How to play a video from the Internet in Android Studio - Programming Tutorial

How to play a video from the Internet in Android Studio - Programming Tutorial

AndroidManifest.xml

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

MainActivity.java

package com.example.myapplication;

import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Bundle;

import androidx.activity.EdgeToEdge;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.core.graphics.Insets;
import androidx.core.view.ViewCompat;
import androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsCompat;
import androidx.media3.common.MediaItem;
import androidx.media3.exoplayer.ExoPlayer;
import androidx.media3.ui.PlayerView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private PlayerView playerView;
    private ExoPlayer player;
    private boolean playWhenReady = true;
    private Long playbackPosition =0L;
    private MediaItem mediaItem;

    @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);
            return insets;
        });
        playerView = findViewById(R.id.video_view);
    }
    private void initializePlayer(){
        player = new ExoPlayer.Builder(this).build();
        playerView.setPlayer(player);
        mediaItem = MediaItem.fromUri("https://cdn.pixabay.com/video/2023/09/24/182082-867762198_large.mp4");
        player.setMediaItem(mediaItem,playbackPosition);
        player.setPlayWhenReady(playWhenReady);
        player.prepare();
        player.play();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onStart() {
        super.onStart();
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT>23){
            initializePlayer();
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        if ((Build.VERSION.SDK_INT<=23)||(player==null)){
            initializePlayer();
        }
    }
    private void releasePlayer(){
        if (player!=null){
            playbackPosition = player.getCurrentPosition();
            playWhenReady = player.getPlayWhenReady();
            player.release();
        }
        player = null;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPause() {
        super.onPause();
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT<=23){
            releasePlayer();
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onStop() {
        super.onStop();
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT>23){
            releasePlayer();
        }
    }
}
activity_main.xml
<?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"
    android:background="@color/black"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <androidx.media3.ui.PlayerView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="500dp"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        android:id="@+id/video_view"
        />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
build.gradle
implementation("androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer:1.3.1")
implementation("androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-dash:1.3.1")
implementation("androidx.media3:media3-ui:1.3.1")