Android Plugin

This video plugin allows you to use the Android Player with a video plugin action (i.e. video:plugin:{URL}). It uses a generic launch action (i.e. system:tvx:launch) to select any system player. However, VLC or MX Player should be used for resume functions. The plugin can be used with version 0.1.136 or higher.

Usage

The plugin can be loaded with a video URL or ID. If a video ID is used, the interaction plugin is used to request the corresponding URL. Please see following action syntax examples.

• video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/android.html?url={URL}
• video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/android.html?id={ID}

If you would like to use the plugin with Google Drive MSX, OneDrive MSX, or Dropbox MSX, please use the index.json file feature and reference all video files with the inline expression {asset:id:{NAME}} (e.g. {asset:id:video1.mp4}). For more information, please see Credits & Hints from the corresponding service.

Note: For Google Drive MSX, all referenced files must be publicly shared and smaller than 100 MB.

If you would like to use the plugin as reference to implement your own plugin, please have a look at this implementation script: http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/js/android.js.

Syntax

Parameter syntax of Android plugin

Parameter	Type	Default Value	Mandatory	Description
id	string	null	No	The ID of the video. This ID is used to request the corresponding URL from the interaction plugin.
url	string	null	Only if video ID is not set	The URL of the video. It is recommended to encode the value to ensure that it is evaluated correctly (e.g. "http://msx.benzac.de/media/video1.mp4" → "http%3A%2F%2Fmsx.benzac.de%2Fmedia%2Fvideo1.mp4").

Example

Screenshot

Example Screenshot (Android Plugin)

Code

{
    "type": "list",
    "headline": "Android Plugin Test",
    "template": {
        "type": "separate",
        "layout": "0,0,2,4",
        "icon": "msx-white-soft:adb",
        "color": "msx-glass",
        "titleFooter": "",
        "progress": -1,
        "live": {
            "type": "playback",            
            "titleFooter": "{progress:time:hh:mm:ss}",  
            "action": "player:show"
        },
        "properties": {
            "resume:key": "url"
        }
    },
    "items": [{
            "title": "Video 1",
            "playerLabel": "Video 1",
            "action": "video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/android.html?url=http://msx.benzac.de/media/video1.mp4"
        }, {
            "title": "Video 2",
            "playerLabel": "Video 2",
            "action": "video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/android.html?url=http://msx.benzac.de/media/video2.mp4"
        }, {
            "title": "Video 3",
            "playerLabel": "Video 3",
            "action": "video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/android.html?url=http://msx.benzac.de/media/video3.mp4"
        }, {
            "title": "Video 4",
            "playerLabel": "Video 4",
            "action": "video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/android.html?url=http://msx.benzac.de/media/video4.mp4"
        }, {
            "title": "Video 5",
            "playerLabel": "Video 5",
            "action": "video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/android.html?url=http://msx.benzac.de/media/video5.mp4"
        }, {
            "title": "Video 6",
            "playerLabel": "Video 6",
            "action": "video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/android.html?url=http://msx.benzac.de/media/video6.mp4"
        }]
}

Demo

• Launch via App: https://msx.benzac.de/?start=content:https://msx.benzac.de/info/xp/data/plugin_test_9.json
• Launch via Demo Page: https://msx.benzac.de/info/?start=content:https://msx.benzac.de/info/xp/data/plugin_test_9.json

See also

• Android Player
• Video/Audio Plugin
• Plugin API Reference