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ATRAIN53
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01/14/13 02:26 PM (11 years ago)

tips when using for Android

A couple of tips when using this plugin for Android

1) Make sure you give users the option to install the app to their SD card. Videos are large files and if they don't have sufficient storage space the videos will not work as expected.

add one of these entries to your Android manifest:

android:installLocation="preferExternal"

or

android:installLocation="allowExternal"

see this link for more information:

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/install-location.html

2)Download and use this test video to verify the plug-in is functioning properly:

http://camendesign.com/code/video_for_everybody/test.html

http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4

If that video launches in your app and the videos you copied to your app won't play - then your videos most likely need to be re-encoded to work on Android Hardware.

I have only tested this plug-in on a device running Android 2.3.5.

I have noticed that the screen takes a few seconds to load the video after you tap the PLAY button. Longer videos seem to take longer and this does give the impression nothing is happening.

3) Videos do not seem to work properly on the simulator. I only get audio when testing. Strongly suggest using a real device for testing.






 
SmugWimp
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01/14/13 02:56 PM (11 years ago)
Good Call! Thanks for the detailed tips!! :)

Cheers!

-- Smug
 

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