This below activity works fine but the mediaController display only if I click on the screen. And the second problem is the media controller display only for 3 sec. what should I do to remove this problem?
public class PlayingActivity extends Activity
{
private VideoView mVideoView;
private EditText mPath;
MediaController mediaController;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.playingactivity);
mPath = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.path);
mPath.setText(GlobalVariable.getstrEmail());
mVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.surface_view);
Uri uri = Uri.parse("/sdcard/download/test.mp3");
mediaController = new MediaController(this);
mediaController.findFocus();
mediaController.setEnabled(true);
mediaController.show(0);
mediaController.setAnchorView(mVideoView);
mVideoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
mVideoView.setVideoURI(uri);
mVideoView.start();
}
}
mediaController.requestFocus();
will make it display as soon as the video starts ( without requiring the click)
and
mVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
mediaController.show(0);
}
});
Will keep it on the screen.
Hope it helps
Requesting focus or specifying 0 in show method never worked for me.
The problem is that MediaController class has default timeout of 3000ms or 3seconds. And its show() method replaces our given parameter to its default parameter. Its a stupid bug resulting from untested code at Google.
We need to implement a lousy workaround of replacing the default value by desired value.
Try the below code. It should work.
mediaControls = new MediaController(getActivity()){
#Override
public void show (int timeout){
if(timeout == 3000) timeout = 20000; //Set to desired number
super.show(timeout);
}
};
mVideoView.setMediaController(mediaControls);
Neo's suggestions are perfect. But I would like to add "mp.start()" to onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) method, without which the media file won't start playing.
There are two main problem in MediaController:
auto hide is 3s by default
Tapping on the video shows/hide the control bar
For the first part it's easly fixed changing the default timeout value of start to zero (zero means indefinite,it is used internally as the video starts) like this:
mediaController = new MediaController(this){
#Override
public void show() {
super.show(0);//Default no auto hide timeout
}
};
The second problem is a little tricky because the click handler is declared as private and final so we do not have any control on that.
My solution is to use another function to set visibility and disable the hide function like this:
mediaController = new MediaController(this){
#Override
public void show() {
super.show(0);//Default no auto hide timeout
}
#Override
public void hide() {
//DOES NOTHING
}
void setVisible(boolean visible){//USE THIS FUNCTION INSTEAD
if(visible)
super.show();
else
super.hide();
}
};
You can also add a variable to re-enable standard functionality if visibility is set to false like so:
mediaController = new MediaController(this){
private boolean forceVisible=false;
#Override
public void show() {
super.show(0);//Default no auto hide timeout
}
#Override
public void hide() {
if(!forceVisible)super.hide();
}
void setVisible(boolean visible){
forceVisible=visible;
if(visible)
super.show();
else
super.hide();
}
};
Related
Using the following code I can play a video on android in a new Activity. I would however like to preload the video (during a loading screen) and then show it when it is fully loaded. Is it possible to perhaps somehow trigger the activity to show later? In theory It would also be ok to not use a different activity.
public class VideoPlayer extends Activity implements OnCompletionListener,OnPreparedListener
{
private VideoView mVV;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle b) {
super.onCreate(b);
setContentView(R.layout.videoplayer);
String url = getIntent().getStringExtra("url");
if(url == null)
finish();
mVV = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.myvideoview);
mVV.setOnCompletionListener(this);
mVV.setOnPreparedListener(this);
mVV.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(url));
mVV.start();
}
public void stopPlaying() {
mVV.stopPlayback();
this.finish();
}
#Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
finish();
}
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
}
}
from my main activity:
private void playVideo(String url) {
Intent videoPlaybackActivity = new Intent(this, VideoPlayer.class);
videoPlaybackActivity.putExtra("url", url);
startActivity(videoPlaybackActivity);
}
I presume I can use the onPrepared function, but I'm not sure how to do the activity triggering to show the activity later.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/VideoView.htmlHere are the methods for the VideoView. So there is indeed a:
setOnPreparedListener(MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener l)
Probably the best way is to use fragments in the activity and show the fragment in the activity where the mVV = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.myvideoview); is declared when the onprepared is called.
Or hide and show the view in the activity. (using fragments is probably nicer).
Think that will work and that that is what you wanted?
Good afternoon/morning! Hoping someone could help me out with a small problem I'm having. I'm playing a remote .mp3 file using a VideoView and a custom MediaController.
My MediaController looks like this:
public class MyMediaController extends MediaController {
public MyMediaController(Context context) {
super(context);
}
// Do nothing on the overridden hide method so the playback controls will never go away.
#Override
public void hide() {
}
// Override the dispatchKeyEvent function to capture the back KeyEvent and tell the activity to finish.
