VideoView black flash before and after playing

Question

I have a VideoView which I want to use to play a movieclip. I use it like this to play it and it works.

VideoView vv = new VideoView(this);
vv.setVideoURI(Ur         


        

Answer 1

My variation on the @tommyd theme:

Set the drawable to a static video frame, then spam the message queue. After some time, clear the drawable so video frames render. Then, before completion, set the static image back.

    mMovieView.setBackgroundDrawable(bg);
    mMovieView.start();

    final int kPollTime= 25;
    mMovieView.postDelayed(new Runnable() {

        private final int kStartTransitionInThreshold= 50;
        private final int kStartTransitionOutThreshold= 250;

        private boolean mTransitioned= false;
        @Override
        public void run() {
            if (mMovieView.isPlaying()) {
                if (mMovieView.getCurrentPosition() > kStartTransitionInThreshold && !mTransitioned) {
                    mMovieView.setBackgroundDrawable(null); // clear to video
                    mTransitioned= true;
                }

                if (mMovieView.getDuration() - mMovieView.getCurrentPosition() < kStartTransitionOutThreshold)
                    mMovieView.setBackgroundDrawable(bg);
            }

            mMovieView.postDelayed(this, kPollTime); // come back in a bit and try again
        }
    }, kPollTime);