PlayVideo File Using VideoPlayer in Android

Introduction

This article explains how to play a video using the Video Player in Android.
This application will show you a video when you click on the "Start video" button and hide it when you click on the Stop button. For this you will store a 3gp video file inside the raw folder that you will call on a button click.

Step 1

Create an XML file with the following. In this file you will use two buttons to start the video and to stop the video. Use a VideoView that will show the video on button click at runtime.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    android:orientation="vertical"

    android:layout_width="fill_parent"

    android:layout_height="fill_parent">

 

 

  <Button

    android:id="@+id/playvideoplayer"

    android:layout_width="fill_parent"

    android:layout_height="wrap_content"

    android:text=" PLAY  "/>

   

   <Button

    android:id="@+id/stopvideoplayer"

    android:layout_width="fill_parent"

    android:layout_height="wrap_content"

    android:text=" STOP "/>

   

   <VideoView

    android:id="@+id/viewvideo"

    android:layout_width="fill_parent"

    android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

 

</LinearLayout>

Step 2

Create a Java class file with the following:
 

package com.example.thread;

 

import android.app.Activity;

import android.graphics.PixelFormat;

import android.media.MediaPlayer;

import android.net.Uri;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.view.SurfaceHolder;

import android.view.SurfaceView;

import android.view.View;

import android.view.View.OnClickListener;

import android.widget.Button;

import android.widget.VideoView;

 

 

//In your class file you will extends the Activity class that provides you the onCreate() on which the compiler come first. Now implements the SurfaceHolder interface to play a video.

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements SurfaceHolder.Callback{

 

    MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;

    SurfaceView surfaceView;

    SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder;

    boolean pausing = false;

    Button stopVideo;

    

    // this method is provided by the Activity class on which the compiler comes first when you run the application.Called when the activity is first created/

    @Override

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        

        Button PlayVideo = (Button)findViewById(R.id.playvideoplayer);

        stopVideo = (Button)findViewById(R.id.stopvideoplayer); 

        getWindow().setFormat(PixelFormat.UNKNOWN);

       

        //Displays a video file.  

        final VideoView mVideo = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.viewvideo);

        
     //set the playvideo button on its clickListener. So when you click on the button videoview will be display a video
 

         PlayVideo.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

 

            @Override

            public void onClick(View v) {

            
                VideoView mVideo = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.viewvideo);                   

         
                //path of you video file.
                 String Path = "android.resource://com.example.thread/"+R.raw.k;                  
                    Uri uri = Uri.parse(Path);

                    mVideo.setVideoURI(uri);

                    mVideo.requestFocus();

                    mVideo.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

                    mVideo.start();

            }});

    

    stopVideo.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

             

              @Override

              public void onClick(View v) {

                     // TODO Auto-generated method stub           

               // on button click the video will be stop     
               mVideo.stopPlayback();

               mVideo.setVisibility(View.GONE);

              }

       });

    }

   

    @Override

    public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width,

            int height) {

        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }

 

    @Override

    public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {

        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }

 

    @Override

    public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {

        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        

    }

}

Step 3

Android Manifest.xml file with the following:
 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    package="com.example.thread"

    android:versionCode="1"

    android:versionName="1.0" >

 

    <uses-sdk

        android:minSdkVersion="8"

        android:targetSdkVersion="18" />

 

    <application

        android:allowBackup="true"

        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"

        android:label="@string/app_name"

        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

        <activity

            android:name="com.example.thread.MainActivity"

            android:label="@string/app_name" >

            <intent-filter>

                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

 

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />

            </intent-filter>

        </activity>

    </application>

</manifest>

 

Step 4

When you run the application:

Click on the play button.


 

  

Click on "Stop"; your video will be hidden.