In this video it shows the steps to build a very simple video streaming Android TV App using WebView. It uses a sample video hosted on my website: programmerworld.co for the demonstration purpose.
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Complete source code and other details:
package com.programmerworld.videostreamingappforandroidtv;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.webkit.WebView;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private WebView webView;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
webView = findViewById(R.id.webView);
}
public void buttonPlayVideo(View view){
webView.loadUrl("https://videos.files.wordpress.com/Fo0X2qAf/samplevideos2_hd.mp4");
}
}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/data_extraction_rules"
android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/Theme.VideoStreamingAppForAndroidTV"
tools:targetApi="31">
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:exported="true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<Button
android:id="@+id/button"
android:layout_width="272dp"
android:layout_height="72dp"
android:layout_marginStart="344dp"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:onClick="buttonPlayVideo"
android:text="Play Video"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<WebView
android:id="@+id/webView"
android:layout_width="958dp"
android:layout_height="450dp"
android:layout_marginStart="1dp"
android:layout_marginTop="1dp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/button" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
Video shown in this demo is taken from below page:
And the video URL is:
https://videos.files.wordpress.com/Fo0X2qAf/samplevideos2_hd.mp4