How to transfer video from url and play in android?

Question

I would like to transfer video from url and play in android. I want to play this video, for example, a video on YouTube. for example streaming byte and start playing the video. and also streaming continues in the background.

How is this possible? I tried with Videoview and Medialplayer. but when the video size is very large, the video cannot play and use a blank screen.

Answer 1

Try this code:

Intent intent = new Intent(); intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse("http://www.yourvideo.mp4"), Req_code); startActivityForResult(intent);