Auto Play on HTML5 Video on iPad like BBC iPlayer?

Question

Is it possible to get HTML5 Videos to auto play on iPads?

I thought that it wasn't due to restrictions on iOS, but then I tried BBC iPlayer on my iPad it seems like the videos do auto play when you load them.

Does this mean that it is possible? Perhaps they using some kind of workaround?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '13 at 14:17

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You can't autoplay on iOS, playback must be user-initiated from a UI event handler (like a touch action or a click). See apple's documentation. I suspect the iPlayer uses a single touch/click event handler to load the video and start playback.

answered Nov 21 '13 at 14:17

Steve Pick

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 21 '13 at 14:10

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Well I know when designing for Browsers you go:

<video controls="controls" autoplay>
<!--source here-->
</video>

Well if that doesn't work try using some javascript...

answered Nov 21 '13 at 14:10

user2805476

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Auto Play on HTML5 Video on iPad like BBC iPlayer?

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