Playing video in PhoneGap/Cordova-app for iOs and Android

Question

I need to play video in an app that\'s built on PhoneGap 2.7. Is it possible to make this work for both iOs and Android - covering most of todays Android devices?

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Answer 1

On iOS you can use the HTML5 video tag to play local files but this isn't possible on Android.

I'd recommend use the VideoPlayer plugin for PhoneGap by macdonst

https://github.com/macdonst/VideoPlayer

Also, here is some sample code to get you started once you have the plugin installed.

    
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Source: https://gist.github.com/macdonst/1507162