#Override
public boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent event)
{
if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK)
{
((Activity) getContext()).finish();
}
return super.dispatchKeyEvent(event);
}
}
And my code to attach it to my VideoView looks like this:
VideoView videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.VideoView);
// Use our own media controller, which inherits from the standard one. Do this to keep
// playback controls from disappearing.
mediaController = new MyMediaController(this);
mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);
Uri video = Uri.parse(URL);
videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
videoView.setVideoURI(video);
// Set a handler that will show the playback controls as soon as audio starts.
videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer arg0) {
mediaController.show();
}
});
videoView.start();
The problem I'm having is that when the .mp3 file starts playing, the control bar at the bottom has the "Play" button showing (i.e. triangle) instead of the "Pause" button (two parallel bars) even though the audio is already playing. Anyone know how to fix this?
EDIT 1:
I'd also be interested in any other solutions for playing a remote .mp3. The only requirements I have are that the user can pause/play the audio and also see what the name of the audio file (title) is.
Thank you!
Try This : It solved the Issue For Me.
mMediaPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
mp.start();
mMediaController.show();
}
});
Simply:
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer arg0) {
if (mediaController.isShowing==false) {mediaController.show();}
}
I have a problem in running a video in Samsung S3(Android 4.1.1), the issue seems to be because the videoview is on a fragment because if I put it on and activity, it works.
Also I found out that if I turn on the GPU hardware acceleration on, the video works.
I have also a game made by drawing on a SurfaceView and that view doesn't work as well(only with GPU on)... The rest of the app content is displayed as it supposed to (buttons and other layouts).
I tested the app on Nexus S and on the emulator and it works fine, also on other devices..
Does anyone know what the problem could be?
Thank you!
And here is the code:
public class VideoFragment extends Fragment implements MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener,
MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener, MediaPlayer.OnErrorListener {
private Video mVideo;
private VideoView mVideoView;
// The video position
private int mPosition;
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View fragmentView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.screen_video, container, false);
mVideoView = (VideoView) fragmentView.findViewById(R.id.VideoView);
return fragmentView;
}
#Override
public void onPause() {
super.onPause();
// Pause the video if it is playing
if (mVideoView.isPlaying()) {
mVideoView.pause();
}
// Save the current video position
mPosition = mVideoView.getCurrentPosition();
}
#Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
mVideoView.setOnCompletionListener(this);
mVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(this);
mVideoView.setOnErrorListener(this);
mVideoView.setKeepScreenOn(true);
// Initialize the media controller
MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(getActivity());
mediaController.setMediaPlayer(mVideoView);
// Set-up the video view
mVideoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
mVideoView.requestFocus();
mVideoView.setVideoPath(mVideo.getUrl());
if (mVideoView != null) {
// Restore the video position
mVideoView.seekTo(mPosition);
mVideoView.requestFocus();
}
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
// Clean-up
if (mVideoView != null) {
mVideoView.stopPlayback();
mVideoView = null;
}
}
#Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
Log.e("VIDEO PLAY", "end video play");
}
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
// Start the video view
mediaPlayer.start();
Log.e("VIDEO PLAY", "video ready for playback");
}
#Override
public boolean onError(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer, int i, int i1) {
Log.e("VIDEO PLAY", "error: " + i);
return true;
}
}
I don't think it's something related to context(Application or Activity).. because on all other devices the Video and the games are displayed..
Thanks for the help!
I have a similar problem, and i solved it changing:
MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(getActivity().getApplicationContext());
to this (In a fragmet):
MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(getActivity());
Hope this helps,...
EDIT
Look at this class
http://code.google.com/p/sinaweibo-honeycomb/source/browse/branches/sinaweibo-merged/src/com/lenovo/dll/SinaWeibo/VideoFragment.java?r=71
If hardware acceleration fixes your issue then I would enable it for that view/window on that device.
In general I've found that when code works on one device but not another it is typically caused by one of the following problems:
Bug in the manufacturer's API implementation
Different interpretation of the API by the manufacturer
Concurrency problem (e.g. race condition, improper synchronization) in your own code that happens to trigger more frequently on a particular device
As far as I can tell you seem to be using the UI thread appropriately so I would imagine your issue falls into one of the first two categories and you'll just need to work around it.
Move MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(getActivity()) from onResume() to onCreateView.
I am new to android and want to play videos one after another simultaneously so that it looks like continuous video.
I have found this link on stackoverflow very helpful. how-to-play-videos-one-after-another-simultaneously
When I am using this then though I am able to play videos one after another,
But switching from one segment to other results in pause the video for a second before playing next one. So It don't looks like continuous videos due to this.
