We can stream media, including video, to a MediaPlayer object using a surface view.
For example, you could use the following layout:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 | android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:background="#000000" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".MainActivity" > <SurfaceView android:id="@+id/activity_video_surfView" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_above="@+id/activity_video_imageButton_play"/> <Button android:id="@+id/activity_video_imageButton_play" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:background="@android:drawable/ic_media_play" /></RelativeLayout> |
We will refer to the SurfaceView in the implementation of the Activity class.
Now in our Activity class, add the following interfaces:
1 | public class VideoActivity extends Activity implements SurfaceHolder.Callback{ |
Your IDE should prompt you to add these unimplemented methods:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 | @Overridepublic void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder arg0, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub}@Overridepublic void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder arg0) {//setup}@Overridepublic void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder arg0) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub}@Overridepublic void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {//start playback} |
In surfaceCreated we must add these code line:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | try { mMediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer(); mMediaPlayer.setDisplay(mVidHolder); mMediaPlayer.setDataSource(Constants.VID_ADDRESS); mMediaPlayer.prepare(); mMediaPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(this); mMediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);} catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace();} |
In surfaceDestroyed we add this:
1 | mMediaPlayer.stop(); |