Play bytearray in VideoView

Asked Apr 24 '18 at 20:42

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I need to download encrypted video, decrypt it and play in VideoView. But problem is that VideoView needs a path to file. How is it possible to play decrypted video so it's only visible via my app.

When I decrypt I have byte[] outputBytes I was thinking about two solutions... 1. Is it possible to make file in memory that will be deleted every time user is not in the app? 2. Or maybe to extend VideoView class and override methods so they work with byte array

edited Apr 24 '18 at 21:03

asked Apr 24 '18 at 20:42

Nikola Samardzija

you may have to write those bytes back to a video file like .mp4 or something and delete it onStop/onDestroy.. but not sure – Deepak kaku Apr 24 '18 at 21:26
That's what I was thinking. What if app crashes or something like that, that will skip going into onDestroy/Stop? – Nikola Samardzija Apr 24 '18 at 21:35
Nikola, check this -> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9495366/how-to-play-a-video-from-byte-array – Deepak kaku Apr 24 '18 at 21:38
I saw that answer but couldn't find the way to pass InputStream to VideoView... Do you have code sample for that? Also I was searching in documentation for VideoView and couldn't find InputStream. – Nikola Samardzija Apr 24 '18 at 21:46
here you go, https://stackoverflow.com/a/21549067/6142219 – Deepak kaku Apr 24 '18 at 21:48
Thanks a lot. Should I delete this question? – Nikola Samardzija Apr 26 '18 at 13:39
It is fine!. :D – Deepak kaku Apr 26 '18 at 19:40
you should post answer yourself if you got one – karanatwal.github.io May 01 '18 at 05:27

Play bytearray in VideoView

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