VideoView to match parent height and keep aspect ratio

Question

I have a VideoView which is set up like this:

Answer 1

public class MyVideoView extends VideoView {
    private int mVideoWidth;
    private int mVideoHeight;

    public MyVideoView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public MyVideoView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    public MyVideoView(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }


    @Override
    public void setVideoURI(Uri uri) {
        MediaMetadataRetriever retriever = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
        retriever.setDataSource(this.getContext(), uri);
        mVideoWidth = Integer.parseInt(retriever.extractMetadata(MediaMetadataRetriever.METADATA_KEY_VIDEO_WIDTH));
        mVideoHeight = Integer.parseInt(retriever.extractMetadata(MediaMetadataRetriever.METADATA_KEY_VIDEO_HEIGHT));
        super.setVideoURI(uri);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
        // Log.i("@@@", "onMeasure");
        int width = getDefaultSize(mVideoWidth, widthMeasureSpec);
        int height = getDefaultSize(mVideoHeight, heightMeasureSpec);
        if (mVideoWidth > 0 && mVideoHeight > 0) {
            if (mVideoWidth * height > width * mVideoHeight) {
                // Log.i("@@@", "image too tall, correcting");
                height = width * mVideoHeight / mVideoWidth;
            } else if (mVideoWidth * height < width * mVideoHeight) {
                // Log.i("@@@", "image too wide, correcting");
                width = height * mVideoWidth / mVideoHeight;
            } else {
                // Log.i("@@@", "aspect ratio is correct: " +
                // width+"/"+height+"="+
                // mVideoWidth+"/"+mVideoHeight);
            }
        }
        // Log.i("@@@", "setting size: " + width + 'x' + height);
        setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
    }
}

Answer 2

I've tried a lot of solutions, while my video was always in 1000*1000 format, so I've created an easy solution for people who know their aspect ratio. First create a VideoView in a RelativeLayout like this:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:id="@+id/video_holder"
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent"
      android:clipToPadding="false">

      <VideoView  
          android:id="@+id/videoView"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="match_parent"
          android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
          android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
          android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
          android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />
</RelativeLayout>

Then before you load the video change the height and with programmatically like this:

    int i = videoView.getHeight() > videoView.getWidth() ? videoView.getHeight() : videoView.getWidth();
    video_holder.setLayoutParams(new ConstraintLayout.LayoutParams(i, i));

Of course this only works with 1:1 aspect ratio's but you could just use your aspect ratio to change either the height or the width.

Answer 3

Just put your VideoView inside the RelativeLayout and set the desired size for that relative layout. like below code,

<RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="300dp">

    <VideoView
        android:id="@+id/videoView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true" />

</RelativeLayout>

It will work.

Answer 4

You just need to put Videoview widget in RelativeLayout (changes in xml file only)

here is reference answer link

Answer 5

For the first time a question answered my issue instead of answers!! My issue was that I had a white space under the video on full screen. I was setting the layout_height to match_parent. The solution was to set it to wrap_content and give the parent a black background. That, and having the VideoView centered vertically in its parent.

I wrote this as a comment but then thought someone might have the same issue I had, so here it is as an answer also.

Answer 6

Jobbert's answer in Kotlin, in case anyone needs it:

val max = if (videoView.height > videoView.width) videoView.height else videoView.width
videoView.layoutParams = ConstraintLayout.LayoutParams(max, max)