Enable HLS support on Android 4.x.x

avalonmediasystem · Feb 27, 2014 · 999f8e3 · 999f8e3
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diff --git a/src/js/me-featuredetection.js b/src/js/me-featuredetection.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ mejs.MediaFeatures = {
 		t.isiPhone = (ua.match(/iphone/i) !== null);
 		t.isiOS = t.isiPhone || t.isiPad;
 		t.isAndroid = (ua.match(/android/i) !== null);
+		t.isAndroid4 = (ua.match(/android 4/i) !== null);
 		t.isBustedAndroid = (ua.match(/android 2\.[12]/) !== null);
 		t.isBustedNativeHTTPS = (location.protocol === 'https:' && (ua.match(/android [12]\./) !== null || ua.match(/macintosh.* version.* safari/) !== null));
 		t.isIE = (nav.appName.toLowerCase().match(/trident/gi) !== null) | (nav.appName.toLowerCase().indexOf("microsoft") != -1);

diff --git a/src/js/me-shim.js b/src/js/me-shim.js
@@ -285,7 +285,9 @@ mejs.HtmlMediaElementShim = {
 				// normal check
 				if (htmlMediaElement.canPlayType(mediaFiles[i].type).replace(/no/, '') !== '' 
 					// special case for Mac/Safari 5.0.3 which answers '' to canPlayType('audio/mp3') but 'maybe' to canPlayType('audio/mpeg')
-					|| htmlMediaElement.canPlayType(mediaFiles[i].type.replace(/mp3/,'mpeg')).replace(/no/, '') !== '') {
+					|| htmlMediaElement.canPlayType(mediaFiles[i].type.replace(/mp3/,'mpeg')).replace(/no/, '') !== ''
+					// special case for Android 4.x.x, whose canPlayType HLS usually return ''
+					|| (mejs.MediaFeatures.isAndroid4 && mediaFiles[i].type.indexOf("vnd.apple.mpegURL")) != -1) {
 					result.method = 'native';
 					result.url = mediaFiles[i].url;
 					break;