CODEWITHSUNDEEP
androidvideohttpsstreaming
jhaypee
jhaypee

Reputation: 81

Error in streaming a video from HTTPS url

I have no problem in streaming a video in a normal http. (example : http://www.mywebsite.com/myvideo.mp4)

But when i change it into HTTPS. I have encounter an error (example : https://www.mywebsite.com/myvideo.mp4)

Does anyone have tried this? Streaming a video with HTTPS link to a 3rd party APP. (asking a user which app will be use to play video, by passing the url/uri to the app in android)

The current scenario is:

1.) I have a link which is https

2.) I have start an intent , and check all available video player installed in android phone ( i have currently installed vlc , mx player , videoplayer, built in OS player and others).

3.) I try to choose any of those above but none of them works. ( it just prompt a message, saying "Player encounter an Error" which is a generic error. Im just trying to pass the URL / URI to the player).

4.) Please take note, if i try to play it in the web browser everything works fine.

5.) Please take note that again , I was able to stream http video, using same piece of code

String videoURL = "https://www.mywebsite.com/myvideo.mp4";
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(videoURL));
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse(videoURL), "video/*");
startActivity(intent);

In my manifest file, im using the default, except that i give permission to the internet.

Im not sure if this is related or this can help but : I was able to buffer a HTTPS Audio FILE coming from same SERVER. Since android has a built in media player that supports wav & mp3, im not asking the user to choose a media player, since it can support the above format. When i buffer the audio in the same server, i just issue below code. So everyting works well.

public HttpClient getNewHttpClient() {
    try {
        KeyStore trustStore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
        trustStore.load(null, null);

        SSLSocketFactory sf = new MySSLSocketFactory(trustStore);
        sf.setHostnameVerifier(SSLSocketFactory.ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER);

        HttpParams params = new BasicHttpParams();
        HttpProtocolParams.setVersion(params, HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);
        HttpProtocolParams.setContentCharset(params, HTTP.UTF_8);

        SchemeRegistry registry = new SchemeRegistry();
        registry.register(new Scheme("http", PlainSocketFactory.getSocketFactory(), 80));
        registry.register(new Scheme("https", sf, 443));

        ClientConnectionManager ccm = new ThreadSafeClientConnManager(params, registry);

        return new DefaultHttpClient(ccm, params);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        return new DefaultHttpClient();
    }
}

`

But when it comes to playing video, im asking the user which APP he wants to play, cause the file might not be supported.

FIX

It looks like , android has some problem in broken chain certificates, in order to fix this, you must fix your broken chain certificate. To check your certificate, simply go to ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=yourwebsite.com

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3981

Answers (1)

Yogesh Rathi
Yogesh Rathi

Reputation: 6509

After long struggle i found solution,

Override your videoview class and below code.

 @Override
public void setVideoURI(Uri uri) {
    super.setVideoURI(uri);
    try {
        KeyStore trustStore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
        trustStore.load(null, null);
        MySSLSocketFactory sf = new MySSLSocketFactory(trustStore);
        sf.setHostnameVerifier(MySSLSocketFactory.ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER);
        sf.fixHttpsURLConnection();
        HostnameVerifier hostnameVerifier = org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER;
        HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(hostnameVerifier);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

Upvotes: 2

Related Questions