Play 3gp video file using MediaPlayer

The former exercise show how to "play MIDI audio using MediaPlayer". MediaPlayer can play video file also. This exercise show hoe to play 3gp video file in sdcard using MediaPlayer



Copy 3gp file to root folder on SD Card.
For Putting file into SDCARD select File explorer from Eclips Windows->showView->Others->file explorer
In file explorer MNT->sdcared....see the push and pull button int the left bottom of the explorer ,push the 3gp file.

LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"

TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/hello"
/
Button
android:id="@+id/playvideoplayer"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="- PLAY Video -"
/
Button
android:id="@+id/pausevideoplayer"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="- PAUSE Video -"
/
SurfaceView
android:id="@+id/surfaceview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/
LinearLayout

import java.io.IOException;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.PixelFormat;
import android.media.AudioManager;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
import android.view.SurfaceView;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;

public class AndroidVideoPlayer extends Activity implements SurfaceHolder.Callback{

MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;
SurfaceView surfaceView;
SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder;
boolean pausing = false;;

String stringPath = "/sdcard/samplevideo.3gp";

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);

Button buttonPlayVideo = (Button)findViewById(R.id.playvideoplayer);
Button buttonPauseVideo = (Button)findViewById(R.id.pausevideoplayer);

getWindow().setFormat(PixelFormat.UNKNOWN);
surfaceView = (SurfaceView)findViewById(R.id.surfaceview);
surfaceHolder = surfaceView.getHolder();
surfaceHolder.addCallback(this);
surfaceHolder.setFixedSize(176, 144);
surfaceHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();

buttonPlayVideo.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
pausing = false;

if(mediaPlayer.isPlaying()){
mediaPlayer.reset();
}

mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
mediaPlayer.setDisplay(surfaceHolder);

try {
mediaPlayer.setDataSource(stringPath);
mediaPlayer.prepare();
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}

mediaPlayer.start();


}});

buttonPauseVideo.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
if(pausing){
pausing = false;
mediaPlayer.start();
}
else{
pausing = true;
mediaPlayer.pause();
}
}});

}



@Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width,
int height) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

@Override
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

@Override
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub

}
}