# android

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/android/47709>\
**Category:** Wowza Player\
**Created:** [November 15, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/android/47709 "2016-11-15T01:50:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![jackson\_holly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jackson\_holly](https://community.wowza.com/u/jackson_holly)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/android/47709/1 "2016-11-15T01:50:33Z")

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hello!

I noticed that on android, if player is set “autostart=true” android devices doesn’t play live video streaming.

Somebody know how to solve it?

thx

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**Author:** ![SiggDev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SiggDev](https://community.wowza.com/u/SiggDev)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 10:57am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/android/47709/2 "2016-11-16T10:57:24Z")

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This is by design in android. There may be some versions that allow autostart, but on most at least this cannot be done.

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**Author:** ![Florenti\_Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Florenti\_Cox](https://community.wowza.com/u/Florenti_Cox)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 7:14am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/android/47709/3 "2016-12-07T07:14:29Z")

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> hello!
> 
> I noticed that on android, if player is set “autostart=true” android devices doesn’t play live video streaming.
> 
> Somebody know how to solve it?
> 
> thx

I understand that topic is a little bit old. But updating Android to latest version helped me

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**Author:** ![eduardo\_espinoza\_sua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@eduardo\_espinoza\_sua](https://community.wowza.com/u/eduardo_espinoza_sua)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/android/47709/4 "2016-11-16T13:36:13Z")

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New player released, no matter autoplay be true, on android and ios behavior is false.

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**Author:** ![Michelle\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/michelle_b/32/394_2.png) [@Michelle\_B](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michelle_B)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/android/47709/5 "2016-12-23T17:02:59Z")

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Hi,

Thanks for the update. I’ll make sure to pass this along as well.

Michelle

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**Author:** ![SiggDev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SiggDev](https://community.wowza.com/u/SiggDev)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/android/47709/6 "2016-11-28T10:50:11Z")

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You can find some more details in this thread: [Autostart doesnt play on android devices](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/33725)

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**Author:** ![isabella\_chris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@isabella\_chris](https://community.wowza.com/u/isabella_chris)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/android/47709/7 "2017-04-26T11:56:46Z")

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There may be some versions that allow autostart video, but on most version cannot be done this.