Black screen when returning to video playback activity in Android

Question

I\'m currently developing the android application ServeStream and I\'ve encountered and problem that I can\'t fix. My application will stream music and video using the android M

Answer 1

I have the same issue!

While video is playing I press HOME button and then return to the Application. I get in:

public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
    player.setDisplay(holder);
    playVideo();
}

In the playVideo() I have:

private void playVideo() {
    if (extras.getString("video_path").equals("VIDEO_URI")) {
        showToast("Please, set the video URI in HelloAndroidActivity.java in onClick(View v) method");
    } else {
        try {
            if (flag == 0) {
                player.setDataSource(extras.getString("video_path"));
                player.prepareAsync();
                flag = 1;
            }
            else
            {
                player.start();
            }
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
            showToast("Error while playing video");
            Log.i(TAG, "========== IllegalArgumentException ===========");
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
            showToast("Error while playing video");
            Log.i(TAG, "========== IllegalStateException ===========");
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            showToast("Error while playing video. Please, check your network connection.");
            Log.i(TAG, "========== IOException ===========");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

And I have blank black background and hear audiostream.

I noticed that if in the first time of launching this Activity if I don't make player.setDisplay(holder); I will have the same behavior.

A spent two days trying to solve this issue...