play/pause methods don't work in android webviews unless video is muted

[Threstle]

Expected Behavior

We should be able to control the video with play/pause methods.

Actual Behavior

It just fails silently in android webviews (works fine on iOS), unless the video is muted.

Steps to Reproduce

Open the following codepen in a webview and try to click on the play button : https://codepen.io/Threstle/pen/ExgaRVj I have made a fake instagram account with the link of the codepen in the bio in order to be able to open it in a webview quickly. Look for threstle3

[luwes]

@Threstle is this related to the autoplay policies?

have you tried something like? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38975229/auto-play-video-in-webview