How to use android exoplayer

Question

I am looking to implement Google\'s ExoPlayer in my app. Their documentation seems pretty vague to me, and all I am looking for is to play a video from an URL, no c

Answer 1

Exoplayer is a very advanced library. Even writing a bare minimum would take 40-50 lines of code. So if you really wanna use a sword to chop onions, here is a direct copy pasta :

//manifest.xml 


  
  

    ...

  

//app/build.gradle
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    ...
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility = 1.8
        targetCompatibility = 1.8
    }
}

dependencies {
    ...
    implementation 'com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer:2.10.4'
}

    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        ...

        Context ctx =this;
        String CONTENT_URL = "https://www.radiantmediaplayer.com/media/bbb-360p.mp4";
        int playerID=R.id.pv_main;
        int appNameStringRes = R.string.app_name;
        startPlayingVideo(this,CONTENT_URL,playerID,appNameStringRes);


    }

    //
    private void startPlayingVideo(Context ctx , String CONTENT_URL, int playerID, String appNameRes) {

        PlayerView pvMain = ctx.findViewById(playerID);

        //BandwidthMeter bandwidthMeter = new DefaultBandwidthMeter();
        //TrackSelection.Factory videoTrackSelectionFactory = new AdaptiveTrackSelection.Factory(bandwidthMeter);        
        //TrackSelector trackSelectorDef = new DefaultTrackSelector(videoTrackSelectionFactory);
        TrackSelector trackSelectorDef = new DefaultTrackSelector();

        SimpleExoPlayer absPlayerInternal = ExoPlayerFactory.newSimpleInstance(ctx, trackSelectorDef);

        String userAgent = Util.getUserAgent(ctx, ctx.getString(appNameRes));

        DefaultDataSourceFactory defdataSourceFactory = new DefaultDataSourceFactory(ctx,userAgent);
        Uri uriOfContentUrl = Uri.parse(CONTENT_URL);
        MediaSource mediaSource = new ProgressiveMediaSource.Factory(defdataSourceFactory).createMediaSource(uriOfContentUrl);

        absPlayerInternal.prepare(mediaSource);
        absPlayerInternal.setPlayWhenReady(true);

        pvMain.setPlayer(absPlayerInternal);

    }

    private void stopPlayer(PlayerView pv,SimpleExoPlayer absPlayer){
        pv.setPlayer(null);
        absPlayer.release();
        absPlayer = null;
    }

simply add the player view in your activity layout, call the startPlayingVideo(...) in onCreate() and stopPlayer() in the onStop() . I am not an expert but i can try explaining this if you want, but you asked for no complicated stuff, so here is just the code