Load And Play Video From URL In VideoView Android Studio

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Hello, coders. In this load and play video from URL android studio tutorial example, we will learn to play or load video from URL or server.

You can load video from URL in android Videoview programmatically.

First, check the output of this load and play video from URL Android and then we will implement it step by step.

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Here, we will load or play video from URL. If you wish to load video from Android studio’s raw directory, then check here: Videoview android studio example tutorial.

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Step 1: Create a new project in the android studio.

Step 2: Updating AndroidManifest.xml file

add internet permission between <manifest>….</manifest> tag.

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

Note: If you are targeting SDK version above 22 (Above Lollipop)  then you need to ask a user for granting runtime permissions. Check marshmallow runtime permission for more information.

Step 3: Updating activity_main.xml file

Add below code in activity_main.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal">

        <Button
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/btnonce"
            android:text="Once"/>
        <Button
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/btnconti"
            android:text="continuously"/>
        <Button
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/btnstop"
            android:text="Stop"/>
        <Button
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/btnplay"
            android:text="play"/>

    </LinearLayout>
    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <VideoView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:id="@+id/vv"/>
        <ProgressBar
            android:layout_width="200dp"
            android:layout_height="200dp"
            android:id="@+id/progrss"
            android:visibility="gone"
            android:layout_centerInParent="true"/>

    </RelativeLayout>

</LinearLayout>

Step 4: Updating MainActivity.java class :

Add below code to MainActivity.java

import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private Button btnonce, btncontinuously, btnstop, btnplay;
    private VideoView vv;
    private MediaController mediacontroller;
    private Uri uri;
    private boolean isContinuously = false;
    private ProgressBar progressBar;

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

        progressBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progrss);
        btnonce = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnonce);
        btncontinuously = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnconti);
        btnstop = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnstop);
        btnplay = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnplay);
        vv = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.vv);

        mediacontroller = new MediaController(this);
        mediacontroller.setAnchorView(vv);
        String uriPath = "http://www.demonuts.com/Demonuts/smallvideo.mp4"; //update package name
        uri = Uri.parse(uriPath);

        vv.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {
            @Override
            public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
                if(isContinuously){
                    vv.start();
                }
            }
        });

        btnstop.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                vv.pause();
            }
        });

        btnplay.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                vv.start();
            }
        });

        btnonce.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                isContinuously = false;
                progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                vv.setMediaController(mediacontroller);
                vv.setVideoURI(uri);
                vv.requestFocus();
                vv.start();
            }
        });

        btncontinuously.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                isContinuously = true;
                progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                vv.setMediaController(mediacontroller);
                vv.setVideoURI(uri);
                vv.requestFocus();
                vv.start();
            }
        });

        vv.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
            // Close the progress bar and play the video
            public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
               progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            }
        });

    }
}

Step 5: Description of MainActivity.java

  • Below code
  • will set mediacontrollers(previous, pause, play, next buttons) to videoview.
  • Below code
  • Here you need to update your server URL to the video.
  • As you can see we are using boolean isContinuously to detect which button is pressed, Either “ONCE” or “Continuously .“
  • We are managing isContinuously and starting a video on both button’s click method as below.

We will remove progressBar when a video is prepared to run. See below code

  vv.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
            // Close the progress bar and play the video
            public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
               progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            }
        });

Kotlin Version

Kotlin Version : Android Kotlin Play Video From URL 

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