Trying to play video from raw folder (VideoView)

Question

I can play a video from the Internet by inserting the URL like below:

mPath   = Uri.parse(\"http://commonsware.com/misc/test2.3gp\");
mVid.setVideoURI(mPath)         


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem. This worked for me:

Uri video = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.pac.myapp/raw/master");

So as you see you have 3 parts of the uri: 1) "android.resource://" 2) "com.pac.myapp" 3) "/raw/master"

"master" is the name of your video

Answer 2

this works for me

 String videoName = nameWithoutFileExtention;

 int id = getResources().getIdentifier(videoName, "raw", getActivity().getPackageName());

 final String path = "android.resource://" + getActivity().getPackageName() + "/" + id;

 vvBgVideo.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(path));

Answer 3

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        Button btn=(Button)this.findViewById(R.id.playvideo);
        btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                VideoView vid=(VideoView)findViewById(R.id.video);
                vid.setMediaController(new MediaController(MainActivity.this));
                Uri video = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.example.tenzinthinley.video/raw/ed");
                vid.setVideoURI(video);
                vid.requestFocus();
                vid.start();
            }
        });
    }
}

Change my name if this doesn't works. 'ed' is the video file name.

Answer 4

You just need to locate song in raw folder under resource folder. if it is link then

 private String urlVideo ="http://www.pocketjourney.com/downloads/pj/video/famous.3gp";

    //Make uri from song located in raw folder
        Uri uri = Uri.parse("android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/"
                + R.raw.shakebooty);
        player.setUpVideoFrom(uri.toString());

        public void setUpVideoFrom(String source) throws IllegalArgumentException,
                IllegalStateException, IOException {

            mPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);

//Only to check if you want to play song from url
            if (source.contains("http"))
            {
            mPlayer.setDataSource(source);
            }
//If want to play song from uri you created from song in raw folder
        else {
             mPlayer.setDataSource(ctx, source);
             }

        }

Enjoy playing video in surface view