Android VideoView black screen
I have been looking for a way to get rid of the nasty black initial screen on a VideoView before the start() method is run. I have tried with background image on the widget but it doesnt work as expected at all. I have also tried putting an image of the first frame in the video on top of the VideoView and hiding it after the stars() method. Adding an onPrepared listener to start the video and then hide the image. This works but there is a horrible flicker in the transition and i don't know how to get rid of it. Thanks for your reply. Adding the MediaController had no effect at all. The problem