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jwplayer().play() on mobile devices

Hi,
Does jwplayer().play() should work on mobile browsers?

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developer

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a bit nicer

<script>
function play(b){
jwplayer(b).play();
}
</script>

<div onclick="play(this.getAttribute['data-id']);" data-id="YOUR-JWPlayer-ID">Play</div>

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developer

User  
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YES

on iOS auto play doesn't work...

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ben1189

User  
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I just try it again with no success.
I'm using chrome inspect to debug chrome 36 on galaxy s3.
the player is in buffering mode and doesn't play.
(test this:http://support.jwplayer.com/customer/portal/articles/1406723-mp4-video-embed)

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developer

User  
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<script>function play(){
jwplayer("container").play();
}
</script>

<div onclick="play">Play</div>


should work ;-)

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developer

User  
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"container" is the ID of your jwPlayer, you define in setup ...

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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play() should work fine, as long as it is from a link on the page, for example.

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developer

Best Answer  User  
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a bit nicer

<script>
function play(b){
jwplayer(b).play();
}
</script>

<div onclick="play(this.getAttribute['data-id']);" data-id="YOUR-JWPlayer-ID">Play</div>

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ben1189

User  
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@Ethan,
please check this example:
http://jsfiddle.net/UAR3U/30/show
player start after 5 seconds by using jwplayer().play();
works fine in desktop but not in mobile.

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developer

User  
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this can not work - you simulate a auto play function with the setTimeout() or setInterval() function.

if you try this with a button, it will work...

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Exactly. This is trying to fake autostart on mobile.

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ben1189

User  
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Thank you both

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Np

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nasirbashir

User  
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can i use this JW player on nokia xl please answer i am wating

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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No…

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kevinvw2000

User  
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Do you know how YouTube's mobile web page works? (It sort of auto plays).

(On iPhone 5) -

You go to http://m.youtube.com and it shows you a bunch of images of videos.
When you touch one of the images it then appears to reload the page with a query string - e.g.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PkWxVG77xVk

And as soon as the page reloads, the video starts to play.

Is it possible to do something similar with JWPlayer ?

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