Avoiding video stretching in a VideoView

Question

I have a stranger problem using VideoView.

Using some .mp4 (coded using ffmpeg) video i have this problem:

The video is stretch to cover all screen-width.

But using .mp4 video coded using a different software(i don't remember it) the result is:

The aspect ratio is preserved.

This is my layout XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <ScrollView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:id="@+id/allenamento_activity">

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="vertical">

            <VideoView
                android:id="@+id/videoView"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="200dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
                android:layout_gravity="center">
            </VideoView>

            <---- OTHER XML CODE ------>

        </LinearLayout>
    </ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>

How can i prevent the stretching of the video?

Possible duplicate of [VideoView to match parent height and keep aspect ratio](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13603553/videoview-to-match-parent-height-and-keep-aspect-ratio) — Rapunzel Van Winkle, Feb 15 '18 at 22:15

score -3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 15 '18 at 21:25

-3

The scrollview and all children are all set to:

android:layout_width="match_parent"

which would entail all children will be the same width as the screen/primary layout.

You either need to calculate the needed height/width or wrap content on width and height.

The onMeasure method may be of use here?

answered Feb 15 '18 at 21:25

Jcov

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Searching on the web, i tried to use `Relative Layout` as VideoView's container and i tried to compute its widht necessary to preserve the aspect ratio but without results... – BertoGT Feb 15 '18 at 22:12

Avoiding video stretching in a VideoView

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