Android: how to run video from resource folder

Question

I have already seen the other questions similar to mine, but the problem persists. Thanks in advance.

Here's the code

package com.akk.mysecondvideo;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class MySecondVideo extends Activity {

Context context;
MediaPlayer mp;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    VideoView videoView = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.VideoView);
    //MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
    // mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);
    //videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);

    Uri uri = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.akk.mysecondvideo/"
            + R.raw.bommarillu);

    videoView.setVideoURI(uri);

    //mp = new MediaPlayer();
    //mp = MediaPlayer.create(context, R.raw.bommarillu);


    videoView.start(); 
}
}

It shows a force close when i try to run it, and the logcat shows error NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION in line 28 which is videoView.setVideoURI(uri);

VideoView is part of main.xml. The main.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<VideoView 
     android:layout_height="fill_parent"
     android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
     android:id="@+id/VideoView" />
</LinearLayout>

Possible duplicate of [How to play videos in android from assets folder or raw folder?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3028717/how-to-play-videos-in-android-from-assets-folder-or-raw-folder) — Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com, Feb 03 '16 at 20:40

slayton · Answer 1 · 2012-04-18T14:34:07.937

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Did you check to see if uri is null?

Try adding this line before videoView.setVidoeURI(uri) :

if (null == uri)
   Toast.makeText(this, "URI IS NULL", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

If the toast notification shows up then the URI didn't parse correctly

edited Apr 18 '12 at 14:34

answered Apr 18 '12 at 13:52

slayton

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Thanks for the reply, but now its showing **can't play this video** – Ashwyn Apr 18 '12 at 14:03
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does video is in supported format? http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html#formats-table go to video section of this table – Selvin Apr 18 '12 at 14:15
seems this is the case, as my video is in .mp4 format, which doesn't seem to be supported, thanks! – Ashwyn Apr 18 '12 at 14:43
@Selvin sorry about previous comment, but it says that it supports .mp4 as well as .3gp format, while i am not able to run either – Ashwyn Apr 18 '12 at 14:53
It says, can't play video, video not supported! – Ashwyn Apr 18 '12 at 14:54
@Ashwyn see these: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3263736/playing-a-video-in-videoview-in-android http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7806261/strange-behavior-of-android-videoview-cant-play-video http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2544365/android-cant-play-any-videos-mp4-mov-3gp-etc – slayton Apr 18 '12 at 16:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '12 at 14:12

I dont see any problem as such. But couple of suggestions I would like to tell you

Name the widget in XML different than the widget name e.g myVideoView instead of VideoView
videoView.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
videoView.requestFocus();

Check if this works. I have the same code as you I will create a project and will give you my inputs.

Till that time try this

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 19 '12 at 04:58

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Try this sample code:

Uri uri = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.akk.mysecondvideo/raw/bommarillu");

edited Apr 19 '12 at 04:58

Charles Menguy

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answered Apr 18 '12 at 19:36

Thomas Hecker

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Android: how to run video from resource folder

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