Android WebView not stopping after user presses back

Question

I am playing a YouTube video inside a WebView. I am able to play it, but when the person leaves the screen, I am not able to stop the audio from playing.

I tried various

Answer 1

You can do it using the method onPause() of your Activity :

@override
public void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {
        webview.onPause();
    }
}

adding a validation for use in API >= 11 (Honeycomb)