Where to put the Video file in android Project

Question

I have a video, I need to know where to place and how to get the path of that video.

I know how to add the video form URL,

 Uri uri=Uri.parse("www.abc.com/myVid.mp4");
        videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoView);
        videoView.setVideoURI(uri);

This works fine, but now the video file is in my project, I need to know how to get the path from the folder structure

Kindly guide me.

Thanks

Are you planning to bundle the video with the app? Or download it once the app opens? — Ben, Jul 27 '16 at 12:09
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3028717/how-to-play-videos-in-android-from-assets-folder-or-raw-folder — Aditya Vyas-Lakhan, Jul 27 '16 at 12:14

score 15 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 30 '17 at 12:35

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You can create asset folder inside your project and store your video in that folder.

Then you can get that using getAssets() function which is provided by Android.

EDIT 1:

You can click on the Project window, press Alt-Insert, and select Folder -> Assets Folder. Android Studio will add it automatically to the correct location.

Also, you can do this.

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

Where video_file is your file name.

edited Jan 30 '17 at 12:35

Jaydev

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answered Jul 27 '16 at 12:09

Jay Rathod

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Thanks! Where to create `asset` folder? Inside `res` folder? – dev90 Jul 27 '16 at 12:10
@Kirmani88 You should accept my answer as it was first in the queue with same solution :). – Jay Rathod Jul 27 '16 at 12:41

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 27 '16 at 12:11

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You can Create a folder under Resources and Name it raw. Then to provide the Path to the Video you can simply do

 String path = "android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/"
            + R.raw.intro_land;

and then

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

answered Jul 27 '16 at 12:11

Umer Kiani

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Thanks! R.war.intro_land is the name of video? – dev90 Jul 27 '16 at 12:13
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No disrespects but you selected my answer at first and then choosed another on his request. – Umer Kiani Jul 30 '16 at 14:21

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '20 at 08:05

You can view your own video by creating a folder under res as follows:

Right click on res -> New -> Android Resource Directory
select Resource type as raw

New Resource Directory

Then you can upload your video into this directory.

VideoView videoView = videoViewFragment.findViewById(R.id.videoView);
String path = "android.resource://" + getActivity().getPackageName() + "/" + R.raw.video01;
herevideoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(path)); 
videoView.start();

video01 is your mp4 file name

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 27 '16 at 12:11

You can create raw folder under res and put your video there,

Check this

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

                    String uriPath = "android.resource://com.android.AndroidVideoPlayer/"+R.raw.k;

                    Uri uri = Uri.parse(uriPath);
                    mVideoView.setVideoURI(uri);
                    mVideoView.requestFocus();
                    mVideoView.start();

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