How to get mp4 files to play in a mobile app?

Question

We've built a React Native mobile app and use REST and search apis and Azure authentication to grab Sharepoint content. Embedded videos don't play in the app (ios or android). When I extract a Sharepoint hosted mp4 file url from the canvascontent1 field within the app, it asks for authentication and then does nothing. The url structure is: tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename/siteassets/filename.mp4.
Videos do play in Msft's Sharepoint app so need a way to replicate how they're doing it.

Answer 1

Hi @matt howell ,
We should confirm the authentication has full control permission to the sharepoint.
The Permission Request XML should be like:

<AppPermissionRequests AllowAppOnlyPolicy="true">  
<AppPermissionRequest Scope="http://sharepoint/content/sitecollection" Right="FullControl" />  
</AppPermissionRequests>  

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