Method for launching audio player on Android from web page for streaming media

Question

To link to SHOUTcast/HTTP internet radio streams, traditionally you would link to a playlist file, such as an M3U or PLS. From there, the browser would launch the audio pla

Answer 1

As noted in the comments, what you're asking is impossible, at least until 3.0 comes out and even then it'll be a long time before the functionality is on most devices. The 'without extra apps' constraint is far too limiting. Here are some alternatives that violate this constraint that I urge you to consider instead:

• Ask users to install an app
  Yes it's not what you want, but it's the easiest thing to do. Just Playlists (as you've discovered) would be a good one to recommend.

• Use flash
  Not everyone has flash, but for those that do you can embed a flash widget to play the playlist. I found one that sounds like it'll work just from a quick google. Does SHOUTcast have it's own flash player?

• Wait
  Basically your only other option, since this functionality just isn't there in Android, yet.