VideoView Full screen in android application

Question

i have a videoview in my application. the code is like this.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/opsbuds"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/adtxt1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="TextView"></TextView>

    <VideoView
        android:id="@+id/videoView11"
        android:layout_width="300dip"
        android:layout_height="250dip"
        android:layout_marginLeft="30dip"></VideoView>

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/llv11"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical"></LinearLayout>

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1211"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:background="@drawable/button"
        android:text=" Continue "
        android:textColor="#800080"
        android:textSize="20dp"
        android:textStyle="bold"></Button>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>

the video view width and hieght is mentioned in xml file. What i want is , once i press a button the videoview should come on full screen and once i press back button the videoview should go back to its mentioned size. please help?

Answer 1

<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.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=".auth.fragments.SplashScreenFragment">


<VideoView
    android:id="@+id/video_view"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Answer 2

I had to make my VideoView sit in a RelativeLayout in order to make the chosen answer work.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    
    <VideoView android:id="@+id/videoViewRelative"
         android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
         android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
         android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
         android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
         android:layout_width="fill_parent"
         android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    </VideoView>
    
</RelativeLayout>

As given here: Android - How to stretch video to fill VideoView area Toggling between screen sizes would be as simple as changing the layout parameters as given in the chosen answer.

Answer 3

The below code worked.

    getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

Add this code before calling videoView.start(). With this the video activity runs in full screen mode in most of the cases. But if the title bar is still displayed then change your theme in your manifest to this.

    android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">

Answer 4

DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(metrics);
android.widget.LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = (android.widget.LinearLayout.LayoutParams) mVideoView.getLayoutParams();
params.width = (int) metrics.widthPixels;
params.height = (int) metrics.heightPixels;
mVideoView.setLayoutParams(params);

playVideo();
aspectRatio = VideoInfo.AR_4_3_FIT_PARENT;
mVideoView.getPlayer().aspectRatio(aspectRatio);

Answer 5

First Method

when you want to open a video in full screen for that Activity you have to set the theme attribute in the Manifest. set this value that is

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"

change theme programmatically here

Second Method

create another fullscreen.xml like below and setContentView(R.layout.fullscreen) on click of the button

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

    <VideoView android:id="@+id/myvideoview"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    </VideoView>

</RelativeLayout>

Answer 6

Set full screen this way,

DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(metrics);
android.widget.LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = (android.widget.LinearLayout.LayoutParams) videoView.getLayoutParams();
params.width = metrics.widthPixels;
params.height = metrics.heightPixels;
params.leftMargin = 0;
videoView.setLayoutParams(params);

And back to original size, this way.

DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(metrics);
android.widget.LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = (android.widget.LinearLayout.LayoutParams) videoView.getLayoutParams();
params.width = (int)(300*metrics.density);
params.height = (int)(250*metrics.density);
params.leftMargin = 30;
videoView.setLayoutParams(params);

Answer 7

This code is for full screen landscape video

AndroidManifext.xml (Setting the orientation)

        <activity
        android:name=".Video1"
        android:screenOrientation="landscape" />

Video1.java Code :

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

public class Video1 extends AppCompatActivity {

private VideoView videoView;
private MediaController mediaController;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_video1);

    videoView = findViewById(R.id.videoView);
    String fullScreen =  getIntent().getStringExtra("fullScreenInd");
    if("y".equals(fullScreen)){
        getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
        getSupportActionBar().hide();
    }

    Uri videoUri = Uri.parse("android.resource://"+getPackageName()+"/"+R.raw.YOUR_VIDEO_NAME);

    videoView.setVideoURI(videoUri);

    mediaController = new FullScreenMediaController(this);
    mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);

    videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
    videoView.start();
    }
}

FullScreenMediaControler.java Code :

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.FrameLayout;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
import android.widget.MediaController;

public class FullScreenMediaController extends MediaController {

private ImageButton fullScreen;
private String isFullScreen;

public FullScreenMediaController(Context context) {
    super(context);
}

@Override
public void setAnchorView(View view) {

    super.setAnchorView(view);

