How to play m3u8 on Android?

Following this link trail:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=14646

->

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=16884

->

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=17118

(ARGGGGH!)

Gives the answer in the end:

basically in Android v2.3 & v3.0, use the non-standard httplive:// scheme,
in 3.1 use http:// but with some code workaround in how you call the relevant methods in the media framework.

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