Android: not able to play video using videoview

Question

Please find below xml

<VideoView
        android:id="@+id/video_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
    />

Java Code:

  String url = "android.resource://com.example.androidtutorial/" + R.raw.instructions;
  videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(url));
  videoView.start();

Error is shown in Logcat:

2019-10-20 10:51:16.708 5063-5063/? E/androidtutoria: Unknown bits set in runtime_flags: 0x8000
2019-10-20 10:51:22.825 5063-5080/com.example.androidtutorial E/MediaPlayerNative: error (1, -2147483648)
2019-10-20 10:51:23.178 5063-5063/com.example.androidtutorial E/MediaPlayer: Error (1,-2147483648)

I saw many samples on the internet that uses the same code, but in my case, it is not working.

have look to this link : [Unknown bits set in runtime_flags: 0x8000](https://stackoverflow.com/a/58394387/7138532) — Hamed Karami, Oct 20 '19 at 11:20

alireza daryani · Answer 1 · 2019-10-20T08:06:33.067

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I advice you to user a WebView instead of video view.

that will work better.

But for your answer

1.check your connection

2.check your permissions

3.check Url that you build with Debug

4.put start method in try catch

Now its seems issue in this line:

videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(url));

uri means a file path in your device not a url, check it and try again.

u can update me in comments

Edited: use this method:

public Uri getRawUri(String filename) {
    return Uri.parse(ContentResolver.SCHEME_ANDROID_RESOURCE + 
File.pathSeparator + File.separator + getPackageName() + "/raw/" + 
filename);
}

next solution: use Uri.fromFile instead of Uri.parse

And

Use this 2 methods:

video.setVideoURI(URI);
video.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
video.requestFocus();
video.start();

Try this in your onCreate() method:

Uri URI = getRawUri(instructions);
MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
    mediaController.setAnchorView(video)

video.setVideoURI(URI);
video.setMediaController(mediaController);
video.requestFocus();
video.start();

edited Oct 20 '19 at 08:06

answered Oct 20 '19 at 05:32

alireza daryani

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It's a local video, inside the raw folder. – Jitesh Mohite Oct 20 '19 at 05:48
are you check all the steps that is said? – alireza daryani Oct 20 '19 at 06:07
Please try at your end then only post these answers, because I already mentioned in my question I tried other samples which are available. – Jitesh Mohite Oct 20 '19 at 06:18
please complete answer. – Jitesh Mohite Oct 20 '19 at 06:48
what do u mean? its a completed answer, just try it in your code... – alireza daryani Oct 20 '19 at 06:49
What is URI in line "video.setVideoURI(URI);" if you change to Uri.fromFile this will give you a compile-time error. Please post complete java file – Jitesh Mohite Oct 20 '19 at 06:55
do you want it? – alireza daryani Oct 20 '19 at 08:06
.mp4 use format in file name like instructions.mp4 – alireza daryani Oct 20 '19 at 14:35
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/201166/discussion-between-jitsm555-and-alireza-daryani). – Jitesh Mohite Oct 20 '19 at 15:34

Android: not able to play video using videoview

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