Adobe made the decision to cease any mobile Flash development some time ago which had the consequence that newer versions of Android shipped without it. While many may see that as a step in the right direction, it means that Flash-based contents on the Internet cannot be accessed on the device.
How to install and use Flash Player on your Android Phone
This includes the majority of online game sites, several video hosting sites, and other media sites that make use of Flash.
How to install and use Flash Player on your Android Phone
Install Flash on Android
Adobe Flash is no longer available on Google Play, which means that you have to download the Android version of it from another source.
The official source is Adobe's archived Flash Player versions page where you find Flash versions for Android listed. Do not get confused too much by the versions displayed here though. Even though it lists only 4.0 as supported, it works just fine on newer Android devices as well.
How to install and use Flash Player on your Android Phone
Just tap on the latest version of the file to download it to your Android device.
Note: To install it, you need to enable the installation from unknown sources in the settings. To do so select Settings > Security > Unknown Sources under Device Administration. Note that the menus may have different names on your system.
How to install and use Flash Player on your Android Phone
Once done, open the default file browser on your system or the notifications area of your phone if the downloaded Flash Android file is still listed there, and tap on it. You may be asked to pick a program to install it on the system, and both choices that you can make here are just fine so do not worry about them.
Once you tap on the install button Flash is installed on your device.
Using Flash on Android
Now that Adobe Flash Player is installed on your device, you need to find a program to use it with. You cannot just use any browser as many do not support the Flash plugin (anymore).
Probably the best choice in this regard is the Firefox web browser for Android. You can download and install the latest version on Google Play.
Once installed it will pick up the Flash plugin automatically. You can make a configuration change however:
Tap on the menu button when Firefox is open on your Android smartphone or tablet.
Select Settings from the context menu and locate the Plugins preference here.
Tap on it to either set plugins to be enabled at all time, or activated only when you tap on them. Here you can also disable plugins but that is not really something that you want to do if you want to access Flash contents on the Internet.
Closing Words
Running Flash, especially a version that is no longer updated, poses a security risk and you need to be aware of that. One option that you have to avoid many of the issues associated with that, is to make sure plugins are configured as "tap to play" in Firefox so that they do not run automatically.
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