Please help me to resolve my problem.
Here is my Code.
public class VideoActivity extends Activity{
VideoView videoView, videoView1;
MediaController mc;
int count = 0;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_video);
videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.VVSimpleVideo);
setup();
videoView.setOnCompletionListener(completionListener);
}
public void setup() {
String _path = "/mnt/sdcard/Video/"+count+".mp4";
videoView.setVideoPath(_path);
videoView.start();
count++;
}
private OnCompletionListener completionListener=new OnCompletionListener() {
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
mp.stop();
setup();
}
};
}
Now I have tried to play by taking two instances of VideoView class.
Tried to play the first video by first player and second video by second player,
Third video from first player and fourth video from second player and so on.
But still I am not able to play the video smoothly and the same problem exist.
Here is my code with double player.
public class VideoActivity extends Activity{
VideoView videoView, videoView1;
MediaController mc;
int count = 0;
String _path;
String _path1;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_video);
videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.VVSimpleVideo);
_path = "/mnt/sdcard/Video/"+count+".mp4";
videoView.setVideoPath(_path);
videoView.start();
//setup();
videoView.setOnCompletionListener(completionListener);
videoView1 = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.VVSimpleVideo);
videoView1.setOnCompletionListener(completionListener1);
count++;
_path1 = "/mnt/sdcard/Video/"+count+".mp4";
videoView1.setVideoPath(_path1);
}
public void setup() {
videoView.start();
count++;
_path1 = "/mnt/sdcard/Video/"+count+".mp4";
videoView1.setVideoPath(_path1);
}
public void setup1() {
videoView1.start();
count++;
_path = "/mnt/sdcard/Video/"+count+".mp4";
videoView.setVideoPath(_path);
}
private OnCompletionListener completionListener=new OnCompletionListener() {
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
mp.stop();
setup1();
}
};
private OnCompletionListener completionListener1=new OnCompletionListener() {
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
mp.stop();
setup();
}
};
}
You're not really using two VideoViews at all, you're assigning both VideoView and VideoView1 to R.id.VVSimpleVideo, so they are the same object. That means each time you hit onCompletion, it's setting itself up all over again, instead of setting up one and playing the other.
Try creating two separate VideoView objects in your layout. Have one set to VISIBLE and one set to GONE/INVISIBLE, and swap when you want to change.
I can't guarantee it will make it "seamless", though, since that's an almost impossible task. Even most desktop media players aren't truly seamless. It just depends on what tolerance you have for seams.
I am using MediaController in my app. But unfortunately the MediaController disappears after a time period of 3 secs. But I want my MediaController to be visible until my video plays fully.
How to achieve this.
By default the MediaController hides itself after 3 secs of time. In order to make it visible throughout our video playback we will have to override the hide() of MediaController. I have given the code snippet below.
final MediaController mc = new MediaController(this);
video.setMediaController(new MediaController(this) {
#Override
public void hide()
{
mc.show();
}
});
video.setMediaController(mc);
For stop hiding the MediaController we can make a new Mediacontroller by extending the base class. Then we can disable the hide method by simply overriding it. For getting the actual hide functionality, we can fetch the hide() method in base class. We can hide the Mediacontroller after playback is completed using that.
Here is the code for MediaController:
public class MediaController_2 extends MediaController{
public MediaController_2(Context context) {
super(context);
}
public void hide() {
}
public void hidecontroller() {
super.hide();
}
}
Now the mediacontroller won't be hiding even after the completion of the playback. For hiding the controllers after completing playback we can use OnCompletionListener.
MediaController_2 mediaController = new MediaController_2(getActivity());
mediaPlayer.prepare();
mediaPlayer.start();
mediaController.show(0);
mediaPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(new OnCompletionListener() {
#Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
mediaController.hidecontroller();
}
});
More Succinct
First off, using an int timeout as a parameter in the show() method did nothing for me.
Secondly, this succinct piece of code forced the controls to stay on the screen after the first touch:
// Assumes you have a VideoView in your layout called 'video_preview'.
VideoView videoPreview = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.video_preview);
MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this) {
#Override
public void hide() {} // Prevent hiding of controls.
};
videoPreview.setMediaController(mediaController);
VideoView videoPlayer;
MediaController mediaController;
videoPlayer = view.findViewById(R.id.videoPlayer);
Uri uri = Uri.parse(URL);
videoPlayer.setVideoURI(uri);
mediaController = new MediaController(getContext()) {
#Override
public void hide() {} // on hide do nothing
};
videoPlayer.setMediaController(mediaController);
videoPlayer.requestFocus();
videoPlayer.start();