The invention provides a method for playing shared content of an android device by using an iOS device. The method comprises the following steps that 1) the iOS device establishes a UPnP connection with the android device satisfying a requirement by searching services provided by the android device in the same local area network; and 2) the iOS device sends a browse control service request to the connected android device through a SOAP protocol; the connected android device provides the URL address of a media file for the iOS device in response to the service request; and the iOS device receives the media file according to the URL address and transmits to a built-in media player the media file to be played. The method is simple and feasible and easy to expand.