CODEWITHSUNDEEP
androidgoogle-drive-api
compyutech
compyutech

Reputation: 581

How to show video in android from google drive url

I want to show video in android application. I have searched on Google and found below code

VideoView videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoView);

String vidAddress = "https://docs.google.com/a/user.co.jp/file/d/something..private cookie/preview";

Uri videoUri = Uri.parse(vidAddress);

MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this); mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView); videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);

videoView.setVideoURI(videoUri); videoView.start();

I have placed the above code in onCreate method of activity.

When I run application It gives error "Sorry, this video cannot be played."

Log are displayed as below 

07-15 13:58:13.110: V/MediaPlayer-JNI(19546): native_setup
07-15 13:58:13.110: V/MediaPlayer(19546): constructor
07-15 13:58:13.125: V/MediaPlayer(19546): setListener
07-15 13:58:13.125: I/MediaPlayer(19546): path is null
07-15 13:58:13.125: D/MediaPlayer(19546): Couldn't open file on client side, trying server side
07-15 13:58:13.140: V/MediaPlayer(19546): setVideoSurfaceTexture
07-15 13:58:13.140: V/MediaPlayer-JNI(19546): setAudioStreamType: 3
07-15 13:58:13.140: V/MediaPlayer(19546): MediaPlayer::setAudioStreamType
07-15 13:58:13.140: V/MediaPlayer(19546): setVideoSurfaceTexture
07-15 13:58:13.140: V/MediaPlayer(19546): prepareAsync
07-15 13:58:16.810: V/MediaPlayer(19546): message received msg=100, ext1=1, ext2=-2147483648
07-15 13:58:16.810: E/MediaPlayer(19546): error (1, -2147483648)
07-15 13:58:16.810: V/MediaPlayer(19546): callback application
07-15 13:58:16.810: V/MediaPlayer(19546): back from callback
07-15 13:58:16.815: E/MediaPlayer(19546): Error (1,-2147483648)
07-15 13:58:16.815: D/VideoView(19546): Error: 1,-2147483648

I am able to see the video on browser.

Uploaded video file type are mpg, mp4 and wmv

Please help if any one have solution.

Thanks

Edit : After some work I came to know that one reason is Android version 4.0.3. Above mentioned code is working for sample url like http://download.itcuties.com/teaser/itcuties-teaser-480.mp4 only in 4.2.2. Videos from Google docs url still not working. What should I do to play it on 4.0.3

Upvotes: 4

Views: 11796

Answers (4)

Nirav Rangapariya
Nirav Rangapariya

Reputation: 399

I applied this and It worked for me

To show a video from a Google Drive URL in your Android app, follow these steps:

Use a Public URL: Make sure your video is publicly accessible. Convert the Google Drive URL to this format:

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=FILE_ID

Replace FILE_ID with the actual ID of your video.

File Size Limit: You can play videos that are up to 100 MB using the method above. For larger videos, proceed to the next step.

Google Drive API: If your video is larger than 100 MB, you’ll need to generate an API key from Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Use the following URL to access your video:

https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/FILE_ID?alt=media&key=API_KEY

Again, replace FILE_ID and API_KEY with your specific values.

By following these steps, you should be able to play videos from Google Drive in your Android application!

Upvotes: -1

Samy Nagy
Samy Nagy

Reputation: 180

you can use web view

String frameVideo = "<html><body>Video From YouTube<br><iframe width=\"420\" 
height=\"315\"  src=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/VIDEO_ID/preview\" 
    frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe></body></html>";

    WebView myWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.mWebView);

    WebSettings webSettings = myWebView.getSettings();
    webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    myWebView.loadData(frameVideo, "text/html", "utf-8");

Upvotes: 0

Soeurng Sar
Soeurng Sar

Reputation: 84

The url that you parse to Uri is not compatible with VideoView because it just a web url for embed on Iframe in html.Please follow this here for solution.

Upvotes: 1

SvenT23
SvenT23

Reputation: 676

This seems like a common problem from what I can find. See this and this.

So the problem is likely that your video isn't the right format (Baseline H.264). Try to find a video with this format or convert yours, and you code should work.

Upvotes: 0

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