    //image button for full screen to be added to media controller
    fullScreen = new ImageButton (super.getContext());

    FrameLayout.LayoutParams params = new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    params.gravity = Gravity.RIGHT;
    params.rightMargin = 80;
    addView(fullScreen, params);

    //fullscreen indicator from intent
    isFullScreen =  ((Activity)getContext()).getIntent().
            getStringExtra("fullScreenInd");

    if("y".equals(isFullScreen)){
        fullScreen.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_fullscreen_exit);
    }else{
        fullScreen.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_fullscreen);
    }

    //add listener to image button to handle full screen and exit full screen events
    fullScreen.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {

            Intent intent = new Intent(getContext(),Video1.class);

            if("y".equals(isFullScreen)){
                intent.putExtra("fullScreenInd", "");
            }else{
                intent.putExtra("fullScreenInd", "y");
            }
            ((Activity)getContext()).startActivity(intent);
        }
    });
  }
}

Answer 8

whether you want to keep the aspect ratio of a video or stretch it to fill its parent area, using the right layout manager can get the job done.

Keep the aspect ratio :

<LinearLayout
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:orientation="horizontal"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent">

<VideoView
  android:id="@+id/videoView"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent"
  android:layout_gravity="center"/>

</LinearLayout>

!!! To fill in the field:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">

    <VideoView android:id="@+id/videoViewRelative"
         android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
         android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
         android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
         android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
         android:layout_width="fill_parent"
         android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    </VideoView>

</RelativeLayout>

Answer 9

I have done this way:

Check these reference screen shots.

Add class FullScreenVideoView.java:

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class FullScreenVideoView extends VideoView {
    public FullScreenVideoView(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public FullScreenVideoView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public FullScreenVideoView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec){
        super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
        setMeasuredDimension(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
    }
}

How to bind with xml:

<FrameLayout
   android:id="@+id/secondMedia"
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="match_parent">

     <com.my.package.customview.FullScreenVideoView
           android:layout_width="match_parent"
           android:layout_height="match_parent" 
           android:id="@+id/fullScreenVideoView"/>

</FrameLayout>

Hope this will help you.

Answer 10

I achieved it by switching to landscape orientation and setting layout params to MATCH_PARENT. Just before switching to fullscreen mode, we need to store current orientation mode and VideoView params indefaultScreenOrientationMode and defaultVideoViewParams variables correspondingly. So that we can use them when we exit from video fullscreen mode. Thus, when you want to open video in fullscreen mode, use makeVideoFullScreen() method, to exit - exitVideoFullScreen().

Please, note I used RelativeLayout for my VideoView, in your case it can be another layout type.

private RelativeLayout.LayoutParams defaultVideoViewParams;
private int defaultScreenOrientationMode;

// play video in fullscreen mode
private void makeVideoFullScreen() {

    defaultScreenOrientationMode = getResources().getConfiguration().orientation;
    defaultVideoViewParams = (LayoutParams) videoView.getLayoutParams();

    setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);

    videoView.postDelayed(new Runnable() {

        @Override
        public void run() {
            RelativeLayout.LayoutParams params = (RelativeLayout.LayoutParams) new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
                    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
                    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);

            videoView.setLayoutParams(params);
            videoView.layout(10, 10, 10, 10);
        }
    }, 700);
}


// close fullscreen mode
private void exitVideoFullScreen() {
    setRequestedOrientation(defaultScreenOrientationMode);
    setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_UNSPECIFIED);

    videoView.postDelayed(new Runnable() {

        @Override
        public void run() {
            videoView.setLayoutParams(defaultVideoViewParams);
            videoView.layout(10, 10, 10, 10);
        }
    }, 700);
}

Answer 11

you can achieve it by creating two separate activity. Suppose first activity is halfScreen activity. In this activity your video view having small size. On button click of full screen video start another activity 'fullScreen activity'. In second activity the video view should be match parent to the parent layout.you can also start video in full screen from where it is paused in half screen.In my code i have implemented that.Also you can resume the video in half screen on the back press of fullscreen activity. This is work for me.Hope it will work for you also.

