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Asked: 2026-05-15T08:52:22+00:00

I’m trying to get an html5 demo page working on Android 2.1, have tried

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I’m trying to get an html5 demo page working on Android 2.1, have tried both droid and nexus one with 2.1 but they only display the poster image, and do not play the video. Pressing on the video does not do anything. Edit- resolved with the onclick handler on the video tag

Is it possible to use html5 video in the android 2.1 browser at this time? My demo page is working for both the iphone and the ipad.

The mp4 video: avc1, 29.97 fps, 380 kbps, 480 x 370
Audio: mp4a, 44 kHz, 64 kbps

Here’s how the page is written:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html><head><title>html5 test</title></head><body>
<video id="movie" width="480" height="370" poster="http://example.com/still.jpg" controls>
<source src="http://example.com/video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
Your browser does not support html5 video.
</video>
</body></html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Update: with Android 2.1 I can get the video to play but not in the page by adding an onclick="this.play(); to the video tag like this:

    <!DOCTYPE html>
<html><head><title>html5 test</title></head><body>
<video id="movie" width="480" height="370" poster="http://example.com/still.jpg" controls onclick="this.play();">
<source src="http://example.com/video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
Your browser does not support html5 video.
</video>
</body></html>

    However, this does not play in the browser, it launches the media player to play the video in its own window.

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