Expert: James Fritz - 2/2/2011

Question
Hello James -

Is it possible to for InDesign CS5 to create Interactive documents and presentation for the Android, similar to what it does for Apple products like the iPad and iPhone?

Thank you for any information you can provide.

Answer
Hello James,

It is possible to create interactive PDFs and SWF files which can be viewed on the android device, but I believe you are referring to the digital magazines like Wired which have been popular recently. Currently these magazines are only available for the iOS platform, but I believe that at some point in the future Adobe may let this technology work with the Android and/or other platforms. If you are interested in learning more about this process I would encourage you to join the Adobe Pre-release where you can find out more information.

Here is a link with more information about this program.

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/digitalpublishing/

Good luck!