Thanks Sean. I will try this out and post my findings. Thanks again
Abhi On Jun 7, 10:16 am, Sean Hodges <seanhodge...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Abhi, > > I'm not to sure about video playback outside of the VideoView, I > expect you have some substitute view to replace VideoView, as > MediaPlayer is just an interface to the back-end A/V component and > does no UI handling. > > Looking at theMediaController, it accepts any view that implements > MediaPlayerControl:http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/reference/android/widget/MediaCo... > > The only build-in view that does this in the Android SDK is the > VideoView - but you should be able to make your substitute view > implement MediaPlayerControl and use it in exactly the same way. You > will just need to handle the callback methods that are defined in > MediaPlayerControl. > > e.g. > > public class MyVideoCanvas > extends SurfaceView > implements MediaPlayerControl { > > privateMediaControllerctlr; > private MediaPlayer mediaPlayer; > > public void onCreate() { > mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer(); > > ctlr = newMediaController(this); > ctlr.setMediaPlayer(this); > ctlr.setAnchorView(this); > ctlr.setEnabled(true); > ctlr.show(); > } > > public void pause() { > // This is an example of a callback method from MediaPlayerControl... > mediaPlayer.pause(); > } > > // ... > > } > > I haven't tested this, but I don't see why it shouldn't work. > > Sean > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Abhi <abhishek.r.sha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey Sean > > > Thanks for the link. But that's using VideoView and I am using > > MediaPlayer instead. I already have a player using VideoView but am > > having issues with it, so I decided to switch over to MediaPlayer. I > > have a player running so far but no auto Media Controller (like the > > one in the link with VideoView). > > > Abhi > > > On Jun 7, 9:34 am, Sean Hodges <seanhodge...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Abhi, > > >> Take a look at the VideoDemo class in Mark Murphy's tutorial projects: > > >>http://github.com/commonsguy/cw-advandroid/blob/master/Media/Video/sr... > > >> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Abhi <abhishek.r.sha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > guys > > >> > any lead on this question would help me a bunch... > > >> > thanks, > > >> > abhi > > >> > On Jun 4, 1:05 pm, Abhi <abhishek.r.sha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Hello, > > >> >> I am using MediaPlayer to build a Video player for playing local video > >> >> files. However, I don't know how to enableMediaControllerfor my > >> >> player. I want the media control buttons that pop up when you touch > >> >> the video surface. > > >> >> Can anyone help me out please? > > >> >> Thanks, > > >> >> Abhi > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "Android Developers" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> > For more options, visit this group at > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en