[CB-7786] Support mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction on Android

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Implemented
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-inappbrowser
• Labels: android cordova inappbrowser
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mike Dawson
• Created: 15/Oct/14 09:59
• Updated: 05/Feb/16 11:26
• Resolved: 05/Feb/16 11:23

Description

The In App Browser in Android after API Version 17 (Android 4.2+ I believe) by default does not permit playback of audio and video elements unless triggered by a user event (blocks both autoplay and playing via Javascript). That's the same behaviour as iOS. I have forked Inappbrowser and written a patch for the Android version here that respects this feature (same parameter name as for iOS):

https://github.com/UstadMobile/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser/

Reading the contributors page I believe I need to send/sign the agreement and I need to add unit tests to cover this. I'm not familiar with the Cordova testing framework so might take me a bit of time to do that, or perhaps someone can add an appropriate test?