Here is the code
half.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="#aa99cc"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <VideoView
        android:id="@+id/VideoViewhalf"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="300dp" >
    </VideoView>

   <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal" >

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btnfullScreen"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="fullscreen" />

        <ProgressBar
            android:id="@+id/progressBar"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />



    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

HalfScreen activity
public class HalfScreen extends Activity {
    Button btn;
    VideoView videoView = null;
    final int REQUEST_CODE = 5000;
    final String videoToPlay = "http://bffmedia.com/bigbunny.mp4";

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.half);
        videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.VideoViewhalf);
        final ProgressBar progressBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar);
        btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnfullScreen);

        Uri video = Uri.parse(videoToPlay);
        videoView.setVideoURI(video);
        videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
            public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
                progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                videoView.requestFocus();
                videoView.start();
            }
        });

        btn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                Intent videointent = new Intent(HalfScreen.this,
                        FullScreen.class);
                videointent.putExtra("currenttime",
                        videoView.getCurrentPosition());
                videointent.putExtra("Url", videoToPlay);
                startActivityForResult(videointent, REQUEST_CODE);

            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        if (resultCode == RESULT_OK && requestCode == REQUEST_CODE) {
            if (data.hasExtra("currenttime")) {
                int result = data.getExtras().getInt("currenttime", 0);
                if (result > 0) {
                    if (null != videoView) {
                        videoView.start();
                        videoView.seekTo(result);
                        ProgressBar progressBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar);
                        progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

full.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="#ff99cc"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <VideoView
        android:id="@+id/VideoViewfull"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" >
    </VideoView>

</LinearLayout>

FullScreen Activity

public class FullScreen extends Activity {
    Button btn;
    VideoView videoView = null;
    int currenttime = 0;
    String Url = "";
    private static ProgressDialog progressDialog;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
        if (null != extras) {
            currenttime = extras.getInt("currenttime", 0);
            Url = extras.getString("Url");
        }
        setContentView(R.layout.full);
        progressDialog = ProgressDialog.show(this, "", "Loading...", true);
        videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.VideoViewfull);
        MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
        mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);
        Uri video = Uri.parse(Url);
        videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
        videoView.setVideoURI(video);

        videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {

            public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer arg0) {
                progressDialog.dismiss();
                videoView.start();
                videoView.seekTo(currenttime);
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public void finish() {
        Intent data = new Intent();
        data.putExtra("currenttime", videoView.getCurrentPosition());
        setResult(RESULT_OK, data);
        super.finish();
    }
}

Answer 12

Try code below here.

if (!isFullScreen())
        {
            Log.v("Full screen", "-----------is full screen------------");  
            setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE); 
            DisplayMetrics displaymetrics = new DisplayMetrics();
              getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(displaymetrics);
              int height = displaymetrics.heightPixels;
              int width = displaymetrics.widthPixels;
              android.widget.FrameLayout.LayoutParams params = (android.widget.FrameLayout.LayoutParams) videoSurface.getLayoutParams();
              params.width = width;
              params.height=height;
              params.setMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);

        }
        else{
            Log.v("Full screen", "-----------small screen------------");    

            DisplayMetrics displaymetrics = new DisplayMetrics();
              getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(displaymetrics);
              int height = displaymetrics.heightPixels;
              int width = displaymetrics.widthPixels;
              android.widget.FrameLayout.LayoutParams params = (android.widget.FrameLayout.LayoutParams) videoSurface.getLayoutParams();
              params.width = width;
              params.height=height / 3;
              params.setMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
        }

Answer 13

On Button click start the native video player which will open in full screen:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW );
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse(path), "video/*");
startActivity(intent);