CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaandroid-studioandroid-video-player
Amit
Amit

Reputation: 33

Video player not working - Android Studio

I am trying to add a video played on button click with android studio. However, when I click the button a "sorry, this video cannot be played" message box appears on the emulator screen.

Can you help me see where I'm going wrong. Below is the code I approached the goal with

Trialvideo.java

package android.com.trialvideo;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.PixelFormat;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class TrialVideoActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

 /**       // Video view: to view our video
        VideoView video = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.surface_view);

        //set video path to our video(in this case man-cheetah-gazalle.3gp)
        video.setVideoPath("/raw/jeewan.mp4");
        video.start();

    **/    
     final Button play =(Button)findViewById(R.id.play);
        play.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
            public void onClick(View V){
                videoPlayer();

            }
        });}

        public void videoPlayer(){

            getWindow().setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);

            VideoView videoHolder = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.surface_view);

            videoHolder.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));

            videoHolder.setVideoPath("/TrialVideo/raw/lic.3gp");

            videoHolder.requestFocus();
            videoHolder.start(); 

         }
    }

main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    >
   <Button 
        android:layout_height="50dip" 
        android:text="play" 
        android:id="@+id/play" 
        android:layout_width="50dip" 
        >
        </Button>



<VideoView android:id="@+id/surface_view" 
        android:layout_width="475px"
        android:layout_height="440px"
    />

</LinearLayout>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    >
   <Button 
        android:layout_height="50dip" 
        android:text="play" 
        android:id="@+id/play" 
        android:layout_width="50dip" 
        >
        </Button>



<VideoView android:id="@+id/surface_view" 
        android:layout_width="475px"
        android:layout_height="440px"
    />

</LinearLayout>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 6639

Answers (2)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1007399

Android does not have a C: drive. You need to put the video file on the device (e.g., copy it to the device's external storage), then supply VideoView with an appropriate path to the file (e.g., using Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()).

Upvotes: 0

Basil
Basil

Reputation: 2173

Hi try the following code:

VideoPlaying.java

public class VideoPlaying extends Activity {
    private MediaController mc;
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
    VideoView vd = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.VideoView);
    Uri uri = Uri.parse("android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/"+R.raw.VideoName);
    mc = new MediaController(this);
    vd.setMediaController(mc);
    vd.requestFocus();
    vd.setVideoURI(uri);
    vd.start();
    }
    }

main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:gravity="center">
<VideoView android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:id="@+id/VideoView"></VideoView>

</LinearLayout>

place the video on the raw folder and run the code. Sometimes video will not be correctly shown on the emulator, try to check it also on the actual device.

Upvotes: 2

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