VideoView example in Android

In this tutorial, you will learn how to stream a remote video by using a MediaController and display it into a VideoView in your Android Application. MediaController is a controller for Media Player such as functions like Play/Pause, Rewind, Fast Forward and a progress slider.

activity_main.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
    tools:showIn="@layout/activity_main"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">


    <VideoView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:id="@+id/videoView" />
</LinearLayout>

MainActivity.Java

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package com.android.anil.videoplayer;

import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
VideoView videoView;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
        videoView=(VideoView)findViewById(R.id.videoView);
        videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("android.resource://"+getPackageName()+"/"+R.raw.sample1));
        videoView.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
        videoView.start();
    }
}

Output is:

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