Viewing RTSP video stream through WebView in Android App

Question

My App has a WebView which loads a simple html. However, this html links to a rtsp live video stream and the WebView isn't able to load it, instead it returns a "Web Page Not Available" message. When I open the rtsp link in the native Android browser, it loads and works fine so I know it's not the video stream being incompatible. Is there something within WebView which can be enabled to allow the rtsp video stream to be played?

Thanks!

but why are you use webview to play video file? – milind Aug 06 '11 at 09:47 — milind, Aug 06 '11 at 09:47

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 06 '12 at 20:22

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I used this code:

public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
         view.loadUrl(url);

         if (url.contains("rtsp")) {
                Uri uri = Uri.parse(url);
                    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);

                    startActivity(intent);
         }

       return true;
    }

answered Mar 06 '12 at 20:22

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This will display the stream in the default video player not inside the app. – Muhammed Refaat Aug 25 '15 at 11:33

Viewing RTSP video stream through WebView in Android App

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