How to keep playing video while changing to landscape mode android

Question

I\'m playing video (on VideoView) on portrait mode (not on full screen) and when I change to

landscape mode the video stop.

When I change it to

Answer 1

all you need to do is add this to activity in AndroidManifest.xml:

 android:configChanges="orientation"

Your Video activity should look something like this.

If your target API level 13 or higher, you must include the screenSize value in addition to the orientation value as described here. Your Video activity should look something like this.

And then add the following method to VideoPlayerActivity:

@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}