Play Video using VideoView in Android

A VideoView allows playing video in Android application. Video can be played from various sources, such as app's resources, external storage, from the internet.

In the layout XML file we added VideoView which provides a surface to play a video.

app/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 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"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <VideoView
        android:id="@+id/myVideoView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="200dp"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true" />

</RelativeLayout>

Under the res directory, create a new raw resource directory. Put the video file into the raw directory.

app/src/main/res/raw/video.mp4

The MediaController class provides controls that allow to manage a video playback. It contains the buttons like "Play/Pause", "Rewind", and "Fast Forward". An instance of the MediaController is attached to VideoView.

We set the URI of the video to VideoView and then start the playback.

app/src/main/java/com/example/app/MainActivity.kt

package com.example.app

import android.net.Uri
import android.os.Bundle
import android.widget.MediaController
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main.*

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity()
{
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)

        val path = "android.resource://" + packageName + "/" + R.raw.video
        
        val mediaController = MediaController(this)
        mediaController.setAnchorView(myVideoView)
        
        myVideoView.setMediaController(mediaController)
        myVideoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(path))
        myVideoView.start()
    }
}