Flash player in WebView

NJDude

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• Feb 18, 2012

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Flash on a WebView doesn't really work, if you search the forum you'll find other users also reported this, it has nothing to do with B4A, it's an Android issue.

 

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rickrack

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Thanks for reply NJDude, sorry I didn't use the "search" function.
Aren't there alternatives?

 

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margret

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• Feb 18, 2012

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I have flash running in a web view but I am away from my code machine. When I get back I will post code to make it work.

 

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rickrack

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wow margret, THANK YOU!
I'll wait...

 

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NJDude

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Out of curiosity, what's the website you are trying?

 

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margret

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WebView With Flash

Hello,

Here is the code. Be sure to include the Reflection library with your project. You can paste this code in a new project, include the Reflection library and install and you should be good to go.

B4X:

'Activity module
Sub Process_Globals
End Sub
Sub Globals
   Dim myw As WebView
   Dim rr As Reflector
   Dim HTMLStr As String
End Sub
Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
   HTMLStr = "http://www.canonusa.com"
   CreateWV
End Sub
Sub Activity_Resume
End Sub
Sub Activity_Pause (UserClosed As Boolean)
End Sub
Sub CreateWV
   myw.Initialize("myw")
   Activity.AddView(myw,0,0,1024,560)
   rr.Target = myw
    rr.Target = rr.RunMethod("getSettings")
    rr.RunMethod2("setPluginsEnabled", True, "java.lang.boolean")
   myw.JavaScriptEnabled = True
   myw.ZoomEnabled = True
   myw.Visible = True
   myw.LoadURL(HTMLStr)
End Sub

 

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rickrack

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NJDude said:

Out of curiosity, what's the website you are trying?

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I'm trying this... it's a friend website to watch live football matches.

@margret - not working for me..

 

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margret

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rickrack said:

I'm trying this... it's a friend website to watch live football matches.

@margret - not working for me..

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It is working fine on all three devices I have. What are you testing on and what version of Android are you running. If you are on HoneyComb, you may need to mod the manifest. I had to on the ASUS.

 

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rickrack

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margret said:

It is working fine on all three devices I have. What are you testing on and what version of Android are you running. If you are on HoneyComb, you may need to mod the manifest. I have to on the ASUS.

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I've ICS.. (Galaxy Nexus)
So I need to edit the manifest file? what i should write there?

 

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NJDude

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Ok thanks.

Yes, that code might work on "certain" sites, it doesn't work on yours, nor others using Flash Players.

Add this line to your manifest and see if it works:

B4X:

android:hardwareAccelerated="true"

It should be added to 'AddManifestText'

 

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rickrack

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@NJDude - Where I should add that line?
like this?

AddManifestText(
<application>
android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
</application>)

 

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NJDude

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It should look something like this:

B4X:

AddManifestText(
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" />
<supports-screens android:largeScreens="true" 
    android:normalScreens="true" 
    android:smallScreens="true" 
    android:hardwareAccelerated="true"    <---Right here
    android:anyDensity="true"/>)

 

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margret

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Thanks NJDude,

I was just fixing to post. I had to go back and look.

 

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rickrack

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@NJDude - it didn't worked... i really can't belive it! android is a last-generation os and devs can't use flash on their browsers?

*edit*

:O margret so it works on yours... it's so strange

 

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NJDude

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Well, then I have a question for you, what's the SDK level you have?, I have the latest (SDK 15) I think there's a minimum to get it to work (I believe is SDK 10 or 11, not sure).

 

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margret

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On my HoneyComb 3.2.1 I had to use SDK 11 before flash would run in a WebView.

 

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rickrack

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I use SDK 13.. Now I just tried with 15, but nothing changed

Thanks for support!

 

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margret

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ASUS is about to release an ICS update for my Transformer. Now I am not sure I want to install it. Please keep us updated if you find any info on getting Flash to run. Sorry, I thought this would work for you.

 

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rickrack

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I have a custom rom... could it depends by this?

*edit*

this evening (italian GMT) i will try with my "old" HTC Desire

 

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