Flash block detector

Angular module for detecting miscellaneous flash issues.

Should detect:

• FlashBlock
• AdBlock (?)
• native blocking done by Safari for outdated versions of flash

Some tests were done on these browsers:

• Chrome (osx)
• Safari (osx)

#####Pull requests are welcomed

Usage

Install:

• install via bower: bower install flash-block-detect.
• angular dependency: angular.module('someApp', [...,flash-block-detect,...])
• controller injection as FlashBlockDetect

Get and handle flash status:

• out of the box it warns the user using window.alert

    FlashBlockDetect.handleStatus()
  

• behaviour can be customized (like below):

    FlashBlockDetect.handleStatus(function(status){
            switch(status){
              case 'FlashBlock':
    		    ....
              case 'SafariOutdated':{
                var message = 'Safari needs Flash plugin to be updated';
                var modalInstance = $modal.open({
                  templateUrl: 'views/dialog-flash.html',
                  controller: ...,
                  resolve: {
                  	message: message
                  }
                });
                break;
              }
              case null:
                $log.warn('nothing, flash is installed');
                break;
              default:
                window.alert('Oops, unknown flash problem: '+status);
  

Others

Contains code inspired from:

• https://github.com/browserstack/flashblock-detector