Hello Readers! In this post, we are going to learn about how to use android videoView widget in any android application. We will also go through different attributes of videoView widget that can be used to customise it.

Output

Tutorialwing Android VideoView Output

Getting Started

VideoView widget can be defined as below –

VideoView is subclass of View that are used to display video resources.

Attributes of Android VideoView Widget

Some of the popular attributes of videoView are –

Example of Android VideoView Widget

At first, we will create android application. Then, we will use VideoView widget in this application.

1. Creating New Project

Follow steps below to create new project. Please ignore the steps if you have already created a new application.

Now, we will modify xml and java file to use android videoView widget in the application.

2. Modify Values folder

Open res/values/strings.xml file. Then, add below code into it.

<resources>
	<string name="app_name">VideoView</string>
	<string name="play">Play</string>
	<string name="pause">Pause</string>
	<string name="paused">Paused…</string>
	<string name="playing">Playing…</string>
</resources>

3. Use VideoView Widget in xml file

Open res/layout/activity_main.xml file. Then, add below code into it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
	xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	android:layout_width="match_parent"
	android:layout_height="match_parent"
	android:gravity="center"
	android:orientation="vertical">

	<Button
		android:id="@+id/button"
		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
		android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
		android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
		android:text="@string/play"/>

	<VideoView
		android:id="@+id/videoView"
		android:layout_width="match_parent"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
		android:layout_margin="5dp"/>

</LinearLayout>

In activity_main.xml file, we have defined VideoView and Button widgets. Now, we will access these widgets in java file in the application.

4. Access VideoView Widget in java file

Open src/main/java/com.tutorialwing.videoview/MainActivity.java file. Then, add below code into it.

package com.tutorialwing.videoview;

import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

		final VideoView videoView = findViewById(R.id.videoView);
		if (videoView != null) {
			String path = "android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/" + R.raw.a;
			videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(path));
		}

		final Button button = findViewById(R.id.button);
		if (button != null) {
			button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
				@Override
				public void onClick(View v) {
					if (videoView != null) {
						boolean isPlaying = videoView.isPlaying();
						button.setText(isPlaying ? R.string.play : R.string.pause);

						String msg = getString(isPlaying ? R.string.paused : R.string.playing);
						Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, msg, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
						if (isPlaying) {
							videoView.pause();
						} else {
							videoView.start();
						}
					}
				}
			});
		}
	}
}

In MainActivity.java file, we have accessed android videoView widget. Then, we accessed video resource that was stored in res/raw folder. After that, we have set video resource to videoView. At last, we set click listener to button that play/pause video in videoView. If video is already playing, we pause the video. otherwise, we play the video when button is clicked. Method videoView.start() is being called to play the video. Method videoView.pause() is being called to pause the video.

Since AndroidManifest.xml file is very important in any android application, we are also going to see the content inside this file.

AndroidManifest.xml

Code inside src/main/AndroidManifest.xml file is as below –

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest package="com.tutorialwing.videoview"
		  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

	<application
		android:allowBackup="true"
		android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
		android:label="@string/app_name"
		android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
		android:supportsRtl="true"
		android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
		<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
			<intent-filter>
				<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>

				<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
			</intent-filter>
		</activity>
	</application>

</manifest>

When we run the program, we will get output as shown above.

That’s end of tutorial on Android VideoView widget.