Android: video playback

summary:

1. Add VideoView into the xml layout
2. copy video into "res/raw" folder
3. import android.widget.VideoView
4. VideoView videoView;
5. videoView = (VideoView)this.findViewById(R.id.videoView1);
6. String path = "android.resource://" + this.getPackageName() + "/" + R.raw.render; // assume that the video is render.mp4
• alternatively: can use - String path = "android.resource://" + this.getPackageName() + "/raw/render"; // assume video is render.mp4
• can use http url to a video file online. but must add uses permission to Internet in Manifest.xml - <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
7. videoView.setVideoPath(path );
8. videoView.start();