Playing video from URL -Android
- by Rajeev
In the following code what ami doing wrong the video dosnt seem to play here.Is that the permission issue if so what should be included in the manifest file
this
main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" android:baselineAligned="true">
<LinearLayout android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/linearLayout2"></LinearLayout>
<MediaController android:id="@+id/mediacnt" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></MediaController>
<LinearLayout android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/linearLayout1" android:orientation="vertical"></LinearLayout>
<Gallery android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/gallery" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1"></Gallery>
<VideoView android:layout_height="match_parent" android:id="@+id/vv" android:layout_width="wrap_content"></VideoView>
</LinearLayout>
this is java class
package com.gallery;
import java.net.URL;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.widget.VideoView;
public class GalleryActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
Toast.makeText(GalleryActivity.this, "Hello world", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
VideoView videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.vv);
MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);
// Set video link (mp4 format )
Uri video = Uri.parse("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEbxLDuecHU&playnext=1&list=PL040F3034C69B1674");
videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
videoView.setVideoURI(video);
videoView.start();
}
}
