Open video URL in native player from Google Chrome

Question

I'm trying to open a remote video (let's say it's located at http://www.example.com/video.mp4 ) with the default Android player launched directly from Google Chrome, making use of the brand new intent:// .

This is the URI I called through an href tag:

intent://www.example.com/video.mp4#Intent;scheme=file;action=android.intent.action.VIEW;end;

Of course, this URI doesn't work, and Chrome returns error "Unable to perform navigation". I've also tried the same URI omitting scheme=file .

Here's the documentation I've been following: https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/android/intents

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

A quick browse of the Gallery App in AOSP shows that it can be launched from a browser. It has a category of BROWSABLE and DEFAULT . This means given the correct intent URL you should be able to launch it.

Obviously specifying a package should work, but that is not flexible, what if there are two gallery apps.

The following Intent scheme url works:

intent://www.sample-videos.com/video/mp4/720/big_buck_bunny_720p_1mb.mp4#Intent;action=android.intent.action.VIEW;scheme=http;type=video/mp4;end

Note:

1. scheme = http (it needs to be that or https),
2. there is a // before the domain, if that is not there the URL is not constructed correctly in the player
3. action = android.intent.action.VIEW
4. type = video/mp4 - if this is not in place the video will open in the browser

I have created a demo that works