Android: Why can't I give an onClickListener to a VideoView?

Question

I have written these lines of code:

 mVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.video_view);
    mVideoView.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            Log.v("LOG_TAG, click");
        }
    });

However, when I run my application, the click event is never called.

So I wonder, is it impossible to register an OnClickListener on a VideoView? And, if so, why is that the case?

Answer 1

use VideoView.setOnTouchListener(..) it works for VideoView

Answer 2

Here's how I solved the pause/play of VideoViews using onTouch:

// Class variables
private boolean bVideoIsBeingTouched = false;
private Handler mHandler = new Handler();

vvVideo.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
    if (!bVideoIsBeingTouched) {
        bVideoIsBeingTouched = true;
    if (vvVideo.isPlaying()) {
        vvVideo.pause();
    } else {
        vvVideo.resume();
    }
    mHandler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            bVideoIsBeingTouched = false;
        }
        }, 100);
    }
    return true;
    }
});

Answer 3

I know this is old but I used this:

    mVideoView.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener()
    {
        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {

            Log.i(TAG, "Video 1 clicked, starting playback");

            return false;
        }
    });

Answer 4

I know this is and old question, but here is what I did:

Since setOnClickListener is not been triggered, I created my own class which extends VideoView

public class VideoViewCustom extends VideoView{

and Overrided the onTouchEvent

@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {

    if(ev.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN){
        Log.d(TAG, "ACTION_DOWN");
    }

    return super.onTouchEvent(ev);
}

and now I can get the onClick event with the MotionEvent.

Hope this helps someone!

Answer 5

This is probably long overdue, nonetheless of some help to those who may run into a similar problem. The way I got around this problem was by laying a transparent image view right on top of the video view, then listening to onClick events on the image view, and doing whatever it was I wanted to do with the video view afterwards.

Answer 6

I realize this is an old question but thought I'd chime in with an easy workaround. I can't answer why this doesn't work - seems like a big oversight in my opinion. But an easy workaround is to place your VideoView as the sole View inside a FrameLayout, and set an OnClickListener on the layout. Not ideal, but it works.

Answer 7

You can well use a button which is transparent on the video view if you want a specific part of the video on touch to do something.

Answer 8

The VideoView is a wrapper containing MediaPlayer and SurfaceView. You can interact with through MediaController or writing your own SurfaceView and implement onClick events.

Answer 9

You can solve this issue through cover layout. I used the linearlayout.

            <LinearLayout
                android:id="@+id/video1"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center">
                <VideoView
                    android:id="@+id/video2"
                    android:layout_width="370dp"
                    android:layout_height="180dp"
                    android:layout_gravity="center"
                    app:elevation = "0dp"
                    android:background="@mipmap/video"
                    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
                    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
                    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
                    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
                    android:visibility="visible"
                    />

            </LinearLayout>

and try it in source file.

video1.setOnClickListener {
                if(Video.isPlaying) {
                    Video.pause()
                }
                else {
                    Video.start()
                }
}

Answer 10

You might try Gesture Overlay View

You should be able to overlay this view on top of another view in order to get touch events.

Hope this helps!

Answer 11

It is possible I have did this with onSetClickListener. And Here's a code for your help:

mVideoView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            //Here you put a condition for playing a video when you click on your video view.//
            if(my_video.isPressed())
            {   
                my_video.start();
            } else {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), 
                    "Not able to run This Video!", 
                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
        }
    });