How to Play local swf files in a webview

Question

Am trying to play local .swf files (kept in asset or sdcard) inside webview. But am not getting any luck...Can anyone guide me the proper way??? I am able to play swf files via url....but getting difficulty in playing local file inside webview

What URL do you use to play it via the Browser? That should be the URL you should point your `WebView` to. — Lukas Knuth, May 24 '11 at 06:59
Am using the code as: Flash Its working fine...Instead the url I want to use the code as — Vivek Tamrakar, May 24 '11 at 07:39
how you have played swf or flv video will provide some reference for it? — Khan, Sep 22 '12 at 07:27

Ashish Anand · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-07T11:32:17.047

swf2.html:

<html>
  <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html" charset="UTF-8" />
  </head>
  <body>
    <object width="215" height="140">
      <param name="movie" value="choudanse7us.swf">
        <embed src="file:///mnt/sdcard/choudanse7us.swf"
               width="215" height="140">
        </embed>
    </object>
  </body>
</html>

below is the android code

package webView.video;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.webkit.WebView;


public class WebViewActivity extends Activity {
private WebView mWebView;

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
     @Override
     public void onCreate (Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super. onCreate (savedInstanceState);
         setContentView(R.layout.main);



         // html file with sample swf video in sdcard

         //swf2.html points to swf in sdcard

         mWebView = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webview);
         mWebView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
         mWebView.getSettings().setPluginsEnabled(true);
         mWebView.getSettings().setAllowFileAccess(true);


         if (!Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals(Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED)){
             System.exit(4);
         } else {
             mWebView.loadUrl("file://" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/swf2.html");
         }

     }
}

i have tried the same code but got this error http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9308712/how-to-run-the-swf-file-in-android-emulator how to solve this? — VENKI, Feb 16 '12 at 10:52
@VENKI did you get answer to your question? I faced the same problem, and in my application also it was showing that blue colored cube with question mark symbol. I managed to solve it. I had flash installed in my device and still I was getting that cube. Let me know if you need the answer. — vaibhav, Mar 02 '12 at 13:05
in ur manifest file. add following `android:hardwareAccelerated="true">` inside `` e.g.: ` android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" > ` — vaibhav, Mar 05 '12 at 05:55

Sven Viking · Answer 2 · 2011-05-24T08:55:55.380

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For assets:

webView.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/YourFile.swf");

will play the file auto-scaled to the WebView size.

For the SD card, I expect something like this would work:

if (!Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals(Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED)){
    Log.d(TAG, "No SDCard");
} else {
    webView.loadUrl("file://" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/YourPath/YourFile.swf");
}

(Using the READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission, of course).

Edit: You may also need to set:

webView.getSettings().setAllowFileAccess(true);

edited May 24 '11 at 08:55

answered May 24 '11 at 07:57

Sven Viking

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Thanks but my doubt is while running swf file in browser (from server) we use these lines: " " + " " + ""+ "" ........But for local file how to give path under tag – Vivek Tamrakar May 24 '11 at 09:09
Well, the first question is whether you need it to be embedded in a web page at a specific pixel size... if not, the above solution may be more useful. If you do need it embedded, does `...` work for assets? If it does, you could probably edit the HTML string programmatically to include the results of `"file://" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/YourPath/YourFile.swf"` as the embedded file, for files on the SD card. – Sven Viking May 24 '11 at 09:26
1

You'd still need to set `setAllowFileAccess(true)` and add the Permission as mentioned above, of course, for reading from the SD card. – Sven Viking May 24 '11 at 09:33
I have tried the code as : _webview.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/sample.3gp"); I kept sample.3gp inside asset folder but no output in screen ..Please help me out – Vivek Tamrakar May 24 '11 at 10:38
I have tried the code as : _webview.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/sample.3gp"); I kept sample.3gp inside asset folder but no output in screen ..Please help me out – – @Sven Viking – Vivek Tamrakar May 24 '11 at 11:38
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Afraid I haven't worked with .3gp files before -- I didn't know the Android WebView even supported them. **EDIT**: I just did some quick Googling, and from what I can see I'm pretty sure the WebView cannot load .3gp files. – Sven Viking May 24 '11 at 13:34
Looks as if a VideoView would be needed for 3gp video. Related question here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4818047/how-to-play-3gp-video-file-in-android – Sven Viking May 25 '11 at 01:03
Ok...so Iam trying with swf alternative for 3gp .. Here is my code..... _linearLayout = new LinearLayout(this); _webview = new WebView(this); _linearLayout.addView(_webview); setContentView(_linearLayout); _webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true); _webview.getSettings().setPluginsEnabled(true); _webview.getSettings().setAllowFileAccess(true); String url = "file:///android_asset/sample.swf"; _webview.loadUrl(url); Iam gettin a blank screen ..Please help me....@Sven Viking – Vivek Tamrakar May 25 '11 at 05:21
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The problem is just that the WebView has no height or width. Change the addView line to: `linearLayout.addView(webview, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);` . I just tried this myself, and it worked fine. – Sven Viking May 25 '11 at 07:45
I'm actually pretty new to Android development myself, but if you do need to contact me, you can find details on the website linked from my user page. – Sven Viking May 26 '11 at 05:39

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '11 at 09:31

package webView.video;


import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.webkit.WebView;


public class WebViewActivity extends Activity {
private WebView mWebView;

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
     @Override
     public void onCreate (Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super. onCreate (savedInstanceState);
         setContentView(R.layout.main);



         // html file with sample swf video in sdcard

         //swf2.html points to swf in sdcard

         mWebView = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webview);
         mWebView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
         mWebView.getSettings().setPluginsEnabled(true);
         mWebView.getSettings().setAllowFileAccess(true);


         if (!Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals(Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED)){
             System.exit(4);
         } else {
             mWebView.loadUrl("file://" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/swf2.html");
         }

     }
}

How to Play local swf files in a webview

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