Android - play a song by url

[Martin Lazarov]

Hello, is it possible to play a song by a given url in Android? For example given this url: "http://www.rdio.com/artist/DJ_Party/album/Dance_Hits_Party_Vol._1/track/Better_Off_Alone/" to start playing the song. 

[Devin Sevilla]

Hi Martin!

If the Rdio Android app is installed on the phone, you can replace the
`http` URI scheme with `rdio`. It doesn't support auto-play, so the
user will need tap play. Make sure to checkout our mobile app launch
guide[1].

[1]: http://www.rdio.com/developers/docs/guides/mobile-uris/

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Devin Sevilla
API Engineer, Rdio Inc.
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[Martin Lazarov]

Dear Devin,
I also tried to run the example hello-android app. I did everything as it was described in the guide for Android, but when I run the application it just keeps buffering and it does not add any tracks to the trackQueue. Can you give me more information how I can connect from my Android app to Rdio services and stream music from Rdio?

[Devin Sevilla]

Ah! I didn't realize you were using the Android SDK. The Android SDK
accepts Rdio object keys for playback, not URLs. You'll need to use
something like the getObjectFromUrl[1] to figure out the key.

If you're already using object keys, it would be helpful to see a log
and sample code. If you would prefer to share that information in
private, you can email develope...@rd.io

[1]: http://www.rdio.com/developers/docs/web-service/methods/core/ref-getobjectfromurl

-- Devin