StageWebView local video file <> NativeExtension to launch media player (Android)
Hello there!
As discussed here
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4090326
it's very hard to load (for example) a local videofile saved on the device inside an HTML5 video-Tag.
All the possible solutions I found and tried didn't work for me.
Short description:
- user can stream an mp4-video via http://....
- if he wants, the user can download this video into the folder File.applicationStorageDirectory (also tried documentsDirectory, userDirectory)
- user can then watch the video without internet connection
When the users wants to start the video, the app checks if the video is available local.
if yes:
StageWebView is loaded with the code
<html><head><title>Player</title></head><body><div style="position:relative;width:800px;margin:0 auto;">
<video id="player" autobuffer controls height="400" width="800" onclick="this.play();">
<source src="file:///data/data/air.com.test.testApp.debug/com.test.testApp.debug/Local%20Store/video/video.mp4">
</video>
</div></body></html>
=> this is not working. Feels like the StageWebView can not access the file (permissions? wrong path?)
if not:
the http-Url is used as source for the video tag => this is working
As a solution I'm thinking of starting the native video player to play the local file.
navigateToURL doesn't work...
Perhaps I need a native extension to start the player?
Is there any solution out there?
Thank you very much in advance!
Regards!
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