HTML5 <audio> tag not working in Android Webview

Question

the HTML5 audio tag doesn\'t seem to work in the web view if the source file is stored locally. i.e.

Answer 1

this is just alternet way to achieve goal to play audio from html file

use Mediaplayer (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaPlayer.html) of Android for playing audio. you can invoke function of android from javascript that you have written in HTML file..

this is example of how you can invoke function written in java file from javascript code

WebView webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);
webView.addJavascriptInterface(new WebAppInterface(this), "Android");
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public class WebAppInterface {

    Context mContext;
    /** Instantiate the interface and set the context */
    WebAppInterface(Context c) {
        mContext = c;
    }

    /** Show a toast from the web page */
    @JavascriptInterface
    public void showToast(String toast) {
        Toast.makeText(mContext, toast, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
}

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java sript code

This way you invoke audio from Android code.