Fixed to work on KitKat, by copying videos over to app's private data directory. Note there are slight security concerns when doing this, but it is the only way.

Author: odbol

README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ This plugin enables the use of normal HTML5 <video> tags for local video - other
 Android Webview (which Cordova is based upon) limits access to local files (such as videos) and prohibits reading them, both via relative files and `file:///` URIs. Cordova Html5Video Plugin solves this by giving each of you video a `android.resource://` path and updating your `<video>` tags accordingly.
 
 ### Limitations ###
-For Android only. Tested on Android API 15-18 (testing for API 19 is undergoing).
+For Android only. Tested on Android API 15-19.
+
+For API >= 19, a workaround is employed to copy the video files over to your application's data directory, as world-readable.
+*WARNING*: this is potentially insecure - other apps will be able to read your videos! However it is the only way to get around Chrome's strict limitations on content:// URLs. See Issue #20 for details.
 
 ### Install ###
 

src/android/Html5Video.java

@@ -1,16 +1,30 @@
 package org.apache.cordova.plugin;
 
-import java.util.Timer;
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.cordova.*;
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor;
+import android.content.res.Resources.NotFoundException;
+import android.os.Build;
+import android.util.Log;
+
 public class Html5Video extends CordovaPlugin {
+	private static final String TAG = "Html5VideoCordovaPlugin";
+	
 	public final String ACTION_INITIALIZE = "initialize";
 	public final String ACTION_PLAY = "play";
 
+	FileDataStore dataStore = new FileDataStore();
+	
 	@Override
 	public boolean execute(String action, JSONArray args, final CallbackContext callbackContext) throws JSONException {
 
@@ -25,8 +39,29 @@ public boolean execute(String action, JSONArray args, final CallbackContext call
 			if (tagNames != null) {
 				for (int i = 0; i < tagNames.length(); i++) {
 					String[] video = videos.getString(tagNames.getString(i)).split("\\.");
-					int videoId = this.cordova.getActivity().getResources().getIdentifier(video[0], "raw", packageName);
-					convertedVideos.put(tagNames.getString(i), "android.resource://" + packageName + "/" + videoId);
+					String newUrl = null;
+					
+					// Kitkat and above don't allow loading android.resource:// URLs,
+					// (see https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=63033 ),
+					// so we do a little trick.
+					if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
+						// copy vids to global-accessible directory, then replace with that URL.
+						// idea from this thread:  https://github.com/jaeger25/Html5Video/issues/23#issuecomment-51174558
+						String newFilePath = dataStore.getFilePath(video[0]);
+						
+						if (newFilePath != null) {
+							newUrl = "file://" + newFilePath;
+							Log.d(TAG, "Using KitKat, can't load local videos. Loading from: " + newUrl);
+						}
+					}
+					
+
+					if (newUrl == null) { // do the old way if the KitKat way failed (or if we're not on KitKat)
+						int videoId = this.cordova.getActivity().getResources().getIdentifier(video[0], "raw", packageName);
+						newUrl = "android.resource://" + packageName + "/" + videoId; 
+					}
+					
+					convertedVideos.put(tagNames.getString(i), newUrl);
 
 					LOG.d("Html5Video", "Id: " + tagNames.getString(i) + " , src: " + convertedVideos.getString(tagNames.getString(i)));
 				}
@@ -55,4 +90,105 @@ public void run() {
 	public Object onMessage(String id, Object data) {
 		return super.onMessage(id, data);
 	}
+	
+	
+	private class FileDataStore {
+		
+		/***
+		 * Gets the file:// URL of a video file in the res/raw directory, copying it over if necessary.
+		 * 
+		 * Note: the file will be world-readable (not-recommended by Google), so be careful: other apps will be able to read your videos!
+		 * 
+		 * @param rawFileName Name of the file in the raw directory.
+		 * @return The absolute path of the file, or null if copy failed.
+		 */
+		public String getFilePath(String rawFileName) {
+			String fileName = "html5video_" + rawFileName; // path separators not allowed
+			File f = cordova.getActivity().getFileStreamPath(fileName);
+			
+			// transfer raw resrouce file into app data directory so it can be read globally.
+			if (!f.exists()) {				
+				
+				if (!copyResourceFileToDataDir(rawFileName, fileName)) {
+					return null;
+				}
+			}
+			
+			return f.getAbsolutePath();
+		}
+		
+		/***
+		 * Copies a raw file from resources directory to the app's private data directory.
+		 * @param rawFileName
+		 * @param newFileName
+		 * @return True on success, false otherwise
+		 */
+		private boolean copyResourceFileToDataDir(String rawFileName, String newFileName) {
+			String packageName = cordova.getActivity().getPackageName();
+			
+			AssetFileDescriptor fd = null;
+			BufferedInputStream in = null;
+			BufferedOutputStream out = null;
+			try {
+				Activity activity = cordova.getActivity();
+				int id = activity.getResources().getIdentifier(rawFileName, "raw", packageName);
+				fd = activity.getResources().openRawResourceFd(id);
+				if (fd == null) {
+					throw new NotFoundException("Raw file not found: " + rawFileName);
+				}
+				
+				in = new BufferedInputStream(fd.createInputStream()); // this is auto-close!
+				// well we need world readable because that's the only way chrome can read it!
+				// don't worry about their scare-tactic "oooh security holes" warnings: who cares if other apps can read your videos?
+				out = new BufferedOutputStream(activity.openFileOutput(newFileName, Context.MODE_WORLD_READABLE));
+				
+				// copy the file over. it's 2014, we still have to do this by hand?
+				byte buffer[] = new byte[8192];
+				while(in.available() > 0) {
+					int bytesRead = in.read(buffer);
+					
+					if (bytesRead > 0) {
+						out.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
+					}
+				}
+				
+				in.close();
+				out.close();
+				
+				return true;
+			} catch (NotFoundException e) {
+				Log.e(TAG, "Failed to copy video file to data dir.", e);
+			} catch (IOException e) {
+				Log.e(TAG, "Failed to copy video file to data dir.", e);
+			}
+			finally {
+
+				try {
+					if (fd != null) {
+						fd.close();					
+					}
+				} catch (IOException e) {
+					Log.e(TAG, "Failed to fail to copy video file to data dir.", e);
+				}
+					
+				try {
+					if (in != null) {
+						in.close();
+					}
+				} catch (IOException e) {
+					Log.e(TAG, "Failed to fail to copy video file to data dir.", e);
+				}
+					
+				try {
+					if (out != null) {
+						out.close();
+					}
+				} catch (IOException e) {
+					Log.e(TAG, "Failed to fail to copy video file to data dir.", e);
+				}
+			}
+			
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
 }