ExoMedia

ExoMedia is a media playback library with similar APIs to the Android MediaPlayer and VideoView that uses the ExoPlayer as a backing when possible, otherwise the default Android MediaPlayer and VideoView are used.

The ExoPlayer is only supported on devices that pass the Compatibility Test Suite and that are JellyBean (API 16) or greater. The ExoPlayer provides additional support for streaming (HLS, DASH, etc.) and full HD (1080p +)

Use

The latest AAR (Android Archive) files can be downloaded from JCenter
Or included in your gradle dependencies

repositories {
  jcenter()
}

dependencies {
  implementation 'com.devbrackets.android:exomedia:4.3.0'
}

Example

The ExoMedia VideoView can be added in your layout files like any other Android view.

<RelativeLayout 
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent">

	<com.devbrackets.android.exomedia.ui.widget.VideoView
		android:id="@+id/video_view"
		android:layout_width="match_parent"
		android:layout_height="match_parent"
		app:useDefaultControls="true"/>
</RelativeLayout>

While in your Activity or Fragment you treat it like a standard Android VideoView

private VideoView videoView;

private void setupVideoView() {
  // Make sure to use the correct VideoView import
  videoView = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.video_view);
  videoView.setOnPreparedListener(this);

  //For now we just picked an arbitrary item to play
  videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("https://archive.org/download/Popeye_forPresident/Popeye_forPresident_512kb.mp4"));
}

@Override
public void onPrepared() {
  //Starts the video playback as soon as it is ready
  videoView.start();
}

License

Copyright 2015-2022 ExoMedia Contributors

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

Attribution

• Uses Kotlin licensed under Apache 2.0
• Uses ExoPlayer licensed under Apache 2.0
• Uses AndroidX Media3 licensed under Apache 2.0
• Uses ConstraintLayout licensed under Apache 2.0
• Uses AndroidX AppCompat licensed under Apache 2.0
• Uses Material Design icons licensed under Apache 2.0