How to create video player like YouTube in android studio Part-1

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Hi everyone. Today i will show you how to create a video player similar to YouTube video player having all the similar features using Android Studio.

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You will need to have basic knowledge of android to understand this tutorial.

 

Step 1: Create a New project in android studio and name it as a CustomVideoPlayer.

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Step 2: Create a Layout similar to YouTube

Now get inside your Main Activity XML  (activity_main)

Change your Root layout to Relative Layout.

Now create Linear Layout inside the Relative Layout and create few Text views

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We are creating the main layout like the youtube you can call your videos API here in Recycler View or List View.

 

The Layout code is here

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="Welcome"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="To"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="My"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="Custom"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="Video"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="Player"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />


        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="Thank"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="You"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />


        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="For"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="Watching.."
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />


        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="You can use recycler/list view to show contents like YouTube here"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

        <TextView
            android:onClick="samplevideo2"
            android:textColor="#29B6F6"
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="PLAY SAMPLE VIDEO"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    </LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout >

 

 

The Output Screen is

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how to play video in android programmatically

 

You can place your Recycler view to call the Video API Insted of Text View

 

Step 3: Create a Video Player

I am using Android VideoView here.

 

below the linear layout create a layout

com.example.testapp.YoutubeLayout  (com.example.testapp is your package name replace accordingly)

 

 

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The Code

<com.example.testapp.YoutubeLayout
    android:id="@+id/dragLayout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">


<RelativeLayout
    android:id="@+id/video_layout"
    android:background="#000000"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="230dp">

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


    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">


        <FrameLayout
            android:background="?selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
            android:id="@+id/ffrdframe"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent">

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/backward_img"
                android:visibility="gone"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="40dp"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
                android:src="@drawable/ic_fast_rewind" />

            <TextView
                android:visibility="gone"
                android:id="@+id/rewindtxt"
                android:textSize="11sp"
                android:textColor="#ffffff"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:text="10 seconds"
                android:layout_marginTop="25sp"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content" />


        </FrameLayout>


        <FrameLayout
            android:background="?selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
            android:id="@+id/bbkframe"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent">

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/frward_img"
                android:visibility="gone"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="40dp"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
                android:src="@drawable/ic_fast_forward" />

            <TextView
                android:visibility="gone"
                android:id="@+id/frwrdtxt"
                android:textSize="11sp"
                android:textColor="#ffffff"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:text="10 seconds"
                android:layout_marginTop="25sp"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

        </FrameLayout>

        <RelativeLayout
            android:background="#6D000000"
            android:visibility="gone"
            android:id="@+id/mediacontrols"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent">

            <FrameLayout
                android:onClick="dissmissControls"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent">

            </FrameLayout>


                <ImageView
                    android:visibility="gone"
                    android:background="?selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
                    android:onClick="showUp"
                    android:id="@+id/showup"
                    android:padding="10sp"
                    android:src="@drawable/ic_up"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

                <ImageView
                    android:background="?selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
                    android:onClick="showDown"
                    android:id="@+id/showdown"
                    android:padding="10dp"
                    android:src="@drawable/ic_down"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

            <ImageView
                android:background="?selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
                android:id="@+id/playbtn"
                android:visibility="gone"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_centerInParent="true"
                android:src="@drawable/ic_play" />

            <ImageView
                android:background="?selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
                android:id="@+id/pausebtn"
                android:visibility="gone"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_centerInParent="true"
                android:src="@drawable/ic_pause" />

            <LinearLayout
                android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
                android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                android:orientation="vertical"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content">

                <LinearLayout
                    android:layout_marginRight="12dp"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="12dp"
                    android:orientation="horizontal"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

                    <TextView
                        android:id="@+id/starttime"
                        android:text="0:00"
                        android:textSize="12sp"
                        android:textColor="#ffffff"
                        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

                    <TextView
                        android:text=" / "
                        android:textSize="12sp"
                        android:textColor="#ffffff"
                        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

                    <TextView
                        android:id="@+id/endtime"
                        android:text="0:00"
                        android:textSize="12sp"
                        android:textColor="#ffffff"
                        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

                    <FrameLayout
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

                        <ImageView

                            android:layout_gravity="end"
                            android:id="@+id/fullscreen"
                            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                            android:src="@drawable/ic_fullscreen" />

                        <ImageView
                            android:visibility="gone"
                            android:layout_gravity="end"
                            android:id="@+id/fullscreenexit"
                            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                            android:src="@drawable/ic_fullscreen_exit" />


                    </FrameLayout>

                </LinearLayout>

                <FrameLayout
                    android:layout_gravity="center"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="20sp">

                    <ProgressBar
                        android:layout_marginRight="12dp"
                        android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
                        android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                        android:theme="@style/ProgressBarStyle"
                        style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar.Horizontal"
                        android:id="@+id/bufferbar"
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="2dp" />

                    <SeekBar
                        android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                        android:id="@+id/seekbar"
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="match_parent" />


                </FrameLayout>

            </LinearLayout>

        </RelativeLayout>

    </LinearLayout>

    <ProgressBar
        android:indeterminateTint="#ffffff"
        android:id="@+id/progress"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</RelativeLayout>


<LinearLayout
    android:background="#FFFFFF"
    android:id="@+id/desc"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_below="@id/video_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <TextView
        android:padding="10dp"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:text="Slide down to minimise"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    <TextView
        android:padding="10dp"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:text="double tap to forward"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    <TextView
        android:padding="10dp"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:text="auto hide controls animations and more..enjoy:))"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    <TextView
        android:onClick="samplevideo"
        android:textColor="#9CCC65"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:padding="10dp"
        android:text="PLAY SAMPLE VIDEO"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>

