How can I get an Android MediaController to appear from layout xml?

Question

I\'ve created a layout.xml file with the following XML, but I can\'t get the MediaController to appear at all.

Answer 1

You can prevent the MediaController from hiding extending MediaController and override hide() to do nothing. eg:

class UnhideableMediaController extends MediaController
{
    // override whichever contstructors you need to. 
    public UnhideableMediaController(Context context)
    {
      super(context);
    }

    // override hide to do nothing
    public void hide()
    {
      // don't hide
    }
}