ExoPlayer in Android TV using Kotlin

Question

How can I use ExoPlayer library to stream m3u8 files and play it on Android TV. I just want to build a basic Video Player to play m3u8 files on Android TV.

The library I am using is this : ExoPlayer

Answer 1

Use the emVideoView.setVideoURI from the ExoMedia Sample

private VideoView videoView;

private void setupVideoView() {
    // Make sure to use the correct VideoView import
    videoView = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.video_view);
    videoView.setOnPreparedListener(this);

    //For now we just picked an arbitrary item to play
    videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("https://archive.org/download/Popeye_forPresident/Popeye_forPresident_512kb.mp4"));
}

@Override
public void onPrepared() {
    //Starts the video playback as soon as it is ready
    videoView.start();
}

Additional reference, SO post.