
Below are the popular SWF players for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. Usually, the standalone SWF players provide more controls than SWF web player. You can also play SWF files with third-party SWF player software. The most common way to open SWF is to use web browsers with Adobe Flash Player installed. In all, SWF is not only a video file format, but also a media container format that compatible with all types of media contents.

Designers and developers can use SWF to include animations, video, presentations, applications, and anything in between that allows interaction with users. You're able to create original content in Flash or import content from other Adobe applications like Photoshop or Illustrator. SWF files can contain video, audio, graphics, and animation. You can also make SWF files by converting PDF and other types of files into SWF format through corresponding software. Generally, FLASH software is required to create and generate SWF files.

SWF is widely used in web design, animation, game and other fields. SWF, short for Shock Wave Flash was created by Macromedia which was later acquired by Adobe.
