This was the most headline-grabbing feature of the era. Apple had famously banned Flash Player from iOS. Adobe’s workaround was a compiler within Flash Pro that allowed developers to convert Flash projects ( .fla ) into native iOS applications ( .ipa ).

Users who purchased or registered Creative Suite 5.5 can often find their installers and serial numbers by signing into their Adobe Account.

While you cannot effectively use CS5.5 for modern web deployment, its spirit lives on in . If you are looking to recapture the magic of timeline-based animation, the modern and legal path is to subscribe to Adobe Creative Cloud and learn Animate CC, leaving CS5.5 to the history books.

While Apple fought Flash, Android embraced it (briefly). CS5.5 streamlined the process of publishing Flash content as Android Apps via the Adobe AIR runtime. For a brief window in 2011, you could build a game in Flash and deploy it to the Android Market (now Google Play) with relative ease.

: If you previously purchased and registered CS5.5, you can still access installers through your account on Adobe's Official Website .