You did not use the html file to display the video. This will autoplay AND NOT SHOW ANY CONTROLS
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I can't post the video because it contains private pictures. It's not the video either, I can play it with the video playback and then it starts automatically. For me, it's all about the controls, they should go. I would like to do it like this, start the app, watch the video when the video is finished then swipe the video away and go to the menu or second screen.
Please try my example aia
Ok, I've tested the .aia, it's a video of a bear without controls, fine. How does it work with the video .html, I have no experience of it at all
Here is a slightly upgraded version
htmlVidv2.aia (304.5 KB)
With this one, the video is played on screen initialise, then sets a button enabled when the video is finished. Pressing the button takes you to another arrangement.
Think of the html file as a container for the video, which also supplies instructions of how the video should be handled,e.g. setting the video size, and for it to autoplay. (muted is required in order for autoplay to work. The preload setting should load an image of the first frame)
I added some css in order to centre the video on the webviewer, and a small script to capture when the video has ended, and returning a message using the webviewstring.
The video file and the html file MUST be in the same location(folder) for this to work.
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Hi, I managed to play my video. Now I have another question: when I start the app and the video is playing, when I touch the display, the control element comes back. A plus and minus like in the picture, where does that come from, from the web viewer from the app inventor or from the cell phone,how do I get rid of it?
This has nothing to do with Video control elements but with the WebViewer (itself).
Ok then you can't influence that? Is there no other way to play a video when the app is started without controls?
You must disable Zoom for that. (It's not removed automatically.)
Just as for using custom webview 
Further update, removing zoom controls
htmlVidv3.aia (320.9 KB)
(note: video.html; video size has been edited)
Not for me on Android 13 (companion). Odd....
Google Pixel 4XL. On a Pixel 2XL, Android 11 and Galaxy Note8, Android 9 it seems to work.
But my aia works on all - doesn't it?
Hi, I've managed to run video without controls. The video is displayed fullscreen on my xiaomi Note Pro 11 Plus. I'll send the aia then you can see for yourself.Thank you for your help, it was very instructive for me.
htmlVid4.aia (319.8 KB)
Mine tested on Google Pixel 4a, so it "should" work....