Listener (or handler) for video finish

Question

I have implement the following code in order to test playing a video from a remote web server through it´s URL.

videoView = (VideoView)this.findViewById(R.id.videoView);
        MediaController mc = new MediaController(this);
        videoView.setMediaController(mc);
        videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("http://sayedhashimi.com/downloads/android/movie.mp4"));
        videoView.requestFocus();

The code is working just fine, even in the Android emulator. I just would like to know if there's any listener (or handler) to detect the finish of the video that is being reproduced?

Update:

I have the following code now:

   @Override
        protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        this.setContentView(R.layout.player);

        videoView = (VideoView)this.findViewById(R.id.videoView);
        playVideo();

        // video finish listener
        videoView.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {

            @Override
            public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
                // not playVideo
                            // playVideo();

                            mp.start();
            }
        });
    }

    public void playVideo() {
            MediaController mc = new MediaController(this);
            videoView.setMediaController(mc);
            videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("http://sayedhashimi.com/downloads/android/movie.mp4"));
            videoView.requestFocus(); 
        }

When the activity is just called, the video works fine but when the video finishes, I would like that it played again, which it's not occurring.

Answer 1

Seems you are looking for

setOnCompletionListener(MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener l)

More in depth explanation can be found here

EDIT

This shows a solution where playback is called after completion using VideoView, MediaController and setOnCompletionListener().

Answer 2

here is my working chunk of code:

mp.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() 
        {           
            public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) 
            {
                // Do whatever u need to do here

            }           
        });   

Answer 3

        vidView=(VideoView)findViewById(R.id.vidView);
    vidView.setMediaController(null);
    vidView.setVideoPath( "/mnt/external_sd/somerandommovie.3gp" );
    vidView.start();

    vidView.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {

        @Override
        public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
                        vidView.start();
        }
    });

I found that the listener was firing, the issue was mp.start() didn't seem to do anything, so calling start again on the original object seems to be working fine.

Answer 4

in your onCompletion listener, try using videoView.start(); instead of mp.start();

Answer 5

Make sure you are using the player on the main thread, it seems the callback only works on the main thread.