Playing Video in Android over current View

Question

I want to know if it's possible to play a Video over the current View without leaving the Activity. Like an AlertDialog with the blurred effect.

Is there a possibility for this or do you know any libraries?

I didn't find anything for that.

Many thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I finally solved it with a simple Dialog.

final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(ActQuiz.this);
dialog.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.myvideoview);
dialog.show();

WindowManager.LayoutParams lp = new WindowManager.LayoutParams(
LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
lp.copyFrom(dialog.getWindow().getAttributes());
dialog.getWindow().setAttributes(lp);
uriPath= "android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/" + R.raw.test;
mVideoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(uriPath));
mVideoView.start();

Answer 2

1. Add the following library to you app build.gradle

   compile 'com.sherazkhilji.videffects:videffects:1.0.2' 
   

2. In your layout

     <RelativeLayout 
       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:id="@+id/activity_main"
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="match_parent">
   
   <com.sherazkhilji.videffects.view.VideoSurfaceView
       android:id="@+id/mVideoSurfaceView"
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="match_parent" />
   
   <LinearLayout
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="match_parent"
       android:background="#a0000000">
   
       //your layout goes here
   
       </LinearLayout>
   
   </RelativeLayout>
   

3 In your java class java side:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    playVdo();
}

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    mVideoView.onResume();
}

@Override
protected void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    mVideoView.onPause();
}

private MediaPlayer mMediaPlayer;
private Resources mResources;
private VideoSurfaceView mVideoView;

private void playVdo() {
    mResources = getResources();
    mMediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
    mMediaPlayer.setScreenOnWhilePlaying(true);
    mMediaPlayer.setVolume(0, 0);
    try {
        AssetFileDescriptor afd = getAssets().openFd("login_vdo.mp4");
        mMediaPlayer.setDataSource(afd.getFileDescriptor(),
                afd.getStartOffset(), afd.getLength());
    } catch (Exception e) {
        Log.e("mMediaPlayer", e.getMessage(), e);
    }
    mVideoView = (VideoSurfaceView) findViewById(R.id.mVideoSurfaceView);
    mVideoView.init(mMediaPlayer,
            new DocumentaryEffect());
}