Video from URL working on Android 4 but not on Android 9

Question

This code works on Android 4.4.2 but does not work on the phone with Android 9:

String url=\"http://...LINK...mp4\";
MediaController controller = new MediaContro         


        

Answer 1

Android 9.0 blocks cleartext (http) traffic by default.

The preferred solution is to not use http URLs, but instead use https.

You can, through network security configuration, tell Android to allow cleartext traffic for your app, but this is less secure.

Answer 2

You can use the one line code in the manifest file. Its working for me.

 <application
        android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:supportsRtl="true">
        <activity
            android:name=".EvaBotView"
            android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar"
            android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"/>
    </application>

Inside application tag we can use android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" which can resolve this issue.