How to play Live Streaming video in Android

Question

In my project I have a requirement to play live streaming video. I have seen many comments that \"live streaming is supported only from 3.0\" so that I have to use emulator

Answer 1

According to some threads, you should use httplive:// scheme for version 2.3 and 3.0 and the http:// scheme for 3.0+: How to play m3u8 on Android?

It worked on my 2.3 device but I'm not sure if it wold work on an emulator. Moreover, I made it work using the m3u8 test URI ( http://devimages.apple.com/iphone/samples/bipbop/bipbopall.m3u8 ) of apple. I can't still make it work using the my own URI.

Answer 2

 String SrcPath="http://akamedia2.lsops.net/live/smil:cnbc_en.smil/playlist.m3u8";
        myVideoView = new VideoView(this);
        myVideoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(SrcPath));
        setContentView(myVideoView);
        myVideoView.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
        myVideoView.requestFocus();

Remove this line.

myVideoView.requestFocus();