Do AIR apps require the plug-ins (Flash, Acrobat) to run Flash swfs or display PDFs?

This may be a stupid question but I can't seem to find a clear cut answer anywhere. I would like to know:

Can AIR apps display swfs without the Flash player installed on the user's machine?

Can AIR apps display PDFs without Acrobat reader (or some similar PDF viewer)?

From what I can find, the Flash Player is not required on the target machine to run swfs from within an AIR app. Is this correct?

And it also seems that you do require Acrobat 8 or gr开发者_如何学Ceater installed on the target machine to view PDFs. Is this correct?

Any help clearing this up would be great.

1. Yes, an AIR app can load an swf without having the user to install Flash Player plug in or Flash standalone player.

2. No, AIR apps need Acrobat Reader installed. I don't think any other PDF Viewer will do.

You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1 or higher installed as "AIR applications render PDF content using the HTMLLoader class, the WebKit engine, and the Adobe® Reader® browser plug-in."

Regarding the PDF support, check this link for a detailed information.