Android VideoView how to scale as ImageView scale type fitXY?

Question

I put an ImageView and a VideoView in a RelativeLayout. The ImageView can be scaled to fill the whole layout by scaleType="fitXY". However, there is no similar scale attribute for the VideoView. By the way, I hide the video control by set setMediaController(null) and only the video content displays. Is it possible to scale the VideoView without keep aspect ratio? Here is the layout example.

<RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="280dp"
    android:layout_height="200dp">

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:id="@+id/image"
        android:scaleType="fitXY" />

    <VideoView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:id="@+id/video"
        android:visibility="invisible"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true" />
</RelativeLayout>

It doesn't work. I try to set `` but get the keep aspect ratio result. — Jones, Nov 28 '14 at 04:15
I have implemented this solution and it works like a charm : https://stackoverflow.com/a/59069292 — Bhavya Rattan, May 11 '20 at 14:59

Haresh Chhelana · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-23T07:50:10.287

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Try to put VideoView inside RelativeLayout and set below properties to show video in full screen :

<VideoView
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="match_parent"
   android:id="@+id/video"
   android:visibility="invisible"
   android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
   android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
   android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
   android:layout_alignParentTop="true"/>

Note : Please set visibility value based on your requirement.

edited Jan 23 '17 at 07:50

answered Nov 28 '14 at 04:25

Haresh Chhelana

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@Jones,Glad to help you. – Haresh Chhelana Nov 28 '14 at 05:12
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At this points I am way too afraid to ask why... Works though! – jujka Dec 24 '18 at 15:13

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 01 '18 at 08:20

My way is override the onMeasure method of VideoView

@Override
protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
    setMeasuredDimension(getDefaultSize(getSuggestedMinimumWidth(), widthMeasureSpec),
            getDefaultSize(getSuggestedMinimumHeight(), heightMeasureSpec));
}

Android VideoView how to scale as ImageView scale type fitXY?

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