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View Video on Mobile

  • May 11, 2018
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I've uploaded a video as a file attachment and put the file's URL as a button on the dashboard.

The video downloads fine from the desktop site, but won't in Mobile view.

Is this feature not available for mobile? 

Thanks!
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    Hi Heather,

    I've tried to actually embed a playable video on dashboards, using the web page widget and some simple HTML 5 markup. It works great on the desktop but for mobile you will be presented with a URL like my first screenshot below. However, upon clicking this link from mobile, you will be directed to a page where you can play/download the video. Would that work? HTML code below as well.

    1) put the below code in a code page in QB--replacing my URL in quotes (src="....") with your video's URL. Call it something like "videoembed.html"

    2) display videoembed.html page in a website widget in a dashboard page (copy the URL from the page preview and paste that into the web widget)

    Let me know if you have any questions!

    Charlie

    Code page snippet:

    <!DOCTYPE html> 
    <html> 
    <body> 

    <video width="400" controls>
      <source src="https://mcftech.quickbase.com/up/....."; type="video/mp4">
      Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
    </video>
    </body> 
    </html>

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    Mobile 1: 


    Mobile 2 (you can play directly in your mobile browser + download to your device via the button in the bottom right corner): 

    • RyanStanford1
    • Quickbase Alumni
    • May 29, 2019
    Hey Charlie, this is exactly what I'm looking for... My issue is that I'm having trouble with the notation for the source link... any insight would be greatly appreciated. I keep getting invalid link.
    AdamKeever1
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    • AdamKeever1
    • Quickbase Alumni
    • July 13, 2019
    You can use the iframe technique from the magic buttons app.

    create a formula rich text field, [iframe], and give it the following code:
    "<video src = " & URLRoot() &"up/"& Dbid() &"/a/r"& [Record ID#]&"/e9/v0\" width=\"500\" controls>\n</video>"

    rename the [attachment] field to whatever yours is named.

    create a report link field, [link], and set the field relationship as follows:


    In my example the app name is QB Developer Resources and the table name is Tests; set the relationship to match your app and table name.

    Next add the link field to your form and it will display the video and the user can play the video on the form.




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