Android webview html5 video autoplay not working on android 4.0.3

Question

I have developed an application where the user can set videos on a web page: - They can specify a Youtube URL OR - They can upload a video

Depending on which option

Answer 1

Auto-play is disabled since Android SDK 17, but you can set setMediaPlaybackRequiresUserGesture to false to re-enable auto-play. Don't forget to check the SDK version because there is not such function in earlier versions.

    int SDK_INT = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
    if (SDK_INT > 16) {
        engine.getSettings().setMediaPlaybackRequiresUserGesture(false);
    }