How to play .mp4 video in videoview in android?

Question

I am working on a video player application, I want to play .mp4 video in the native video view. I am not able to play video using a URL. I am getting the error "Sorry this video cannot be played" and I am also not able to play downloaded video in the native video view either.

My code for playing video in the video view:

String mUrl = "http://www.servername.com/projects/projectname/videos/1361439400.mp4";  VideoView mVideoView  = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.videoview) videoMediaController = new MediaController(this); mVideoView.setVideoPath(mUrl); videoMediaController.setMediaPlayer(mVideoView); mVideoView.setMediaController(videoMediaController); mVideoView.requestFocus(); mVideoView.start(); 

Answer 1

Finally it works for me.

private VideoView videoView;  videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoView);  Uri video = Uri.parse("http://www.servername.com/projects/projectname/videos/1361439400.mp4"); videoView.setVideoURI(video); videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {   @Override          public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {        mp.setLooping(true);        videoView.start();     } });