the question we should be asking is how can dolphin implement flash fine and chrome/google cant/wont/dont?
flash works fine on chrome desktop, i just dont think they have activated yet on chrome beta.
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actually dolphin browser is using the same engine as the stock browser - that's why you get flash on dolphin too since you get it on the stock browser. and if i'm not mistaken dolphin browser is an extension of the stock browser, so code wise everything it should be almost the same except the UI and other additional features that makes dolphin unique.
Chrome is a totally diff browser - so flash needs to be supported in it I suppose in order to view flash sites in chrome for android.

thank you everyone for your response.
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[Q] Unofficial Flash Player port?

So i've been listening to binaural beats all night, and i've come to a hopeful conclusion regarding Adobe discontinuing Flash Player in mid-August.
My first Android device was the Motorola Flipout, before moving to the Nexus S and the Galaxy Note. I've had Flash on all three, but since the Flipout was only updateable to 2.1, there was an unofficial port that worked just as well as the official version on the Market.
So, with the Nexus 7 being our first pure Jelly Bean tablet (and the fact that i'll sorely miss the perfect Flash support on my HP Touchpad i sold to buy the Nexus), would it be worth investing time and effort into porting Flash Player to future Android versions?
We all know that HTML5 is more versatile, and certainly more open, but Flash is, of course, still the dominant medium of interactive content, and i can waste days watching silly flash loops, no HTML5 versions for those

Meh, I don't care. I use Opera Mobile as my browser, so as long as the APK for flash player still installs (which it will), then Opera Mobile will continue to work with flash, as it doesn't use the Android browser engine at all..
Infact, Opera make be the Flash lifeline, as it works really well at present, and it's one of the few TRUE browsers on Android, that isn't just a skin on the included Webkit browser.

Doesn't chrome have flash built in?
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CrazyPeter said:
Meh, I don't care. I use Opera Mobile as my browser, so as long as the APK for flash player still installs (which it will), then Opera Mobile will continue to work with flash, as it doesn't use the Android browser engine at all..
Infact, Opera make be the Flash lifeline, as it works really well at present, and it's one of the few TRUE browsers on Android, that isn't just a skin on the included Webkit browser.
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That's because Opera renders pages on a remote server, or at least it used to. Haven't used it on a mobile device since Windows Mobile, haha
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Doesn't chrome have flash built in?
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Survey says that the Chrome browser built for the Nexus 7 doesn't support flash player when it's installed using the apk. The AOSP browser should, in theory, support it, though.

breakingspell said:
That's because Opera renders pages on a remote server, or at least it used to. Haven't used it on a mobile device since Windows Mobile, haha
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You're confusing opera mobile with opera mini.
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rurou said:
You're confusing opera mobile with opera mini.
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There's two Operas? Well, duly noted

PLEASE USE THE SEARCH BUTTON.
There are at least 5 topics about flash where it has already been answered.
Flash is CONFIRMED working on the Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus on Jelly Bean. Flash works on jelly bean.
On August 15th flash will no longer be able to be downloaded from the market buy you can simply install it from a backed up APK.
Chrome DOES NOT support Flash and never will.
Firefox, ICS Browser+, Dolphin, and others support flash and jelly bean and work perfectly.

While it works it crashes a lot on the N7 with Opera, Dolphin or any other browser i tried.

Questions go in the Q&A section

clubtech said:
While it works it crashes a lot on the N7 with Opera, Dolphin or any other browser i tried.
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Is it able to play swf files directly in those browsers, or does it download them to the filesystem?

breakingspell said:
Is it able to play swf files directly in those browsers, or does it download them to the filesystem?
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did you completely ignore my post?
in firefox/dolphin/ics browser+ flash works perfectly. just go to a site, youtube/amazon and it will play right in the browser.

neok44 said:
did you completely ignore my post?
in firefox/dolphin/ics browser+ flash works perfectly. just go to a site, youtube/amazon and it will play right in the browser.
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Yes, but swf files can either be embedded in a page, or can be viewed by accessing the file directly in a browser. I'm not referring to Youtube or Amazon, those obviously work, i'm talking about small swf files, like this.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27736847/Web/Breakingspell.com/breakingspelllogo.swf
Some browsers, instead of playing the file in the browser, will download it to the filesystem instead, and i've found that it depends on the version of Android. It did it in 2.1 and 2.2, but not 2.3 and 4.0.

No flash player?

I wanted to get the Nexus 7, my last Android device being my phone the Xperia Arc S. The ability to watch flash on android just did it for me to be honest, because I stream a lot of websites.
However now that Jelly Bean is out, it doesn't support flash anymore. I've heard the arguments "It doesn't matter, HTML5 is rolling out"- Yes, it's ROLLING out, many websites still use Flash and I would like to be able to use that. Is there no way at all to be able to install flash on a fresh Nexus 7 device at the moment?

Yes, just find the apk and sideload it.
Haven't tested it with 4.2,but there are still a couple browsers in Google Play that still support flash (as the stock Chrome browser does not).
Do understand that EVENTUALLY Android will update to a version that breaks compatibility with the Flash app. And when that happens nobody will be there to fix it, Google and Adobe have moved on.

Nospin said:
Yes, just find the apk and sideload it.
Haven't tested it with 4.2,but there are still a couple browsers in Google Play that still support flash (as the stock Chrome browser does not).
Do understand that EVENTUALLY Android will update to a version that breaks compatibility with the Flash app. And when that happens nobody will be there to fix it, Google and Adobe have moved on.
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I've read from loads of places that "theoretically" it should work, however I'm not too sure as I tried it out in a store and I couldn't get it to work. I loaded up Dolphin browser after installing the APK file and it didn't work
For some it may seem like a minor issue, however no flash is a deal breaker for me. It's one of the main reasons I left iOS and hopped aboard the Android train, as it allowed a no-restriction user experience

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I've read from loads of places that "theoretically" it should work, however I'm not too sure as I tried it out in a store and I couldn't get it to work. I loaded up Dolphin browser after installing the APK file and it didn't work
For some it may seem like a minor issue, however no flash is a deal breaker for me. It's one of the main reasons I left iOS and hopped aboard the Android train, as it allowed a no-restriction user experience
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New versions of dolphin do not support flash. You need to find one of the older versions to make it work.

Try naked browser runs flash fine on my n7 with 4.2

I haven't tried it but I've heard Boat browser works

I have flash working in stock aosp browser on 4.2 stock-rooted ROM. just placed stock browser in /system/app/ after renaming BrowserProviderProxy.apk and BrowserProviderProxy.odex, I just added a 1 at the beginning of the filename. Rebooted and voilà, I had flash.
See this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1990292

firefox works with it if I recall correctly

Sideload flash and install Firefox. Simple. No root or other crap required.
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or use the new boat browser my new favorite....

( Puffin ) is the only browser that support flash..

pughie said:
Try naked browser runs flash fine on my n7 with 4.2
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Does this enable you to stream in flash i.e. BBC Iplayer ?

boat browser supports flash

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boat browser supports flash
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On 4.2 ?
Sorry to sound like a dumbass and not just trying it but my missus is in the UK with the new nexus 7 and i'm NOT !!

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firefox works with it if I recall correctly
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You are correct. It works on Firefox.
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Mine is working on 4.2. I have a 32GB Wi-Fi. Used the info from this forum (I take no credit for this).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1774336
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