Video playback capabilities in iOS and Android -


i'm in stage of planning new application both ios , android platforms (tablet , phone), heavily feature streaming video playback.

however, documentation not entirely clear capabilities of these platforms when comes video playback. questions are:

1.) can android , ios playback html5 video webpage/webview?

2.) can html5 videos shown part of webpage (non-fullscreen) overlay?

3.) can android , ios play videos natively in non-fullscreen mode?

4.) can text/graphcs overlay on played video if it's part of native app?

the answers on these questions (if possible, supported os versions) appreciated, can't seem find conclusive resouces part of platform documentation.

ok let me try answer clear possible since had experience apps streaming in ios , android.

1.) can android , ios playback html5 video webpage/webview?

yes both can <video> tag

2.) can html5 videos shown part of webpage (non-fullscreen) overlay?

this depends more on device on os. ipad can without full-screen iphone apply full-screen, android tablets can andorid phones can't.

specifically on ios , iphones best way go create mpmovieplayercontroller (not confused mpmoviewplayerviewcontroller) , can set layout in viewcontroller , restrict size of video can see layout. (this allso works of course in ipad best approach both)

3.) can android , ios play videos natively in non-fullscreen mode?

yes can, explained above better if instead of using webview use videoplayer's in view controllers

4.) can text/graphcs overlay on played video if it's part of native app?

you can using above approach since video on viewcontroller manage size , position of player in view, when doing on webviewthe device automatically loads player unable manage it.

you should play safe , go min os requirements ios 4.0 , android os 2.1 because of improvements both versions made on native video playback


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