how to play video from url

Question

I am beginner in android development and try to play video from link. But it\'s giving error \"sorry,we can\'t play this video\". I tried so many links but for

Answer 1

I also got stuck with this issue. I got correct response from server, but couldn`t play video. After long time I found a solution here. Maybe, in future this link will be invalid. So, here is my correct code

    Uri video = Uri.parse("Your link should be in this place "); 
    mVideoView.setVideoURI(video); 

   mVideoView.setZOrderOnTop(true); //Very important line, add it to Your code
    mVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() { 
        @Override 
        public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
  // here write another part of code, which provides starting the video
  }}