Audio Video Network protocols supported by Android OS Devices

If you are planning to develop an Android Application that makes use of Audio/Video playback, then as an app developer you should know what network protocols are supported by the Android platform based devices,

Below is a list of network protocols that are supported for playback of Audio and Video formats on Android OS (devices),

1. HTTP/HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol (Secure) progressive streaming
2. RTSP: Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTP, SDP)
3. HTTP/HTTPS: live streaming draft protocol:
• MPEG-2: TS media files only
• Protocol version 3: (Android 4.0 and above)
• Protocol version 2: (Android 3.x)

⚡️Note: HTTPS is not supported before the Android 3.1 version for audio/video playback.

Know more: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/media-formats