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this is my layout :
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<FrameLayout
android:id="@+id/frameLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center" >
<VideoView
android:id="@+id/geoloc_anim"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="top|center"
android:visibility="visible" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="@+id/placeholder"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
</FrameLayout>
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
this is my activity code:
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements OnPreparedListener {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
getSupportActionBar().hide();
VideoView mVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoview);
Uri uri = Uri.parse("android.resource://" + getPackageName()+"/raw/lst2");
mVideoView.setVideoURI(uri);
mVideoView.requestFocus();
mVideoView.setZOrderOnTop(true);
mVideoView.start();
@Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
mp.setOnInfoListener(new MediaPlayer.OnInfoListener() {
@Override
public boolean onInfo(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) {
View placeholder = (View) findViewById(R.id.placeholder);
if (what == MediaPlayer.MEDIA_INFO_VIDEO_RENDERING_START) {
// video started; hide the placeholder.
placeholder.setVisibility(View.GONE);
return true;
return false;
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width,int height) {
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
It works fine on android 4.2 but it doesn't work properly on android 2.3 . on android 2.3 , the first time it opens it works find but when close the app and open it again ,a black screen comes , something like this :
and after one minute or so , it goes from a black screen to a white screen but still nothing plays .
Could you help me to solve this problem ?
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Very late answer. But surely it helps anyone.
set videoView.setZOrderOnTop(true) before start().
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/SurfaceView.html#setZOrderOnTop(boolean)
videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(uriString));
videoView.setZOrderOnTop(true);//this line solve the problem
videoView.start();
I resolved this with toggling alpha for VideoView:
public class VideoPlayer extends VideoView {
public VideoPlayer(Context context) {
super(context);
init();
public void init() {
setAlpha(0); // hides view
setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
@Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
mp.setOnInfoListener(new MediaPlayer.OnInfoListener() {
@Override
public boolean onInfo(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) {
if (what == MediaPlayer.MEDIA_INFO_VIDEO_RENDERING_START) {
setAlpha(1); // shows view
return true;
return false;
I guess you can do the same if you have external VideoView and have access to it.
This code works for me, code tested on android nougat.
No require additional code in your java file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_gravity="center"
tools:context=".SecondaryDisplay"
android:background="@color/black">
<VideoView
android:id="@+id/videoView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</RelativeLayout>
@Override
public void onPrepared(final MediaPlayer mp) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"onPrepared",ToasLENGTH_SHORT).show();
mVideoView.setZOrderOnTop(false);
mVideoView.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
Maybe to late, but I found a solution that worked for me. I combined answers from Sagar Limbani and faljbour
videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(path));
videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
@Override
public void onPrepared(final MediaPlayer mp) {
mp.start();
new Handler().post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
if(mp.getCurrentPosition() != 0){
View placeholder = findViewById(R.id.placeholder);
placeholder.setVisibility(View.GONE);
} else {
new Handler().postDelayed(this, 50);
It worked for android 5.1, 5.0 and 4.0
I had the same issue. I found that the main reason for that was the use of FrameLayout as the parent layout. Use RelativeLayout as the parent layout of the VideoView
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="@+id/frameLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center" >
<VideoView
android:id="@+id/geoloc_anim"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="top|center"
android:visibility="visible" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="@+id/placeholder"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
</FrameLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
You can solve this by using custom VideoPlayer extends VideoView
public class VideoPlayer extends VideoView {
public VideoPlayer(Context context) {
super(context);
init();
@Override
protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
TyrooLog.i(TAG, "onMeasure");
int width = getDefaultSize(videoWidth, widthMeasureSpec);
int height = getDefaultSize(videoHeight, heightMeasureSpec);
if (videoWidth > 0 && videoHeight > 0) {
if (videoWidth * height > width * videoHeight) {
TyrooLog.i(TAG, "video too tall, correcting");
height = width * videoHeight / videoWidth;
} else if (videoWidth * height < width * videoHeight) {
TyrooLog.i(TAG, "video too wide, correcting");
width = height * videoWidth / videoHeight;
} else {
TyrooLog.i(TAG, "aspect ratio is correct: " + width+"/"+height+"="+mVideoWidth+"/"+mVideoHeight);
TyrooLog.i(TAG, "setting size: " + width + 'x' + height);
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
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