How to autoplay HTML5 mp4 video on Android?

Question

I had developed a mobile page by asp.net to play mp4 video.

I know iOS had disabled the autoplay function to minimize user bandwidth, so how can i autoplay HTML5 mp

Answer 1

Chrome has disabled it. https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=159336 Even the jQuery play() is blocked. They want user to initiate it so bandwidth can be saved.

Answer 2

Important Note: Be aware that if Google Chrome Data Saver is enabled in Chrome's settings, then Autoplay will be disabled.

Answer 3

I don't think autoplay works on Android, but getting a video to play can be annoyingly tricky. I suggest giving this article a read: Making HTML5 Video work on Android phones.

Answer 4

In Android 4.1 and 4.2, I use the following code.

    evt.initMouseEvent( "click", true,true,window,0,0,0,0,0,false,false,false,false,0, true );
    var v = document.getElementById("video");
    v.dispatchEvent(evt);

where html is

    <video id="video" src="sample.mp4" poster="image.jpg" controls></video>

This works well. But In Android 4.4, it does not work.

Answer 5

Here is a plugin for PhoneGap which solved the problem for me: https://build.phonegap.com/plugins/1031

I simply included it in my config.xml

Answer 6

You can add the 'muted' and 'autoplay' attributes together to enable autoplay for android devices.

e.g.

<video id="video" class="video" autoplay muted >