How to Play Video in Android Using VideoView

In this post, I have created a tutorial that shows three different ways to load a video in an Android app to be played inside a VideoView.

This tutorial covers:

1. How to Play a Video from a Raw Android Resource Directory in a VideoView widget
2. How to Play a Video from a URI on the Internet in a VideoView widget
3. How to Play a Video on the Device using the MediaStore API in a VideoView widget

A video version of this tutorial has been published on YouTube and is embedded below.

https://youtu.be/Re0zUO-FKx8

All the code samples shared in this tutorial is available in the following public code repository in GitHub.

https://github.com/learntodroid/AndroidVideoTutorial

How to Play a Video in a VideoView from a Raw Resource Directory

Fragment Layout Resource

Fragment Class

How to Play a Video in a VideoView from a URI on the Internet

Fragment Layout Resource

Fragment Class

Manifest

How to Play a Video in a VideoView Retrieved from the MediaStore API

RecyclerView Adapter, ViewHolder, Model and Item Layout Resource

Fragment Layout Resource

Fragment Class

Manifest

Activity Class

Gradle File