Full source code to use a VideoView to play a local video file in our app. We will also add a MediaController and display it on top of our VideoView
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="tech.codingpoint.videoviewexample.MainActivity">
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">
<VideoView
android:id="@+id/video_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</FrameLayout>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
MainActivity.java
package tech.codingpoint.videoviewexample;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.VideoView;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
VideoView videoView = findViewById(R.id.video_view);
String videoPath = "android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/" + R.raw.video;
Uri uri = Uri.parse(videoPath);
videoView.setVideoURI(uri);
MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);
}
}