Android Studio - VideoView only plays videos witth https and not http

Question

I have been working on an android app for live streaming and I used videoview as a player , but it only streams videos with https and throws a message "Can't play this video" if the link starts with http , that only happens on my real device not the emulator , how can I open access for http ? or how can I solve that problem actually.

Answer 1

here is the solution actually d this

I have added this code to my Manifest and it worked all well !

android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"

solution taken from this problem

Answer 2

As you didn't share your code I suppose you used [setVideoURI(Uri uri)] so what I purpose is to use [setOnErrorListener()] and find out the reason the video isn't playing then work on solving it. check this out : https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/VideoView.html#setOnErrorListener(android.media.MediaPlayer.OnErrorListener)

and as it works on the emulator the problem could be that the emulator allow http but the phone blocks it for security . so maybe the following link would be useful: Android - Video streaming over local HTTPS server: SSL certificate rejected

Answer 3

Just follow the steps

1) Make xml folder is res then make a xml resource file in xml folder (newtwork_security.xml) then copy the below lines in it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<network-security-config>
<base-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true">
    <trust-anchors>
        <certificates src="system" />
    </trust-anchors>
</base-config>
</network-security-config>

2) Go to your manifest file inside application

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/security_config"
    android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme">


<!--Content-->


</application>

give the name of your file in networkSecurityConfig = "Your file"