Widevine compatibility

[gilmotta]

Will Android webkit calling HLS.js work with Widevine? We have an HTML5 page that is using Video.js but throwing an error when we call it via Android webview. I am wondering if dropping Video.js and switching to HLS.js will solve our problem.

Our HTML5 + Video.js implementation works well with Chrome and Firefox but Android webview is throwing error "VIDEOJS: ERROR: (CODE:4 MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED)"

I would like to hire an HLS.js developer to help us to port this very quickly within a week with our team.

I hope HLS.js works. We found this issue on the eleventh hour!

[phillipseamore]

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/PermissionRequest#RESOURCE_PROTECTED_MEDIA_ID

From a comment on another site it seems that:

An Android webview doesn’t support DRM by default. You need to override onPermissionRequest in the webview’s WebChromeClient, something like

 public void onPermissionRequest(PermissionRequest request) {
   // Crude example, you need to check which permissions were requested 
   String[] perms = {PermissionRequest.RESOURCE_PROTECTED_MEDIA_ID};
   request.grant(perms);
 }

Even then you may find support varies by device.