How to play video using Intent in Android?

Question

Few weeks ago I decided to make an app, this app contained just video links that allows the users to watch clips whenever they click any button link.

I am using this code to play video:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); 
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse("http://www.yourvideo.mp4"), "video/mp4"); 
view.getContext().startActivity(intent);

However, in some cases this code doesn't work in several devices, some users of my app said it force closes the entire app whenever they press any link. I actually tried it in my G1 and Droid X, it worked perfectly fine.

Is there anything I am doing wrong? Please help me, I would really appreciate it a lot.

could you have a problem if they started in portrait mode then switched to landscape mode? — James Black, Jul 08 '11 at 19:31
As soon as you press the link button, the whole app will be in landscape mode, It never switch to portrait mode. — user739375, Jul 08 '11 at 19:34

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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First, the video may have issues, as not all videos are safe for streaming.

Second, not all devices may have activities set up to support ACTION_VIEW on video/mp4 files that are streamed. You should use PackageManager and queryIntentActivities() to confirm whether the startActivity() call will find a match, or handle the ActivityNotFoundException that you get.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered Jul 08 '11 at 20:32

CommonsWare

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 24 '12 at 17:07

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I wrote this :

Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse("http://www.yourvideo.mp4"), "video/mp4");

Then i add the permission : android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE , to my manifest.

edited Feb 24 '12 at 17:07

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answered Feb 24 '12 at 11:51

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How to play video using Intent in Android?

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