Adobe has announced that updates made to Flash Builder 4.5 and the Flex 4.5 Framework has added support for building mobile apps across multi-device platforms including iOS. This will allow for rapid development and distribution of new code to the App Store using a single tool based on the Eclipse IDE, a powerful development platform with a large number of built-in tools and functionality.This is good news for developers as it widens the scope of development platform options and makes it easier to create and distribute apps for all mobile devices, even beyond iOS. Combining this with the enthusiasm of the Adobe development community and the incredible array of support they provide to their developers will only serve to benefit the mobile app community and bring more software to market.Details on most of the included features would fly over the heads of those that aren’t developers, but sufficed to say they provide numerous tools and templates for code generation, debugging, packaging and deploying new projects. Coupled with powerful testing tools and a true cross-platform environment, this may just be the persuasion required to bring developers over to iOS development that otherwise may not have had the opportunity or motivation.Flash Builder 4.5 Standard is available from Adobe at a cost of $249.00 USD; other versions are also available at additional cost as well as an educational version which may be available to you at no charge if you meet Adobe’s requirements. The Flex SDK is a free, open-source development tool but integration with Flash Builder is recommended to accelerate development. This news should not be misunderstood; iOS devices still offer no support for Flash content to be displayed in mobile Safari.