{"id":14080,"date":"2024-03-15T08:25:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T08:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-use-android-videoview\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T03:31:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T03:31:44","slug":"how-do-you-use-android-videoview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-use-android-videoview\/","title":{"rendered":"Android VideoView Tutorial: Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Android VideoView is a view control used for playing videos in Android applications, allowing for the display of videos and providing basic video playback functions such as play, pause, and stop.<\/p>\n

The usage of VideoView is as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. Add a VideoView control to the layout file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    <VideoView<\/span>\r\n    android:id<\/span>=\"@+id\/videoView\"<\/span>\r\n    android:layout_width<\/span>=\"match_parent\"<\/span>\r\n    android:layout_height<\/span>=\"match_parent\"<\/span>\/><\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      \n
    1. Find the VideoView control in the Activity or Fragment and set the video source.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      VideoView<\/span> videoView<\/span> =<\/span> findViewById(R.id.videoView);\r\nString<\/span> videoUrl<\/span> =<\/span> \"https:\/\/example.com\/video.mp4\"<\/span>;\r\nvideoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(videoUrl));\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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      1. You can control video playback by calling some methods of VideoView, such as:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          \n
        1. Play video:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          videoView.start();\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
            \n
          1. Pause the video.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
            videoView.pause();\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
              \n
            1. Stop the video.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
              videoView.stopPlayback();\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
                \n
              1. Adjust video playback position:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                int<\/span> position<\/span> =<\/span> 10000<\/span>; \/\/ \u5355\u4f4d\u4e3a\u6beb\u79d2<\/span>\r\nvideoView.seekTo(position);\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
                  \n
                1. Listen for the event when the video finishes playing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                  videoView.setOnCompletionListener(new<\/span> MediaPlayer<\/span>.OnCompletionListener() {\r\n    @Override<\/span>\r\n    public<\/span> void<\/span> onCompletion<\/span>(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer)<\/span> {\r\n        \/\/ \u89c6\u9891\u64ad\u653e\u5b8c\u6210\u540e\u7684\u5904\u7406\u903b\u8f91<\/span>\r\n    }\r\n});\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
                    \n
                  1. Listen for video playback error events.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                    videoView.setOnErrorListener(new<\/span> MediaPlayer<\/span>.OnErrorListener() {\r\n    @Override<\/span>\r\n    public<\/span> boolean<\/span> onError<\/span>(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer, int<\/span> what, int<\/span> extra)<\/span> {\r\n        \/\/ \u89c6\u9891\u64ad\u653e\u51fa\u9519\u65f6\u7684\u5904\u7406\u903b\u8f91<\/span>\r\n        return<\/span> false<\/span>;\r\n    }\r\n});\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
                    It is important to note that VideoView only supports common video formats such as MP4 and 3GP. If you need to play other formats, consider using ExoPlayer or MediaPlayer. Additionally, for more advanced video playback functions, you can inherit VideoView or customize your own view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
                    Android VideoView is a view control used for playing videos in Android applications, allowing for the display of videos and providing basic video playback functions such as play, pause, and stop. The usage of VideoView is as follows: Add a VideoView control to the layout file. <VideoView android:id=”@+id\/videoView” android:layout_width=”match_parent” android:layout_height=”match_parent”\/> Find the VideoView control in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,118,18775,18960,18785],"class_list":["post-14080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-android-development","tag-android-tutorial","tag-android-videoview","tag-android-views","tag-video-playback"],"yoast_head":"\nAndroid VideoView Tutorial: Complete Guide - Blog - Silicon Cloud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to implement Android VideoView in your apps. 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