Android VideoView SplashScreen

Question

This is my splash.java and I use my video file as contentView. Is there a way with which I can center the video inside the video, which is a contentView?

Or what is better to do?

package com.android;

import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class Splash extends Activity
{
    VideoView vidHolder;
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        try
        {
            vidHolder = new VideoView(this);
            setContentView(vidHolder);
            Uri video = Uri.parse("android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/" + R.raw.splash);
            vidHolder.setVideoURI(video);
            vidHolder.setOnCompletionListener(new OnCompletionListener()
            {
                public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
                    jump();
            }});
            vidHolder.start();

        } catch(Exception ex) {
            jump();
        }
    }

    private void jump()
    {
        if(isFinishing())
            return;
        startActivity(new Intent(this, MainActivity.class));
        finish();
    }
}

Answer 1

Use the layout file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="fill_parent">
  <VideoView android:id="@+id/myvideo"
             android:layout_width="wrap_content"
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
             android:layout_centerInParent="true"/>
</RelativeLayout>

Please note: you did not ask for this, but your code is from an example that can be seen elsewhere, where the infamous black flash will be displayed before and after the video. You need to add vidHolder.setZOrderOnTop(true);to avoid this (after #setVideoUri).