How to play hls/m3u8 streams in webview

[darth_daniel]

hi,

I set up a live streaming site and wanted it to be accessible through webview. Unfortunately haven't had much luck as with various code variations I have tried, when i try to play the stream within the webview I keep getting a "The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported"

My webview script is:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    //private WebView webview;





    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        if(isNetworkStatusAvialable (getApplicationContext())) {
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "internet avialable", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "internet is not avialable", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

        }

        /**
        webview =(WebView)findViewById(R.id.webView);

        webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());
        webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        webview.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);
        webview.setOverScrollMode(WebView.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER);
        webview.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient());
        webview.loadUrl("http://192.168.43.140/YouPHPTube/index.php");
        **/


        /**
        myWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);

        // Settings
        WebSettings webSettings = myWebView.getSettings();

        webSettings.setAllowFileAccessFromFileURLs(true);
        webSettings.setAllowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs(true);

        // Set a web view client and a chrome client

    // Load the local HTML file into the webview
        myWebView.loadUrl("http://192.168.43.140/YouPHPTube/index.php");
        myWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());
        webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);

        WebChromeClient MyCustomChromeClient;
        WebView vistaWeb = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);
        vistaWeb.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient());
        //vistaWeb.setWebViewClient(new WebChromeClient());
        vistaWeb.clearCache(true);
        vistaWeb.clearHistory();
        vistaWeb.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        vistaWeb.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);
        vistaWeb.loadUrl("http://192.168.43.140/YouPHPTube/index.php");
         **/

        FrameLayout layout = (FrameLayout) findViewById(R.id.web_view_placeholder);

        WebView webView = new WebView(this);

        layout.addView(webView);

        WebSettings webSettings = webView.getSettings();
        webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        webSettings.setUseWideViewPort(false);
        webSettings.setDomStorageEnabled(true);
        webSettings.setSaveFormData(true);
        webSettings.setLoadWithOverviewMode(true);

        final WebChromeClient webChromeClient = new WebChromeClient();
        webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());
        webView.setWebChromeClient(webChromeClient);
        webView.loadUrl("http://192.168.43.140/YouPHPTube/index.php");



    }

    public static boolean isNetworkStatusAvialable (Context context) {
        ConnectivityManager connectivityManager = (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
        if (connectivityManager != null)
        {
            NetworkInfo netInfos = connectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo();
            if(netInfos != null)
                if(netInfos.isConnected())
                    return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}

Is there any way I can get my live stream site's streams to be watchable in webview?