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How to play a video from URL in Action View in android

i am working on an app, in which i want to play a video intenting ACTION VIEW from URL receiving from WEB SERVER, i am getting unsupportable file format. my code is

Intent intent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
            videostring = ib.getVideostring();
            Uri data = Uri.parse("file:///https://" + videostring.get(0));
            intent.setDataAndType(data, "video/*");
            context.startActivity(intent);
Solution

  • Change Uri data = Uri.parse("file:///https://" + videostring.get(0));

    to

    Uri data = Uri.parse("https://" + videostring.get(0));