Tutorial How To Play Video from PC in Android Studio

Easy tutorial how to play your video from pc, offline, in Android Studio version 3.1.3, using MediaController widget. Create new project with Application name: My video; Minimum SDK: API 14 – Android 4 (IceCreamSandwich). In app->res->layout-> create New Directory: raw and copy-paste a video from your computer, with name: movie.mp4. In app->res->layout->activity_main.xml write the code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <VideoView
        android:id="@+id/videoView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"/>

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

  In app->java->MainActivity.java write the code:

package com.app.toyo.myvideo;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    VideoView myVideo;
    private MediaController media_control;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        myVideo = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoView);
        Uri uri = Uri.parse("android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/" + R.raw.movie);
        media_control = new MediaController(this);
        myVideo.setMediaController(media_control);
        myVideo.setVideoURI(uri);
        myVideo.start();
    }
}

  Run app in mobile device or Emulator (API 27 – Android 8.1) and watch your video in format portrait or landscape. Follow YouTube Video Tutorial:   Download project with Source Code from here: https://android-coffee.com/wp-content/uploads/projecs/Myvideo.7z Please subscribe here to our YouTube channel. Thank you! Check next tutorials to learn all about Android. For further questions leave a message.