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Using MediaPlayer and VideoView to Show Video Scott A. Thisse January 22, 2014
Using VideoView and MediaPlayer to Show Video
We'll be looking at two ways to display video content on Android: ●
VideoView widget
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MediaPlayer class
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VideoView Widget
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Simplest method to use
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Wrapper around MediaPlayer class
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Just include in a layout and tell it what/when to play
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VideoView Example /res/layout/main.xml:
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VideoView Example, cont /src/org.tbadg/VideoViewActivity.java: package org.tbadg; import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.widget.VideoView; public class VideoViewActivity extends Activity { private VideoView videoView; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.video);
}
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videoView.setVideoPath("/mnt/sdcard/Movies/bbb.mp4"); videoView.start();
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Screenshot of VideoView
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VideoView Playback Controls
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Probably want to have playback controls
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Add and cross-link a MediaController object
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Playback controls will appear when the VideoView widget is touched
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VideoView with Controls Example
Add the following, along with the required import, to VideoViewActivity.java before the call to start playing the video: // Create and cross-link a controller overlay: MediaController mc; mc = new MediaController(this); mc.setMediaPlayer(videoView); videoView.setMediaController(mc);
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Screenshot of VideoView with Controls
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VideoView Widget
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Remote videos can be played, but the file format requirements are more stringent See the Android developer reference for a few additional settings and methods More complicated uses may require the use of the more capable MediaPlayer widget
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MediaPlayer Class
Playing video with the MediaPlayer widget is more complicated: ●
Requires strict adherence to a state machine
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Need to supply a Surface object
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MediaPlayer Class State Machine
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MediaPlayer
It's not as bad as it looks: ● Just have to always know which state you're currently in ●
This is fairly easy if you always utilize callbacks to handle the transitions
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MediaPlayer Demo
Let's walk through a demo utilizing the MediaPlayer widget...
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Screenshot of MediaPlayer Demo
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References Big Buck Bunny (2008). Retrieved January 22, 2014, from https://archive.org/download/BigBuckBunny_328/BigBuckBunny_512kb.mp4 Komatineni, S. et al. (2012). Pro Android 4. New York, New York: Apress MediaPlayer (2014). Retrieved January 22, 2014, from http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaPlayer.html Murphy, M. (2014). The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development 5.5. Retrieved January 22, 2014 from http://commonsware.com VideoView (2014). Retrieved January 22, 2014, from http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/VideoView.html
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Q&A
Questions?
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