try use media player to play the https url, find out.

the manifest of media player should include the filter like,

<data android:scheme="http" />
<data android:scheme="https" />

or some permission problem, anybody have more experience  in this field?



On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 5:02 AM, Dave Sparks <davidspa...@android.com>wrote:

> The media player currently does not support https.
>
> On Jul 13, 7:18 pm, zhao <zhaoyang...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am trying to stream video over https from Android browser. If the
> > video url is http, everything works fine. But when I switch the url to
> > https, no video can be played. I tried 2 methods to stream over http/
> > https through Android browser.
> >
> > 1. Use html5 Video tag on browser (Android 2.0+ device) and call
> > video.play( ) from javascript.
> > - With Https url. Browser launches media player and the player
> > displays alert dialog saying “Can’t play video”. I captured the client
> > TCP traffic and found no SSL handshake between client and server. It
> > looks like the player pops up the alert on any https link.
> > - With Http url. Browser launches media player and the player can
> > stream the video successfully.
> >
> > 2. Use direct link of html <a> tag on browser and click the link
> > - With Https url. Browser downloads the video file without launching
> > the player. The browser seems not try to load any https link in media
> > player.
> > - With Http url. Browser launches media player and the player can
> > stream the video successfully.
> >
> > So the above tests make me think Android media player cannot play
> > media from any https url. Is it the expected behavior? Can someone
> > give me clues?
> >
> > Thanks for helping!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Zhao
>
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