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So I need to play an audio which streaming on the internet. For my android app. I am using webview but can't figure out how to do it. Any suggestions?

ankit rawat
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// Added in API level 8 mWebView.getSettings().setPluginState(WebSettings.PluginState.ON);

This method was deprecated in API level 18. Plugins will not be supported in future, and should not be used.

Davidjburgos
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You just need to enable the plugins for the webview, like this :

WebView mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.WebView01);
mWebView.getSettings().setPluginsEnabled(true);

// Added in API level 8
mWebView.getSettings().setPluginState(WebSettings.PluginState.ON);

Android Documentation WebSettings.PluginState

But it might be better to use native player see below:

Android Supported Media Formats: http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html

(offline media player related links)

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madlymad
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  • It is not a URL exactly. The music is streamed on a flash player on the streaming website. I will somehow extract mp3 from that flash and play it in webview. You know how I can do that? – ankit rawat Mar 09 '13 at 17:44
  • have you tested any of the suggested? – madlymad Mar 09 '13 at 17:47
  • it depends on the site / radio / streaming mechanism and it is not always possible to stream the extracted url on android. see added url for Android Supported Media Formats – madlymad Mar 09 '13 at 17:56
  • The flash player is flash based(obviously) but I think the audio its streaming is mp3.. Can that mp3 be extracted and played? Is this possible by any method? – ankit rawat Mar 10 '13 at 11:26
  • programmatically is quite impossible... get through html-source-code and try to find the url. – madlymad Mar 10 '13 at 11:29
  • OK, I got the mp3's url through the html source code. It looks like this(but not this, mine is a live stream): http://www.whatisthatsong.net/charts-lists/charts%20and%20lists-mp3/classic%20rock/37.%20Pink%20Floyd%20-%20Comfortably%20Numb.mp3 . Can this be played in android? I tried after enabling the plugins you said to earlier, but the webview now doesn't even open the page, it just shows a white screen. It's working fine with google.com. How can I get it to play? Thanks! – ankit rawat Mar 10 '13 at 15:20
  • Try the url with the media player! – madlymad Mar 10 '13 at 23:19