Android Video Player Example

setMediaController (MediaController controller)

Use this method to set the MediaController object to VideoView

public void setVideoURI(Uri uri)

Sets the Video file Uri to VideoView

public void start()

Use to start the VideoView to play the Video

public void stopPlayback()

Use to stops the playback

public void suspend()

suspends the playback

public void resume()

 resume the playback

public void seekTo(int millis)

seeks the current video to specified time

getDuration()

get the Video duration

getCurrentPosition()

 get the current position of the video

setAnchorView(View view)

setAnchorView is used to view to which controller is to anchored

show()

show the controller on the screen

show(int timeout)

set the time to show the controller

hide()

hide the controller from the screen

public class PlayetActivity extends Activity {  
  
    @Override  
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {  
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);  
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);  
          
        VideoView videoView =(VideoView)findViewById(R.id.videoView);  
          
                //Creating MediaController  
        MediaController mc= new MediaController(this);  
            mc.setAnchorView(videoView);          
         
              //specify the location of media file  
           Uri uri=Uri.parse(path of the file);          
                
              //Setting MediaController and URI, then starting the videoView  
           videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);  
           videoView.setVideoURI(uri);          
           videoView.requestFocus();  
           videoView.start();  
                     
    }
}