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Articulate Mobile Player (AMP) End Support?
Hi,
I hope everyone is having a wonderful day, I am just here to voice a major concern about the coming end of life of the AMP.
I am a multimedia developer for an E-learning firm based in Canada. We have been using the AMP for some time and we think it's a wonderful tool to be able to provide our clients in developing countries experiencing internet issues with custom HTML5 downloadable offline content. Our main concern is that when December 31, 2020 arrives we will be left in limbo on how to provide offline content to our valuable clients.
We have tried different methods and this solution with the AMP works the best. I totally agree that HTML5 has matured in all browsers making it the best experience but the problem between the user and the offline content is how they get that content on their mobile devices? We have tried FTP, computer to tablet using USB, Micro-SD cards etc. and things get very complicated when running content that needs to be unzipped/launch directly on the iPad or Android. Also Google chrome or Firefox makes it impossible to launch the story.html file from a download folder on a tablet due to security issues.
From an end users point of view with little technical knowledge this can be a daunting task. So my question is why are you ending support when people like us rely on this fantastic piece of software?
Will the App remain available on the App store but with no support available?
Thanks so much for your answers in advanced.
Any updates on making the AMP app HTML 5 compatible? We need this app to be able to playback offline content on iPads.
There are other apps like elearn-2-go https://apps.apple.com/us/app/elearn-2-go-offline-elearning/id1376036495 that allow to play offline eLearning content in HTML 5 format. What was nice about the AMP app is how it organized the eLearning content on the app using thumbnails like in Apple Books and how easy it was to load the eLearning content in the app by just clicking a link.
It will be very nice for Articulate to return this important feature back to Articulate Storyline and even Rise. There is a lot of need for offline access of learning content. Not everybody is connected 24/7 to the internet.
Thank you
Greetings Oscar:
Sadly, I have no updates for you. That's why I had a company in India make an app for me that allows offline viewing of videos and listening of audiobooks. There's no provision for testing with this app but it shows videos just fine. If you're interested, I'll forward the name of the company. Let me know.
Best,
Rod Machado
