Android code for Displaying a video with VideoView

By the help of MediaController and VideoView classes, we can play the video files in android.

 - Dsiplaying loacal videos

- Create an application that displays a video clip, which is stored locally 

in our applications “res” directory

- Create a row directory

      Paste video file to raw directory

-  Add VideoView to your UI

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<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=".MainActivity">

    <VideoView
        android:id="@+id/videoView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="0dp"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="0dp" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

MainActivity.java

package com.lb.videoplay;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

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

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

        //Attach a media controller to video view
        MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
        videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
        mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);

        //Specify the location of media file
        Uri  uri = Uri.parse("android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/" + R.raw.favicon);

        videoView.setVideoURI(uri);
        videoView.requestFocus();
        videoView.start();



    }
}

Android playing video from url with video view

previous tutorial we are discuss about

how to play video on videoview from local file

First set to internet permission

  your manifest must include the permissions:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

Then and to video url

Check this code

package com.lb.videoplay;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

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

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

        //Attach a media controller to video view
        MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
        videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
        mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);       

        //add your video URL
        Uri  uri = Uri.parse("Add URL here..");


        videoView.setVideoURI(uri);
        videoView.requestFocus();
        videoView.start();



    }
}

videoView can't open this video Online video

Create file res/xml/network_security_config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<network-security-config>
    <base-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true">
        <trust-anchors>
            <certificates src="system" />
        </trust-anchors>
    </base-config>
</network-security-config>

New in the AndroidManifest.xml file under application:

android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"