How to Play Video from asset in Webview Android

Question

my activity_main.xml

<WebView
    android:id="@+id/webView1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true" />

my main activity

ws = (WebSettings) wb.getSettings();
wb.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient());
ws.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
wb.loadUrl("File:///android_asset/www/html5.html");

myhtml

<source src="playlist.mp4" type="video/mp4">

i'm load video from asset. directory my video asset/www/playlist.mp4 but it's not working..

See this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17020270/where-to-place-local-video-files-for-android-webview-html5-hybrid-app — Twilite, Jun 23 '14 at 09:28
Anyone is not helping but distracting him to use a videoview ! he just simply want to play video in webview. [link] (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6978961/how-to-play-html5-video-and-youtube-video-within-android-webview?rq=1) try this.. — dev_android, Jul 04 '14 at 07:12

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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Better You use VideoView

VideoView videoHolder = new VideoView(this);
  setContentView(videoHolder);
  Uri video = Uri.parse("android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/"
    + R.raw.splash); // you file name
  videoHolder.setVideoURI(video);

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edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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res.getString(R.string.XXXXXX) it's url? – Yossi Jun 13 '14 at 04:45
your link don't exist :D – Yossi Jun 13 '14 at 05:12

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 13 '14 at 05:18

How to Play Video from asset in Webview Android.

we can't play video in webview from asset folder. even its very difficult to play video 
from server url in webview. all we can do is to make a custom HTML5 webview and then we  
can play.but this is very long process.

Suggestion and Solution

Its better to use videoview provided by android.and put your video in raw folder not in assets.use the below code to play video from Raw folder in your app:

  getWindow().setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);
  VideoView _view= new VideoView(this);
  _view.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
  Uri video = Uri.parse("android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/" 
  + R.raw.your_raw_file); //add file without any extension
  _view.setVideoURI(video);
  setContentView(_view);
  _view.start();

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 07 '14 at 21:07

I'm using a different approach. Instead of putting the video into the assets folder, I base64 encode it and put it directly into the html file / source code. Since videos in the assets folders are fix, they won't change anyway, and neither does the html file probably. Therefore, why not put the video directly into the html page. The effect is the same, and it works without problems.

Example: http://iandevlin.com/html5/data-uri/video.php

Base64 Encoder (online): http://www.opinionatedgeek.com/dotnet/tools/base64encode/

(It doesn't really answer the question about video playback from the assets folder, but the result is the same imho.)

That's an interesting approach. – Arturo Torres Sánchez Jun 19 '15 at 05:24 — Arturo Torres Sánchez, Jun 19 '15 at 05:24

How to Play Video from asset in Webview Android

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