On Aug 21, 10:48 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh and by the way, I'm sure that writing tons of different media > player applications is interesting and all, but i'm pretty sure users > in the end will want to click on links in the broswer and have video > and audio play, not type or copy/paste them into standalone players.
I can't add anything about playing with the built-in codecs, but it's very mistaken to think that just because a built-in app doesn't support a particular file type that it will be some arduous process for the user to view it. All you need to do is write an activity that can VIEW whatever type it handles, and the download manager will see that and let the user download and click on the content to show it in your activity. This is all the media player does -- the download manager doesn't have any special knowledge about it. The only potential issue is that, for this to work, the web server must report the appropriate MIME type, since all of this is based on matching file MIME types to activities that can handle that type. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new Android 0.9 SDK beta! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/08/announcing-beta-release-of-android-sdk.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
