Playing an mp3 tone on Android application - PhoneGap

Question

Im trying to play an mp3 tone in my PhoneGap application. Works fine with iOS but the tone wont play on Android (4.2.2).

html

 <audio type="audio/mp3" id="audiotag1"  
src="http://url.com/tone.mp3" preload="auto" >
 </audio>

js:

 document.getElementById('audiotag1').play();

Answer 1

You cannot play mp3 files inside of a webview for Android using strictly html5. You have to use Cordova's Media object: http://docs.phonegap.com/en/edge/cordova_media_media.md.html