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user2804925
user2804925

Reputation: 245

How does Google Chrome for Mobile display websites like Youtube and Twitch?

Google Chrome for android, is able to display videos on sites such as Youtube and Twitch without any flash support. What I want to know is how Chrome does this, through a plug-in of some sort? What I also want to know is how I could replicate the results, because I've been searching for flash support or support for playing videos that normally require flash (Mainly twitch/youtube), for Java/Android, and haven't been able to find a solution.

Thanks for your help!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 575

Answers (2)

Charlotte Harper
Charlotte Harper

Reputation: 519

Google Chrome for mobile does not rely on flash to play videos. Instead, it streams the videos from the site and plays them with a special player from the device.

As for replicating these results, I would recommend using a VideoView. Here is an example:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
    String videourl = "http://something.com/blah.mp4";
    Uri uri = Uri.parse(videourl);
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
    intent.setDataAndType(uri, "video/mp4");
    startActivity(intent);
}

Make sure the URL is a direct link to the video. (it must end in .mp4)

Upvotes: 1

daniel
daniel

Reputation: 3174

For Flash videos there is a special format. These Files often have the file postfix .flv. There are also Players like VLC on all PC plattforms, which have the ability to encode these Files. It's just a format like mp4, avi etc. And like said before, Android devices have a special app for decoding flash videos.

Upvotes: 0

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