Add MediaController to MediaPlayer

This example show how to add MediaController to simple MediaPlayer in previous example.


MainActivity.java

package com.blogspot.android_er.androidmediaplayer;

import android.media.AudioManager;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
import android.view.SurfaceView;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.Toast;

import java.io.IOException;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity
        implements SurfaceHolder.Callback, MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener,
        MediaController.MediaPlayerControl {

    private SurfaceView surfaceView;
    private SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder;
    private MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;

    private MediaController mediaController;
    private Handler handler = new Handler();

    String videoSource =
            "https://sites.google.com/site/androidexample9/download/RunningClock.mp4";

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

        surfaceView = (SurfaceView)findViewById(R.id.surfaceview);
        surfaceHolder = surfaceView.getHolder();
        surfaceHolder.addCallback(this);

        surfaceView.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
                if(mediaController != null){
                    mediaController.show();
                }
                return false;
            }
        });

    }

    @Override
    public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {

        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,
                "surfaceCreated()", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
        mediaPlayer.setDisplay(surfaceHolder);
        mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
        mediaPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(this);
        try {
            mediaPlayer.setDataSource(videoSource);
            mediaPlayer.prepare();

            mediaController = new MediaController(this);

        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,
                    "something wrong!\n" + e.toString(),
                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder,
                               int format, int width, int height) {

    }

    @Override
    public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {

    }

    @Override
    public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
        mediaPlayer.start();
        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,
                "onPrepared()", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

        mediaController.setMediaPlayer(this);
        mediaController.setAnchorView(surfaceView);
        handler.post(new Runnable() {

            public void run() {
                mediaController.setEnabled(true);
                mediaController.show();
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public void start() {
        mediaPlayer.start();
    }

    @Override
    public void pause() {
        mediaPlayer.pause();
    }

    @Override
    public int getDuration() {
        return mediaPlayer.getDuration();
    }

    @Override
    public int getCurrentPosition() {
        return mediaPlayer.getCurrentPosition();
    }

    @Override
    public void seekTo(int pos) {
        mediaPlayer.seekTo(pos);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isPlaying() {
        return mediaPlayer.isPlaying();
    }

    @Override
    public int getBufferPercentage() {
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean canPause() {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean canSeekBackward() {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean canSeekForward() {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public int getAudioSessionId() {
        return mediaPlayer.getAudioSessionId();
    }
}

For layout and permission, refer to the previous post "MediaPlayer example to play video from Internet".

Add MediaController to VideoView

Last post show a example of "VideoView example to play video from Internet" without controls. This example show adding MediaController to VideoView, to provide controls of Play/Pause, Forward and Backward.

test on Nexus 9 tablet (Emulator) running Marshmallow:

test on Nexus 7 running Android 5.1.1:

MainActivity.java

package com.blogspot.android_er.androidvideoview;

import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    VideoView myVideoView;

    String videoSource =
            "https://sites.google.com/site/androidexample9/download/RunningClock.mp4";
    Uri uriVideoSource;

    MediaController myMediaController;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        myVideoView = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.vview);

        prepareVideo();
    }

    private void prepareVideo(){

        myMediaController = new MediaController(MainActivity.this);
        myVideoView.setMediaController(myMediaController);

        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, videoSource, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

        uriVideoSource = Uri.parse(videoSource);

        myVideoView.setVideoURI(uriVideoSource);

        myVideoView.setOnCompletionListener(myVideoViewCompletionListener);
        myVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(MyVideoViewPreparedListener);
        myVideoView.setOnErrorListener(myVideoViewErrorListener);

        myVideoView.requestFocus();
        myVideoView.start();

    }

    MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener myVideoViewCompletionListener =
            new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {

                @Override
                public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer arg0) {
                    Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "End of Video",
                            Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                }
            };

    MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener MyVideoViewPreparedListener =
            new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {

                @Override
                public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {

                    long duration = myVideoView.getDuration(); //in millisecond
                    Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,
                            "Duration: " + duration + " (ms)",
                            Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

                }
            };

    MediaPlayer.OnErrorListener myVideoViewErrorListener =
            new MediaPlayer.OnErrorListener() {

                @Override
                public boolean onError(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) {

                    String errWhat = "";
                    switch (what){
                        case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_ERROR_UNKNOWN:
                            errWhat = "MEDIA_ERROR_UNKNOWN";
                            break;
                        case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_ERROR_SERVER_DIED:
                            errWhat = "MEDIA_ERROR_SERVER_DIED";
                            break;
                        default: errWhat = "unknown what";
                    }

                    String errExtra = "";
                    switch (extra){
                        case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_ERROR_IO:
                            errExtra = "MEDIA_ERROR_IO";
                            break;
                        case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_ERROR_MALFORMED:
                            errExtra = "MEDIA_ERROR_MALFORMED";
                            break;
                        case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED:
                            errExtra = "MEDIA_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED";
                            break;
                        case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_ERROR_TIMED_OUT:
                            errExtra = "MEDIA_ERROR_TIMED_OUT";
                            break;
                        default:
                            errExtra = "...others";

                    }

                    Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,
                            "Error!!!\n" +
                            "what: " + errWhat + "\n" +
                            "extra: " + errExtra,
                            Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                    return true;
                }
            };
}

For layout and uses-permission, refer last post "VideoView example to play video from Internet".

Next:
- Capture frames in VideoView using MediaMetadataRetriever

Related:
- Open mp4 using Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT, ACTION_GET_CONTENT and ACTION_PICK, and play in VideoView.