Play Video in loop in Android App
In this video it shows the Android Java code for running a sample video continuously in infinite loop in VideoView of your Android App.
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Java Code:
package com.programmerworld.audiocontrol;
// How to play a sample video in VideoView from resource raw directory in your Android App?
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.VideoView;
import androidx.activity.EdgeToEdge;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.core.graphics.Insets;
import androidx.core.view.ViewCompat;
import androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsCompat;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
EdgeToEdge.enable(this);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
ViewCompat.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener(findViewById(R.id.main), (v, insets) -> {
Insets systemBars = insets.getInsets(WindowInsetsCompat.Type.systemBars());
v.setPadding(systemBars.left, systemBars.top, systemBars.right, systemBars.bottom);
// Find the VideoView by ID
VideoView videoView = findViewById(R.id.videoView);
// Set the video URI
Uri videoUri = Uri.parse("android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/" + R.raw.videosample);
// Set up the MediaController
MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);
// Set up the VideoView
videoView.setVideoURI(videoUri);
videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
// Restart the video when it finishes
videoView.setOnCompletionListener(mp -> videoView.start());
// Start the video
videoView.start();
return insets;
});
}
}
<?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:id="@+id/main"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<VideoView
android:id="@+id/videoView"
android:layout_width="405dp"
android:layout_height="334dp"
android:layout_marginStart="3dp"
android:layout_marginTop="212dp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
Screenshot:

Sample Video File: