VideoView getDrawingCache is returning black

Question

So I\'m trying to do a screen shot of a VideoView. I figured the easiest way would be:

videoView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);

Then when I

Answer 1

Since API 10, you can use MediaMetadataRetriever to retrieve a frame at given time (in micro seconds). Here is a sample code:

public Bitmap videoFrame(String uri, long msec) {       
    MediaMetadataRetriever retriever = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
    try {                       
        retriever.setDataSource(uri);            
        return retriever.getFrameAtTime(msec);
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
        ex.printStackTrace();
    } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
        ex.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
        try {
            retriever.release();
        } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
        }
    }
    return null;
}