MediaPlayer example to play video from Internet

Example using MediaPlayer/SurfaceView example to play video from Internet.

MainActivity.java

package com.blogspot.android_er.androidmediaplayer;

import android.media.AudioManager;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
import android.view.SurfaceView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import java.io.IOException;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity
        implements SurfaceHolder.Callback, MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener {

    private SurfaceView surfaceView;
    private SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder;
    private MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;

    String videoSource =
            "https://sites.google.com/site/androidexample9/download/RunningClock.mp4";

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        surfaceView = (SurfaceView)findViewById(R.id.surfaceview);
        surfaceHolder = surfaceView.getHolder();
        surfaceHolder.addCallback(this);
    }

    @Override
    public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {

        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,
                "surfaceCreated()", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
        mediaPlayer.setDisplay(surfaceHolder);
        mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
        mediaPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(this);
        try {
            mediaPlayer.setDataSource(videoSource);
            mediaPlayer.prepare();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,
                    "something wrong!\n" + e.toString(),
                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder,
                               int format, int width, int height) {

    }

    @Override
    public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {

    }

    @Override
    public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
        mediaPlayer.start();
        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,
                "onPrepared()", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
}

layout/activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:padding="16dp"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context="com.blogspot.android_er.androidmediaplayer.MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:autoLink="web"
        android:text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

    <SurfaceView
        android:id="@+id/surfaceview"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</LinearLayout>

uses-permission of "android.permission.INTERNET" is needed in AndroidManifest.xml.

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Next:
- Add MediaController to MediaPlayer

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- VideoView example to play video from Internet