78. Video Playback on Android using the VideoView and MediaController Classes
One of the primary uses for smartphones and tablets is to provide access to online content. One key form of content widely used, especially in the case of tablet devices, is video.
The Android SDK includes two classes that make the implementation of video playback on Android devices extremely easy to implement when developing applications. This chapter will provide an overview of these two classes, VideoView and MediaController, before working through the creation of a video playback application.
78.1 Introducing the Android VideoView Class
By far the simplest way to display video within an Android application is to use the VideoView class. This is a visual component ...
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