Android VideoView black screen

Question

I have been looking for a way to get rid of the nasty black initial screen on a VideoView before the start() method is run.

I have tried with background image on the

Answer 1

By extending a TextureView, I get no black screens in the beginning or end. This is if you want to avoid using ZOrderOnTop(true).

public class MyVideoView extends TextureView implements TextureView.SurfaceTextureListener {
  private MediaPlayer mMediaPlayer;
  private Uri mSource;
  private MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener mCompletionListener;
  private boolean isLooping = false;


  public MyVideoView(Context context) {
      this(context, null, 0);
  }

  public MyVideoView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
      this(context, attrs, 0);
  }

  public MyVideoView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
      super(context, attrs, defStyle);
      setSurfaceTextureListener(this);
  }

  public void setSource(Uri source) {
      mSource = source;
  }

  public void setOnCompletionListener(MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener listener) {
      mCompletionListener = listener;
  }

  public void setLooping(boolean looping) {
     isLooping = looping;
  }

  @Override
  protected void onDetachedFromWindow() {
     // release resources on detach
     if (mMediaPlayer != null) {
         mMediaPlayer.release();
         mMediaPlayer = null;
     }
     super.onDetachedFromWindow();
   }

   /*
    * TextureView.SurfaceTextureListener
    */
    @Override
   public void onSurfaceTextureAvailable(SurfaceTexture surfaceTexture, int width, int height) {
     Surface surface = new Surface(surfaceTexture);
     try {
         mMediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
         mMediaPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(mCompletionListener);
         mMediaPlayer.setOnBufferingUpdateListener(this);
         mMediaPlayer.setOnErrorListener(this);
         mMediaPlayer.setLooping(isLooping);
         mMediaPlayer.setDataSource(getContext(), mSource);
         mMediaPlayer.setSurface(surface);
         mMediaPlayer.prepare();
         mMediaPlayer.start();
     } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
     } catch (SecurityException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
     } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
         mMediaPlayer.reset();
     } catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
     }
   }

   @Override
   public void onSurfaceTextureSizeChanged(SurfaceTexture surface, int width, int height) {}

  @Override
  public boolean onSurfaceTextureDestroyed(SurfaceTexture surface) {
     surface.release();
     return true;
  }

  @Override
  public void onSurfaceTextureUpdated(SurfaceTexture surface) {}
}