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

This is a nice solution:

package com.example.videoviewpractice;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    VideoView myVideoView;

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

private void initVideo() {
    myVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoView1);
    String url = "http://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/3DF00EB7001110633055418310656_1e50d6d9a65.3.2.mp4?" + 
            "versionId=KVMUFFGqe6rYRrGKgl8hxL6eakVAErPy";
    myVideoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(url));
    myVideoView.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
    myVideoView.requestFocus();
}

public void gone(View v){
    myVideoView.setZOrderOnTop(true);
    View placeholder = (View) findViewById(R.id.placeholder);

    placeholder.setVisibility(View.GONE);
    myVideoView.start();
}

}

activity_main.xml: