Using VideoView to play mp4, with MediaController enable/disable

Example to play mp4 on SDCard/ExternalStorage using android.widget.VideoView. You can also enable/disable the MediaController, contains the buttons like "Play/Pause", "Rewind", "Fast Forward" and a progress slider, by calling VideoView.setMediaController().

With the MediaController set, tap on the video (or the VideoView) to display the controller.


Example code:

package com.example.androidvideoview;

import java.io.File;

import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.widget.CompoundButton;
import android.widget.CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.widget.ToggleButton;
import android.widget.VideoView;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;

public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
 
 ToggleButton enableMediaController;
 VideoView myVideoView;

 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
  enableMediaController = (ToggleButton)findViewById(R.id.enableMediaController);
  myVideoView = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.myvideoview);
  myVideoView.setVideoPath(getViewSrc());
  myVideoView.requestFocus();
  myVideoView.start();
  
  setMediaController();
  
  enableMediaController.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new OnCheckedChangeListener(){

   @Override
   public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView,
     boolean isChecked) {
    setMediaController();
   }});
 }
 
 private void setMediaController(){
  if(enableMediaController.isChecked()){
   myVideoView.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
  }else{
   myVideoView.setMediaController(null);
  }
 }

 private String getViewSrc(){
  File extStorageDirectory = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
  String s = extStorageDirectory.getAbsolutePath() + "/test.mp4";
  Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, s, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
  return s;
 }
}

<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"
    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="com.example.androidvideoview.MainActivity" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="android-coding.blogspot.com"
        android:textSize="24dp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

    <ToggleButton
        android:id="@+id/enableMediaController"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textOn="Disable MediaController"
        android:textOff="Enable MediaController"
        android:checked="true"/>
    <VideoView
        android:id="@+id/myvideoview"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>

To play the file in SD Card, <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/> is needed in AndroidManifest.xml, otherwise "Can't play this video".