VideoViews

VideoView is a UI widget that is used to display video content to the users within android applications. We can add video in this video view from different resources such as a video stored on the user device, or a video from a server. In this article, we will take a look at How to use Video View in the android application. A sample video is given below to get an idea about what we are going to do in this article. 

 <!-- adding VideoView to the layout -->

    <VideoView

        android:id="@+id/idVideoView"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_below="@id/idTVHeading"

        android:layout_centerInParent="true" />

// Java

// on below line we are creating variables.

    private VideoView videoView;

    // Your Video URL

    String videoUrl = "Paste Your Video URL Here";

    @Override

    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        // on below line we are initializing our variables.

        videoView = findViewById(R.id.idVideoView);

        // Uri object to refer the 

        // resource from the videoUrl

        Uri uri = Uri.parse(videoUrl);

        // sets the resource from the

        // videoUrl to the videoView

        videoView.setVideoURI(uri);

        // creating object of 

        // media controller class

        MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);

        // sets the anchor view 

        // anchor view for the videoView

        mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);

        // sets the media player to the videoView

        mediaController.setMediaPlayer(videoView);

        // sets the media controller to the videoView

        videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);

        // starts the video

        videoView.start();

    }

// Kotlin

// on below line we are creating a variable.

    lateinit var videoView: VideoView

    val videoUrl = "Paste Your Video URL Here"

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)

        // on below line we are initializing our variables.

        videoView = findViewById(R.id.idVideoView)

        // Uri object to refer the

        // resource from the videoUrl

        val uri = Uri.parse(videoUrl)

        // sets the resource from the

        // videoUrl to the videoView

        videoView.setVideoURI(uri)

        // creating object of

        // media controller class

        val mediaController = MediaController(this)

        // sets the anchor view

        // anchor view for the videoView

        mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView)

        // sets the media player to the videoView

        mediaController.setMediaPlayer(videoView)

        // sets the media controller to the videoView

        videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);

        // starts the video

        videoView.start();

    }