Android: how to play video from assets?

Question

I am making an application in which I have to show video from assets folder in a Fragment. Can anyone help me do this? Do I need to use VideoView in XML?

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) — ρяσѕρєя K, Jul 06 '12 at 05:58
Yes it is duplicate but do check the link again none of the code is working — , Jul 06 '12 at 06:02
have a look at this issue http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3746361/i-want-to-play-a-video-from-my-assets-or-raw-folder — Aamirkhan, Jul 06 '12 at 06:15

AkashG · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-06T12:35:46.937

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Instead of accessing from assests,You must copy the video into your project's res/raw folder. Create raw folder under res folder. It must be in a supported format (3gp, wmv, mp4 ) and named with lower case, numerics, underscores and dots in its filename likewise:video_file.mp4.

VideoView view = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.videoView);
String path = "android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/" + R.raw.video_file;
view.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(path));
view.start();

edited Jul 06 '12 at 12:35

answered Jul 06 '12 at 06:05

AkashG

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Your activity extends Fragment or FragmentActivity.Pls Check this. – AkashG Jul 06 '12 at 11:50
Hello,I have used VideoView to play video from raw folder, but video is not played in lower version below 2.3. It shows me error "Video cannot be played" please guide me where is the problem,as video plays in other versions. – Dory Sep 30 '13 at 05:42
Hey Nidhi, what is format of the video? Can u pls check the video formats supported below 2.3. Otherwise above example works perfectly to play video from asset folder – AkashG Oct 01 '13 at 05:42
try this link for mp4 in asset directory http://www.binpress.com/tutorial/video-cropping-with-texture-view/21 – Mahesh Aug 25 '15 at 12:03

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 03 '17 at 12:30

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VideoView view = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.videoView);
String path = "android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/" + R.raw.video_file;
view.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(path));
view.start();

It's AkashG's code, but I remember that R here is not from the Android class. It's from your own project.

edited Feb 03 '17 at 12:30

Jeffrey

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answered Oct 17 '14 at 08:48

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 01 '23 at 13:03

you can use the MediaItem to play a video from assets

    val playerView = view.findViewById<StyledPlayerView>(R.id.player)

    val player = ExoPlayer.Builder(context!!).build()
    
    val videoUri = Uri.parse("asset:///test.mp4")
    val item = MediaItem.fromUri(videoUri)

    player.addMediaItem(item)
    playerView.player = player

    player.prepare()

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 05 '17 at 12:13

I have already suffered from same problem, u should prefer project's res/raw folder instead of assets. Create raw folder under res folder. Save video file in a supported format (3gp, wmv, mp4 ) and named with lowercase, numerics, underscores and dots in its filename likewise:filename.3gp into the raw folder.

VideoView videoview = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.VideoView);

String uriPath = "android.resource://your application package name/raw/your 
wmv/mp4/3gp file in res/raw path without extension";

videoview.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(uriPath));

videoview.start();

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 15 '19 at 12:03

You first need to convert your video into the InputStream and then save it to the user's internal storage, then display it and delete that file when the video is finished.

try{
     String path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+"/"+APP_NAME()+"/videos/"+ls+"/" ;
     InputStream input = getAssets().open("vid/dal.mp4");
     String name = System.currentTimeMillis() +".mp4";
     File f = new File(path);
     f.mkdirs();
     int size = input.available();

     FileOutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(new File(path+name));
     byte data[] = new byte[4096];
     long total = 0;
     int count;
     while ((count = input.read(data)) != -1) {
          output.write(data, 0, count);
          total += count;
          if (size <= total) {
              break;
          }
     }
     output.flush();
     output.close();
     input.close();

     //Toast.makeText(VideoPlayer.this , "file created !" , Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

     Uri uri = Uri.parse(path+name) ;

     videoView.setVideoURI(uri);

     videoview.start();

}cath(Exception e){
}

score -1 · Answer 6 · answered May 23 '18 at 09:39

Playing Video(sample.mp4) present in res/ raw folder, along with the Media Controller

// Import Statements

import android.widget.VideoView;
import android.widget.MediaController;

public class youractiviy extends Activity {

private VideoView videoView;
private MediaController mediaController;

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 // Your Startup code
 videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.video_view);
 videoView.setVideoPath("android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/" + R.raw.sample); 
 mediaController = new MediaController(TestActivity.this);
 mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);
 videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
 videoView.start();

}
}

// XML Code

<VideoView
        android:id="@+id/video_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

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