A VideoView based on the official Android 7.1.1_r13 sources using a TextureView instead of a SurfaceView by sprylab technologies GmbH. It will work on Android 4.0+ (API level 15 and above).

The main advantages of this drop-in replacement compared to the original VideoView are the following:

• extends android.view.TextureView instead of a android.view.SurfaceView thus allowing proper view animations as described in the Property Animation API guide
• API addition: Call setShouldRequestAudioFocus(true) to programmatically disable audio focus request before opening a video file - default behaviour is unchanged and complies with the current VideoView implementation (thanks to @ezaquarii)
• clears the underlying Surface on API level 16+ when calling stopPlayback() (thanks to @hithere1985)
• fixes a sizing bug when auto-starting the video with view size != video size (thanks to @lhunath)
• fixes various memory leaks
  • potential leak by releasing surface when destroyed
  • potential activity leak when streaming videos over HTTP(S) (thanks to @koral)
  • potential activity leak caused by AudioManager on Android pre-6.0 devices (thanks to @hzsweers)

Unfortunately, code that uses hidden APIs and thus is not publicly available had to be removed (e.g. subtitle support).

Download the latest JAR or grab via Maven:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.sprylab.android.texturevideoview</groupId>
  <artifactId>texturevideoview</artifactId>
  <version>1.2.1</version>
</dependency>

or Gradle:

compile 'com.sprylab.android.texturevideoview:texturevideoview:1.2.1'

Copyright 2014-2016 sprylab technologies GmbH

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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Note: The sample application includes a trailer for Big Buck Bunny, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.