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Is there any way to use native android player for videos?

I'm developing an android app and I wanted to do something like that:
I have simple button and when I press it, the android native player pops with video up

Intent intent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
Uri data = Uri.parse(Path to video file);
intent.setDataAndType(data, "video/mp4");
startActivity(intent);
use this if you don't want to use videoview

Play song on default music player - android

My app show list of song from sd card. I want to be able to play the song on the default player. I've got all the data about the song: id, title, album, artist, path...
Is there a way to launch the default player to play the song?
What I've tried:
Using Intent.CATEGORY_APP_MUSIC. I can launch the default player, but can't set the song.
Intent.makeMainSelectorActivity(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, Intent.CATEGORY_APP_MUSIC) open the default music app.
Howeverintent.setData(Uri.withAppendedPath(MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, id)) throws exception that intent not found.
Using deprecated MediaStore.INTENT_ACTION_MUSIC_PLAYER. Activity not found.
Intent(MediaStore.INTENT_ACTION_MUSIC_PLAYER).setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(songFile), "audio/*")
Using INTENT_ACTION_MEDIA_PLAY_FROM_SEARCH. Launch the search, but not the song, says couldn't prepare mix on Play music. However, it works from Google now, so it may be the key.
Intent(MediaStore.INTENT_ACTION_MEDIA_PLAY_FROM_SEARCH).putExtra(SearchManager.QUERY, name)
Using ACTION_VIEW. it works but it launch a compact version of the player, and I want the full player.
Note: I want to launch External player, not in my app.
Update: Looks like Google Now hardcoded Play Music and Youtube support.

If you would like to start the default music player app on the device, should try this:
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
File file = new File(YOUR_SONG_URI);
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(file), "audio/*");
startActivity(intent);

it is launching a compact version for playing as that app has implemented it that way,
you can find many 3rd party app that open the full app with
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
File file = new File(YOUR_SONG_URI);
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(file), "audio/*");
startActivity(intent);
as you already tried this

Try with something simple like this:
MediaPlayer mp = new MediaPlayer();
mp.setLooping(true);
try {
mp.setDataSource(mFile); //mFile is the path to your mp3 file
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
try {
mp.prepare();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
mp.start();
And one more example with MadiaPlayer and file saved in res/raw/ directory:
MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(context, R.raw.sound_file_1);
mediaPlayer.start(); // no need to call prepare(); create() does that for you
More about: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/mediaplayer.html

Intent musicIntent = new Intent();
//use Action VIEW to launch app
musicIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
String mimeType = getMimeTypeFromFile(); // in your case it is audio
Uri uri = " yourfile uri";
musicIntent.setDataAndType(uri,mimeType);
startActivity(intent);
The default view application will be opened if the mime type is changed, for video mime-type video player will be opened, for audio music player and for image gallery.
If there are multiple player then Resolver activity will be opened.
Don’t forget to catch ActivityNotFoundException
In Music player for ACTION_VIEW AudioPreview activty is called with priority. there are other activities which handle this action , just check once with action "com.android.music.PLAYBACK_VIEWER" instead of ACTION_VIEW or with it.

Start default music app in Android and play file

I have app where I have url of media file.
I wish if I could start Music and Video app and play file.
Is there any chance to do that.
I dont want to write my own media player app.

Create an ACTION_VIEW intent with the path to your media file and include the type of media you want to play.
String audioPath = "path/to/audio.mp3";
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
// set the data and type, for movies this would be video/*
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse(audioPath), "audio/*");
getContext().startActivity(intent);
You don't have to set the type, but I would suggest doing so. Setting the type will limit the activities to activities that know how to handle the given type.

android: using default video player

I have an application that plays video files.
I have been using code for using Videoview and starting the Videoview manually to play video files. However, I just wanted to know if I can use the default media player or video player of android rather than creating or using the VideoView to play the file..
Please make comments if the question is not clear.
Thanks alot

Sure - just use an Intent with the file Uri.
File file = new File("fileUri");
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(file), "video/*");
startActivity(intent);

Play audio files with default player

I want to play an MP3 file using the default Android player. I managed to get the file playing but it plays in the background. I want to have all the nice controls for pausing, playing, etc.
My code now is something like:
String link = "http://www.example.com/file.mp3";
MediaPlayer mp = new MediaPlayer();
mp.setDataSource(link);
mp.prepare();
mp.start();
How can I do it that when this file begins to play to go to another screen with the player and all the nice controls?

The MediaPlayer class should be used when you want to implement your own media player. If you want to use an existing player, you'll have to launch the appropriate intent, for example:
Uri uri = Uri.parse("http://www.site.com/file.mp3");
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
startActivity(intent);
If the particular Action doesn't work, take a look here: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html