Showbox, you may prefer to play the content in the VLC player app but Showbox sometimes loads the content in the android video player.
You can always use a different player such as MX player.
To fix this issue, take the following steps:
NOTE: The steps provided below are for Android v6.0.1 (marshmallow). Other versions will have settings located in slightly different places. Please Google your android version for aid in locating certain settings mentioned.
Step1) Clear APP defaults:
On your android device go to Settings > Apps.
In here for each APP listed below, click on the APP, scroll down and click on "Open by default", then click on "clear defaults":
a. Gallery
b. Showbox
c. VLC player
d. Any other player you may have (such as MX player)
Step 2) Reboot your device after these settings
Step 3) Open Showbox, select the content you wish to play. On the quality selection popup (e.g. 360, 480, 720), click on the "3 dotted vertical line" (options) and make sure that the player selected is "OTHER PLAYER...". Server and subtitles can be set at your discretion.
Step 4) Play the content by selecting the quality as mentioned above (e.g. 360/480/720) and click on "Watch Now". When prompted with "Open with", select your player (in my case VLC) followed by "ALWAYS" in the bottom right of this popup window.
SUCCESS! All your content for Showbox should now play in your selected player.
Note: You may have to select the VLC > ALWAYS on more than one occasion. Annoying but at least it plays in my preferred player :)
