On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 3:40 AM, Fred Grott(Android Expert,
http://mobilebytes.wordpress.com) <[email protected]> wrote:

> proxy http in your  streaming context refers to server side as you
> will not fit a streaming server proxy on android.
>
> He only needs a proxy for his own process, this is totally doable on
Android.


> On Mar 27, 7:39 pm, Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Looking for help with creating an http proxy server via Android. It's
> > a bit difficult to ask this question with examples, etc, because
> > networking isn't familiar to me, which means I don't quite know how to
> > get started, so I'll try to explain: I'm attempting to play an audio
> > stream using Android's MediaPlayer. It's a snap using setDataSource
> > and my URL string... only some phones (those still running Android
> > 1.5) won't play the stream. Through research I've discovered that the
> > problem may reside with the headers associated with my stream URL,
> > that something in them is either missing, wrong, or simply needs to be
> > changed in order for the MediaPlayer not to reject the URL on
> > prepare() (could be length and/or content-type). I've been told that I
> > should attempt to solve the problem by creating an http proxy server
> > in my app, one where I can alter the headers to however I need them,
> > and then attach to the stream through this new proxy... but I haven't
> > the slightest idea on how to do this. Anyone have advice? I'd greatly
> > appreciate a point in the right direction through code, not just
> > suggestions like "look up HttpClient in the SDK", because I've been
> > through all of that and am getting nowhere. Thanks...
>
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