I think i have a solution for this. Using a background image for the surface view and removing the background before calling mediaplayerinstance.start() works for me.
Thanks. On Mar 21, 1:09 pm, droid-stricken <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am creating a surface holder for displaying my video and creating > the mediaplayer instance as well. My question is - How to display the > first frame on the surfaceView and then provide a button for the user > to click that starts the actual playback of the video? > > Currently, my screen is totally black before the user presses the > button that calls mediaplayerinstance.start(). I would rather have a > frame there instead of nothing. > > Is this possible to achieve? seekTo to the first 1 sec of the video > content does not help. I don't see the frame at the 1st sec until > start() is invoked. > > TIA. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
