Video-Play Live Streaming in Android | Play Video in Android Using Remote URL

Hello Friends,
Today i am sharing post regarding live streaming from server to android application.

Note : There are so many different way to do live streaming in android application but in android only 3gp and mp 4 are playing smoothly or it may have exception for large resolution video also. we have to implement different approach for rest live streaming.

import android.app.Activity;

import android.app.ProgressDialog;

import android.graphics.PixelFormat;

import android.media.MediaPlayer;

import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener;

import android.net.Uri;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.widget.MediaController;

import android.widget.VideoView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity

{

       private static ProgressDialog progressDialog;

       String videourl="You video url"; //It should be 3gp or mp4

       VideoView videoView ;

       @Override

       protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)

       {

              super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

              setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

              videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.video_View);

              progressDialog = ProgressDialog.show(MainActivity.this, "", "Buffering video...",true);

              progressDialog.setCancelable(false);

              PlayVideo();

       }

       private void PlayVideo()

       {

              try

              {   

                     getWindow().setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);

                     MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(MainActivity.this);

                     mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);        

                     Uri video = Uri.parse(videourl);          

                     videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);

                     videoView.setVideoURI(video);

                     videoView.requestFocus();           

                     videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener()

                     {

                           public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp)

                           {                

                                  progressDialog.dismiss();  

                                  videoView.start();

                           }

                     });

              }

              catch(Exception e)

              {

                     progressDialog.dismiss();

                     System.out.println("Video Play Error :"+e.toString());

                     finish();

              }

       }

}

XML Layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    android:layout_width="fill_parent"

    android:layout_height="fill_parent"

    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <RelativeLayout

        android:layout_width="fill_parent"

        android:layout_height="fill_parent"

        android:gravity="center" >

        <VideoView

            android:id="@+id/video_View"

            android:layout_width="fill_parent"

            android:layout_height="fill_parent"

            android:layout_centerInParent="true" >

        </VideoView>

    </RelativeLayout>

</LinearLayout>

permission: <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

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Thank you :)