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Output

Tutorialwing Android Dynamic VideoView Output
Getting Started
At first, we will create android project. Then, we will create and use videoView programmatically in kotlin file.
1. Creating New Project in Kotlin
Follow the steps below to create new project. Please ignore the steps if you have already created a new project.
Step | Description |
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1. | Open Android Studio. |
2. | Go to File => New => New Project. Write application name as DynamicVideoView. Then, check Include Kotlin Support and click next button. |
3. | Select minimum SDK you need. However, we have selected 17 as minimum SDK. Then, click next button |
4. | Then, select Empty Activity => click next => click finish. |
5. | At this point, You will get a newly created android project successfully. |
Now, we will modify xml and kotlin file to use videoView dynamically.
2. Modify Values Folder
Open res/values/strings.xml file. Then, add below code into it.
<resources> <string name="app_name">DynamicVideoView</string> <string name="play">Play</string> <string name="pause">Pause</string> <string name="paused">Paused…</string> <string name="playing">Playing…</string> </resources>
3. Modify Layout Folder
Open res/layout/activity_main.xml file. Then, add below code into it.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/rootContainer" 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_margin="5dp" android:text="@string/play"/> </LinearLayout>
In activity_main.xml file, we defined a button and linearLayout, with id rootContainer, that will act as container for the videoVide widget created programmatically in kotlin file in the application.
4. Create Android VideoView Programmatically / Dynamically in Kotlin
Open app/src/main/java/com.tutorialwing.dynamicvideoview/MainActivity.kt file. Then, add below code into it.
package com.tutorialwing.dynamicvideoview import android.net.Uri import android.os.Bundle import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity import android.view.ViewGroup import android.widget.Button import android.widget.LinearLayout import android.widget.Toast import android.widget.VideoView class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() { override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) setContentView(R.layout.activity_main) val videoView = VideoView(this) val layoutParams = LinearLayout.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT) layoutParams.setMargins(10, 10, 10, 10) videoView.layoutParams = layoutParams val path = "android.resource://" + packageName + "/" + R.raw.a videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(path)) val linearLayout = findViewById<LinearLayout>(R.id.rootContainer) // Add VideoView to LinearLayout linearLayout?.addView(videoView) val button = findViewById<Button>(R.id.button) button?.setOnClickListener { val isPlaying = videoView.isPlaying button.setText(if (isPlaying) R.string.play else R.string.pause) val msg = getString(if (isPlaying) R.string.paused else R.string.playing) Toast.makeText(this@MainActivity, msg, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show() if (isPlaying) { videoView.pause() } else { videoView.start() } } } }
We have created videoView programmatically in kotlin file (i.e. in MainActivity.kt file). Then, we have set it’s layout params, margins. Then, we accessed video resource stored in res/raw folder. After that, we set video resource to videoView. Then, added videoView in linearLayout. At last, We have set click listener to button play/pause video in videoView. If Video is already playing, it will be paused otherwise, it will be played.
Since AndroidManifest.xml file is very important in any android application, we are also going to see the content inside this file.
AndroidManifest.xml file
Code inside src/main/AndroidManifest.xml file is –
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest package="com.tutorialwing.dynamicvideoview" 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 our tutorial on Creating Android videoView Programmatically in Kotlin.