Play Video From URL in Android Using Kotlin

Last Updated : 19 Jun, 2022

Many applications display video within their application to display video content. The videos are huge in size so it is not practically possible to add each video to our project. This will increase the size of our application. So for tackling this many applications plays the video from the URL within their android application. In this video, we will take a look at How to Play video from URL in android application using Kotlin.

Note: If you are looking to play a video from a URL in an android application using Java. Check out the following article: How to play video from URL in android using Java

Step by Step Implementation

Step 1: Create a New Project in Android Studio

To create a new project in Android Studio please refer to How to Create/Start a New Project in Android Studio. Note that select Kotlin as the programming language.

Step 2: Add the Internet Permission

Navigate to app > manifest > AndroidManifest.xml and the internet permission to that file as shown below.

XML

<!--internet permissions and network state permission-->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> 
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

Step 3: Working with the activity_main.xml file

Navigate to the app > res > layout > activity_main.xml and add the below code to that file. Below is the code for the activity_main.xml file. Comments are added inside the code to understand the code in more detail.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
<RelativeLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/container"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity"> 
  
    <!--on below line we are creating  
        a text for heading of our app-->
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/idTVHeading"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="8dp"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:padding="4dp"
        android:text="Play Video from URL"
        android:textAlignment="center"
        android:textColor="@color/purple_200"
        android:textSize="18sp"
        android:textStyle="bold" /> 
  
    <!-- adding VideoView to the layout -->
    <VideoView
        android:id="@+id/videoView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@id/idTVHeading"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true" /> 
  
</RelativeLayout>

Step 4: Working with the MainActivity.kt file

Go to the MainActivity.kt file and refer to the following code. Below is the code for the MainActivity.kt file. Comments are added inside the code to understand the code in more detail.

Kotlin

package com.gtappdevelopers.kotlingfgproject 
  
import android.net.Uri 
import android.os.Bundle 
import android.widget.MediaController 
import android.widget.VideoView 
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity 
  
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() { 
  
    // on below line we are creating  
    // a variable for our video view. 
    lateinit var videoView: VideoView 
  
    // on below line we are creating  
    // a variable for our video url. 
    var videoUrl = 
        "https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20201217192146/Screenrecorder-2020-12-17-19-17-36-828.mp4?_=1"
  
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { 
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) 
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main) 
  
        // on below line we are initializing 
        // our buttons with id. 
        videoView = findViewById(R.id.videoView); 
  
        // on below line we are creating  
        // uri for our video view. 
        val uri: Uri = Uri.parse(videoUrl) 
  
        // on below line we are setting 
        // video uri for our video view. 
        videoView.setVideoURI(uri) 
  
        // on below line we are creating variable  
        // for media controller and initializing it. 
        val mediaController = MediaController(this) 
  
        // on below line we are setting anchor  
        // view for our media controller. 
        mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView) 
  
        // on below line we are setting media player 
        // for our media controller. 
        mediaController.setMediaPlayer(videoView) 
  
        // on below line we are setting media  
        // controller for our video view. 
        videoView.setMediaController(mediaController) 
  
        // on below line we are  
        // simply starting our video view. 
        videoView.start() 
  
    } 
} 

Now run your application to see the output of it.

Output:

How to Play Video from URL in Android?

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