Android MediaPlayer won't play music on API 26+

Question

I have an app that streams music for the user, this code works fine ok on devices running Android up to API 25, when i test in a device running API 26 or greater the Music w

Answer 1

You need to define a res/xml/network_security_config.xml and permit HTTP for that host:

    
        server.com
    

That network_security_config.xml also needs to be referenced in the Manifest.xml:

    
            ...
    

The SDK documentation explains it all in detail - and this applies to all network traffic an app creates.

Instead of lowering the security standards, upgrading the connection to HTTPS should be preferred.

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And concerning that one deprecated method .setAudioStreamType(), use .setAudioAttributes() instead - as your code already does. It does not seem to be the "main problem" here; verified that.