How to play an web streaming .mp3 file in Webview(android)

Question

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?

Answer 1

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:

• Streaming Audio from A URL in Android using MediaPlayer?

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

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(offline media player related links)

• http://www.hrupin.com/2010/12/simple-android-mp3-media-player
• http://android-er.blogspot.gr/2010/07/play-mp3-in-sd-card-using-androids.html
• Android: Play mp3 file from raw resource on click of a TextView