How to re-position the MediaController?

Question

I have been using mediaController for my app.

By default, the Media Controller is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Is there a way to display the Media Controller in the middle of the screen instead?

[Maybe this is the answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/9563643/544419) — Rongan, Mar 05 '12 at 08:37
Possible duplicate of [MediaController positioning over VideoView](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3686729/mediacontroller-positioning-over-videoview) — bummi, Jan 07 '19 at 14:47

bk138 · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-07T12:09:01.083

Placing the mediacontroller only works if the video size is known. Thus you'll have to do:

video.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
    @Override
    public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
            mp.setOnVideoSizeChangedListener(new OnVideoSizeChangedListener() { 
                                    @Override
                                    public void onVideoSizeChanged(MediaPlayer mp, int width, int height) {
                                          /*
                                           *  add media controller
                                           */
                                          mc = new MediaController(YourActivity.this);;
                                          video.setMediaController(mc);
                                          /*
                                           * and set its position on screen
                                           */
                                          mc.setAnchorView(video);
                                    }
                                    });
                            }
          });

This is the answer actually work! No need to add MediaPlayer in XML layout. Just setAnchorView while VideoView while preparing itself. In case someone want to implement his own media controller check out http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3686729/mediacontroller-positioning-over-videoview — Robert, Nov 20 '14 at 08:25

Andro Selva · Answer 2 · 2011-07-29T01:31:14.157

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At last I got it..

   mediaController.setAnchorView(findViewById(R.id.main_audio_view));

Using this snippet we can re position the mediacontroller to be placed at a particular position based on the layout id or an view's id

edited Jul 29 '11 at 01:31

answered Jun 01 '11 at 07:23

Andro Selva

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But even with this, the MediaController still appears at the bottom of the screen – Marcos Vasconcelos Aug 11 '11 at 19:14
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I think this is also dependent on several other factors like what Layout you are using in your XML – Ronnie Oct 24 '11 at 17:11
Yeah might be. Bcoz I usually use Relative layouts only – Andro Selva Mar 05 '12 at 12:39

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered May 27 '21 at 04:28

/*var mediaController:MediaController? = null

videoView is reference to VideoView in layout file. */

videoView.setOnPreparedListener(OnPreparedListener { mp ->
            mp.setOnVideoSizeChangedListener { mp, width, height -> 
                   
                 mediaController = MediaController(this@ActivityName)

                videoView.setMediaController(mediaController)
    
               mediaController?.setAnchorView(videoView)
 
            }
        })
`

How to re-position the MediaController?

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