setPluginsEnabled not exist for WebView

Question

I\'m trying to play html5 video in webview and need to setPluginsEnabled

WebView.getSettings().setPluginsEnabled

but it\'s no

Answer 1

The function WebView.getSettings().setPluginsEnabled(); method has been deprecated since API level 9, and was removed in API level 18. You can use the newer function WebView.getSettings().setPluginState(WebSettings.PluginState.ON); which was added in API level 8 and was deprecated in API level 18. According to the WebSettings Documentation API levels beyond 18 will not support plugins; I'm assuming is because the main plugin to support was flash which adobe is no longer developing for mobile.

Answer 2

You can check like :

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 8) {
        webview.getSettings().setPluginsEnabled(true);
    } else {
        webview.getSettings().setPluginState(PluginState.ON);
    }

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

setPluginsEnabled is available for Android SDK versions less than 8, setPluginState - for SDK < 18. It is depricated for versions higher than 18, and therefore we need to use them only for only aforementioned SDKs:

 // Build.VERSION_CODES.FROYO = 8, Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR2 = 18

        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.FROYO) {
                        webview.getSettings().setPluginsEnabled(true); 
        } 
        else if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR2){
                        webview.getSettings().setPluginState(WebSettings.PluginState.ON);
        }