Autoplay on mobile

Hello John,

mobile devices don’t allow us to autoplay the video. This is due to the bandwidth limits of the mobile internet providers. The restrictions is hardwired to the browsers – user needs to click (touch to play) the video element before any script can work with it.

Thanks,
Martin

Hello John,

it applies to any player using HTML5. Here’s what Apple says about it: “In Safari on iOS (for all devices, including iPad), where the user may be on a cellular network and be charged per data unit, preload and autoplay are disabled.” — https://developer.apple.com/library/safari/documentation/AudioVideo/Conceptual/Using_HTML5_Audio_Video/Device-SpecificConsiderations/Device-SpecificConsiderations.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40009523-CH5-SW1

It may work on some Android phones, as there is more discussion about it, for example here somebody found it doesn’t work in Android KitKat (4.4): https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=63795

Thanks,
Martin