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 workaround for this diabolical bug utilised a blank View with the background colour of choice over the top of the VideoView.

then in my code I did this:

        video = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.video);
        // set the video URI, passing the vSourse as a URI
        video.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(vSource));
        video.setZOrderOnTop(false);

        SurfaceHolder sh = video.getHolder();
        sh.setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT);

        ctlr = new BCDMediaController(this);
        ctlr.setMediaPlayer(video);
        video.setMediaController(ctlr);
        video.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {              
            @Override
            public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
                closeActivity();
            }
        });

        blankView = findViewById(R.id.blankView);

        video.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
            @Override
            public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {    
                blankView.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                        public void run()
                        {
                            blankView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                        }
                    }, 500);                    
            }
        });

        video.start();
        video.requestFocus();

That got rid of the beginning black flash for me. Then for the end black flash, I did this:

private void closeActivity() {  
blankView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);        
    blankView.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
        public void run()
        {
            video.setOnCompletionListener(null);
            video.stopPlayback();
            video.suspend();
            VideoPlayerViewController.this.finish();
        }
    }, 1);    
}