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Crown Solutions Aspiring developer Posts: 463 Reg: Nov 11, 2011 MN 13,480	confirm \| cancel 12/07/12 10:28 PM (11 years ago) Videos within HTML in Android I have embedded several videos (via iframe url) within some HTML and it works perfectly in iOS, but Android, it does not load. I tried adding webchromeclient to the custom URL screen (where I am loading the HTML from) and now I get audio and the controls work, but no video? It looks like you should turn on hardware acceleration when you do this so I added it to the manifest at the application level. In order for it to work though, I had to raise my API level to 3.0 so it would see the resource. After all that, it did not help. Still no video??? Am I missing something simple, and hacking up code for no reason? Title Comments I have embedded several videos (via iframe url) within some HTML and it works perfectly in iOS, but Android, it does not load. I tried adding webchromeclient to the custom URL screen (where I am loading the HTML from) and now I get audio and the controls work, but no video? It looks like you should turn on hardware acceleration when you do this so I added it to the manifest at the application level. In order for it to work though, I had to raise my API level to 3.0 so it would see the resource. After all that, it did not help. Still no video??? Am I missing something simple, and hacking up code for no reason?

LA Aspiring developer Posts: 3278 Reg: Aug 16, 2012 Jerseyville, IL 42,880	12/08/12 08:18 AM (11 years ago) Hey Crown Solutions, Android can be a pain with loading and playing videos. I am working on a plugin for video playing with Android. LA Comments Hey Crown Solutions, Android can be a pain with loading and playing videos. I am working on a plugin for video playing with Android. LA

Crown Solutions Aspiring developer Posts: 463 Reg: Nov 11, 2011 MN 13,480	12/08/12 08:51 AM (11 years ago) Nice! From everything I can find, there is no answer for every version of Android. There seems to be a variety of options, but they address different versions on different devices. I might have to settle for a href link to youtube... ugly but I am not sure of another way. Going to hack up WebView a little more to see what I can do, but when there are lots of questions on stackoverflow about something and no definitive answer I get a little worried. Comments Nice! From everything I can find, there is no answer for every version of Android. There seems to be a variety of options, but they address different versions on different devices. I might have to settle for a href link to youtube... ugly but I am not sure of another way. Going to hack up WebView a little more to see what I can do, but when there are lots of questions on stackoverflow about something and no definitive answer I get a little worried.

LA Aspiring developer Posts: 3278 Reg: Aug 16, 2012 Jerseyville, IL 42,880	12/08/12 09:05 AM (11 years ago) Have you got a href link to work for youtube? I know there has been problems there too unless you go thru a third party. LA Comments Have you got a href link to work for youtube? I know there has been problems there too unless you go thru a third party. LA

Crown Solutions Aspiring developer Posts: 463 Reg: Nov 11, 2011 MN 13,480	12/08/12 12:08 PM (11 years ago) Nope, cant even get that to work. Man this is really getting to me. Did a bunch more research and found that even Google says there is no good way to do this. There has to be a way to load the youtube app through Java, but now I am trying to load native code through an HTML interface. If video wasn't such a big part of this app I would just punt, but I guess the plus side is I am learning a lot more about Android and Java. Going to try and add a layer of a VideoView, but I may need SCUBA gear because this crap is way over my head. Comments Nope, cant even get that to work. Man this is really getting to me. Did a bunch more research and found that even Google says there is no good way to do this. There has to be a way to load the youtube app through Java, but now I am trying to load native code through an HTML interface. If video wasn't such a big part of this app I would just punt, but I guess the plus side is I am learning a lot more about Android and Java. Going to try and add a layer of a VideoView, but I may need SCUBA gear because this crap is way over my head.

LA Aspiring developer Posts: 3278 Reg: Aug 16, 2012 Jerseyville, IL 42,880	12/08/12 12:51 PM (11 years ago) Yes this can be frustrating so hopefully my plugin will get in after the new year. LA Comments Yes this can be frustrating so hopefully my plugin will get in after the new year. LA

David @ buzztouch buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 6866 Reg: Jan 01, 2010 Monterey, CA 78,840	12/10/12 06:44 PM (11 years ago) @Crown Solutions: Totally feel your pain! I've not tried to load video in iFrame in Android. I'll look into this and report to this thread ..... Comments @Crown Solutions: Totally feel your pain! I've not tried to load video in iFrame in Android. I'll look into this and report to this thread .....

Crown Solutions Aspiring developer Posts: 463 Reg: Nov 11, 2011 MN 13,480	12/10/12 06:51 PM (11 years ago) Thanks David! BTW- you missed out, we had 13+ inches of snow yesterday. Comments Thanks David! BTW- you missed out, we had 13+ inches of snow yesterday.

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