Android - Load video from private folder of app

Question

I have a problem that I have been trying to find a solution for a long time. My situation is as follows:

I have an app that downloads zipped videos and unzips them a

Answer 1

Why do I get those errors which according to what I have found online are errors that are related with problematic encoding of the video file ?

Because the media playback engine runs in its own process, and it does not have rights to read your file.

What is the best things to use in my case, a VideoView or a surfaceView ?

A VideoView contains a SurfaceView. Whether you use VideoView or a combination of MediaPlayer and SurfaceView is up to you.

Which is the ideal method to load a video from the application's private folder and be able to play it?

Either create a ContentProvider that can serve up your local file and use the provider Uri instead of the Uri to a local file, or create the local file using openFileOutput() and MODE_WORLD_READABLE.