I have read on the internet from other discussions on stackoverflow that this is the best way to view a streaming stream without immowing dependencies external to the application:
//videoURL = 'url:3030/stream'
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(videoURL));
startActivity(intent);
Unlike other intentions that link to a class that shows their content, however, this intent shows nothing.
How can I view the contents of this intent?
Simply use a video view and set the Uri to the uri of the stream using the VideoView.setUri(uri) method.
This tutorial talks about this:
https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/streaming-video-in-android-apps--cms-19888
However if you want to stream a live video or some other format not supported by VideoView you can use the vlc-sdk.
Read into this:
http://www.truiton.com/2015/03/stream-rtmp-live-android/
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I am using this snippet to open a video using default Android Video Player:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse("http://my.video/link.mp4"), "video/mp4");
startActivity(intent);
Now I want to display subtitle on the video, my subtitle is provided with a url, example http://my.subtitle/link.srt. I think there would be something simple like this:
intent.putExtra("subtitle", "http://my.subtitle/link.srt");
But it doesn't seem to be simple like that.
Could anyone show me how to do it? Thanks a lot.
In the app I am working on I want to support Netfilx streaming. I intend on doing this by simply starting Netflix and passing a specific URI so it plays a specific video when started. Simple right? Well, the issue is I'm not sure how to pass the video id info in the Intent I use to start the Activity.
I've read the post here , but am unsure where to use this. I used Intent.setData() since it accepts a URI, but to no avail.
Here is what I have been doing (I am hard coding the movie data, this is just for testing purposes) :
// the Netflix intent
Intent intent = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.netflix.mediaclient");
//the uri
Uri uri = Uri.parse("http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70266228&trkid=13462049&ctx=0%2C1%2Ce2bd7b74-6743-4d5e-864f-1cc2568ba0da-61921755");
intent.setData(uri);
//launches but does not go to the video
startActivity(intent);
I've also tried using the URI protocol in the link above like so:
Uri uri = Uri.parse("nflx://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70266228&trkid=13462049&ctx=0%2C1%2Ce2bd7b74-6743-4d5e-864f-1cc2568ba0da-61921755");
but still am not seeing the video play.
I feel like I am missing something simple here, although I have had very little luck Googling for this, I could find next to nothing about starting the Netflix Android app from another application. The Netflix developer resources don't have any info on this.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can do this or where I should be looking for documentation on this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks much!
Just some Android Apps intent names to help anyone.
Format: appName, packageName, className
Skype: com.skype.raider, com.skype.raider.Main
Netflix: com.netflix.mediaclient, com.netflix.mediaclient.ui.launch.UIWebViewActivity
ESexplorer: com.estrongs.android.pop, com.estrongs.android.pop.view.FileExplorerActivity
Youtube: com.google.android.youtube,com.google.android.youtube.HomeActivity
Chrome: com.android.chrome,com.google.android.apps.chrome.Main
VLC: org.videolan.vlc, org.videolan.vlc.gui.MainActivity
MBOXSettings: com.mbx.settingsmbox, com.mbx.settingsmbox.SettingsMboxActivity
I've managed to do this. With the following code. First you need the movieId (or videoId) for netflix, then compose the URL to watch.
String netFlixId = "43598743"; // <== isn't a real movie id
String watchUrl = "http://www.netflix.com/watch/"+netFlixId;
Then with this intent
try {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setClassName("com.netflix.mediaclient", "com.netflix.mediaclient.ui.launch.UIWebViewActivity");
intent.setData(Uri.parse(watchUrl));
startActivity(intent);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
// netflix app isn't installed, send to website.
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(Uri.parse(item.url));
startActivity(intent);
}
I haven't tried with TV Shows yet. But this works beautifully. If you want to send to the profile page of the movie.. Send it to a url formatted this way
http://www.netflix.com/title/324982
I also found out how to search for a title.
try {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEARCH);
intent.setClassName("com.netflix.mediaclient", "com.netflix.mediaclient.ui.search.SearchActivity");
intent.putExtra("query", item.label);
startActivity(intent);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
Toast.makeText(this, "Please install the NetFlix App!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
Here is how to start a movie from an ADB command for com.netflix.mediaclient
adb shell am start -n com.netflix.mediaclient/.ui.launch.UIWebViewActivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d http://www.netflix.com/watch/60000724
I still can't find a way to do it for com.netflix.ninja (Netflix for Android TV)
I want to load images to my app and provide the user with an intent to show all the images available to him/her by using the intent.setType method:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
intent.setType("image/png");
Still, mp4 videos come up in the list even though there is a separate type for videos ("video/mp4") which I don't use (ever).
Is there a way to explicitly prevent videos from being shown in the list? Or is my only bet to check afterwards that the user hasn't selected a video?
The answer is to add this to your intent.
i.setType("image/*");
I call the default audio player using intent. Its playing correctly, but want to hide details of playing URL is display in top of the play.its my coding
String extension = MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(url);
String mimeType = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton().getMimeTypeFromExtension(extension);
Intent mediaIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
mediaIntent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse(url), mimeType);
startActivity(mediaIntent);
This can't be achieved with with such an implicit intent like that. This is because you have no control over the UI that is being used to play the content. In order to solve your problem, You must play the file using a specific class available in the framework.
I have app for play video in android like as
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vlcforandroid.vlcdirectprofree&hl=en
I want to integrate this app in my app. I have Url for video Streaming and i want to open this video in this app(Vlc Direct), Any idea?
I open this app using:
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
PackageManager manager = getPackageManager();
i = manager.getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.vlcdirect.vlcdirect");
i.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
startActivity(i);
But how it start with video streaming, Or any other Player for video Streaming?
More like,
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
i.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.vlcdirect.vlcdirect", "com.vlcdirect.vlcdirect.URLStreamerActivity"));
i.putExtra("url", url);
startActivity(i);
Which supposes that the component, activity, and payload are as shown, and also that the activity is explicitly or implicitly exported -- I don't know the actual values, or if the activity is exported. vlcdirect doesn't document this, but you can
ask the developer, or
view the log as you stream from a URL within that app, to identify the component and activity; dedex and decompile the .apk, to confirm the payload; duplicate payload classes, if necessary; give up and fume after the developer ignores you, if the activity is not exported.
Ideally you would broadcast a "view the stream from this URL" intent, and vlcdirect or any other suitable app would pick it up, but I don't know if vlcdirect or any other app respond to such.
VLC needs to be explicitly told the type:
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
i.setPackage("org.videolan.vlc.betav7neon");
i.setDataAndType(Uri.parse("http://ip:8080"), "video/h264");
startActivity(i);
i.e. just "video/*" wouldn't work for me
Previous answers didn't work me. After a bit of searching I found the official docs here.
Basically, here it is:
int vlcRequestCode = 42; //request code used when finished playing, not necessary if you only use startActivity(vlcIntent)
Uri uri = Uri.parse("file:///storage/emulated/0/Movies/KUNG FURY Official Movie.mp4"); //your file URI
Intent vlcIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
vlcIntent.setPackage("org.videolan.vlc");
vlcIntent.setDataAndTypeAndNormalize(uri, "video/*");
vlcIntent.putExtra("title", "Kung Fury");
vlcIntent.putExtra("from_start", false);
vlcIntent.putExtra("subtitles_location", "/sdcard/Movies/Fifty-Fifty.srt"); //subtitles file
startActivityForResult(vlcIntent, vlcRequestCode);
You can remove unnecessary parts for you.