</com.example.testapp.YoutubeLayout>

 

The Output will be like this

 

 

The Video layout will have

Forward image

Backward image

Play/Pause Images

Seekbar

Minimise Image

 

Create All the Required Images to your drawable Folder

 

IGNORE THE com.example.testapp.YoutubeLayout  ERROR

 

The full Layout (main_activity.xml) code is here

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="Welcome"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="To"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="My"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="Custom"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="Video"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="Player"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />


        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="Thank"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="You"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />


        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="For"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="Watching.."
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />


        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="You can use recycler/list view to show contents like youtube here"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

        <TextView
            android:onClick="samplevideo2"
            android:textColor="#29B6F6"
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="PLAY SAMPLE VIDEO"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    </LinearLayout>



    <com.example.testapp.YoutubeLayout
        android:id="@+id/dragLayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">


    <RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/video_layout"
        android:background="#000000"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="230dp">

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


        <LinearLayout
            android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent">


            <FrameLayout
                android:background="?selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
                android:id="@+id/ffrdframe"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent">

                <ImageView
                    android:id="@+id/backward_img"
                    android:visibility="gone"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="40dp"
                    android:layout_gravity="center"
                    android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
                    android:src="@drawable/ic_fast_rewind" />

                <TextView
                    android:visibility="gone"
                    android:id="@+id/rewindtxt"
                    android:textSize="11sp"
                    android:textColor="#ffffff"
                    android:gravity="center"
                    android:text="10 seconds"
                    android:layout_marginTop="25sp"
                    android:layout_gravity="center"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />


            </FrameLayout>


            <FrameLayout
                android:background="?selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
                android:id="@+id/bbkframe"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent">

                <ImageView
                    android:id="@+id/frward_img"
                    android:visibility="gone"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="40dp"
                    android:layout_gravity="center"
                    android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
                    android:src="@drawable/ic_fast_forward" />

                <TextView
                    android:visibility="gone"
                    android:id="@+id/frwrdtxt"
                    android:textSize="11sp"
                    android:textColor="#ffffff"
                    android:gravity="center"
                    android:text="10 seconds"
                    android:layout_marginTop="25sp"
                    android:layout_gravity="center"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

            </FrameLayout>

            <RelativeLayout
                android:background="#6D000000"
                android:visibility="gone"
                android:id="@+id/mediacontrols"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent">

                <FrameLayout
                    android:onClick="dissmissControls"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="match_parent">

                </FrameLayout>


                    <ImageView
                        android:visibility="gone"
                        android:background="?selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
                        android:onClick="showUp"
                        android:id="@+id/showup"
                        android:padding="10sp"
                        android:src="@drawable/ic_up"
                        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

                    <ImageView
                        android:background="?selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
                        android:onClick="showDown"
                        android:id="@+id/showdown"
                        android:padding="10dp"
                        android:src="@drawable/ic_down"
                        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

                <ImageView
                    android:background="?selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
                    android:id="@+id/playbtn"
                    android:visibility="gone"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
                    android:src="@drawable/ic_play" />

                <ImageView
                    android:background="?selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
                    android:id="@+id/pausebtn"
                    android:visibility="gone"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
                    android:src="@drawable/ic_pause" />

                <LinearLayout
                    android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
                    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                    android:orientation="vertical"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

                    <LinearLayout
                        android:layout_marginRight="12dp"
                        android:layout_marginLeft="12dp"
                        android:orientation="horizontal"
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

                        <TextView
                            android:id="@+id/starttime"
                            android:text="0:00"
                            android:textSize="12sp"
                            android:textColor="#ffffff"
                            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

                        <TextView
                            android:text=" / "
                            android:textSize="12sp"
                            android:textColor="#ffffff"
                            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

                        <TextView
                            android:id="@+id/endtime"
                            android:text="0:00"
                            android:textSize="12sp"
                            android:textColor="#ffffff"
                            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

                        <FrameLayout
                            android:layout_width="match_parent"
                            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

                            <ImageView

                                android:layout_gravity="end"
                                android:id="@+id/fullscreen"
                                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                                android:src="@drawable/ic_fullscreen" />

                            <ImageView
                                android:visibility="gone"
                                android:layout_gravity="end"
                                android:id="@+id/fullscreenexit"
                                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                                android:src="@drawable/ic_fullscreen_exit" />


                        </FrameLayout>

                    </LinearLayout>

                    <FrameLayout
                        android:layout_gravity="center"
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="20sp">

                        <ProgressBar
                            android:layout_marginRight="12dp"
                            android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
                            android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                            android:theme="@style/ProgressBarStyle"
                            style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar.Horizontal"
                            android:id="@+id/bufferbar"
                            android:layout_width="match_parent"
                            android:layout_height="2dp" />

                        <SeekBar
                            android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                            android:id="@+id/seekbar"
                            android:layout_width="match_parent"
                            android:layout_height="match_parent" />


                    </FrameLayout>

                </LinearLayout>

            </RelativeLayout>

        </LinearLayout>

        <ProgressBar
            android:indeterminateTint="#ffffff"
            android:id="@+id/progress"
            android:layout_centerInParent="true"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    </RelativeLayout>


    <LinearLayout
        android:background="#FFFFFF"
        android:id="@+id/desc"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_below="@id/video_layout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:textSize="20sp"
            android:text="Slide down to minimise"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:textSize="20sp"
            android:text="double tap to forward"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

        <TextView
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:textSize="20sp"
            android:text="Use Recycler View To Load Videos From Server API like YouTube"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />


        <TextView
            android:onClick="samplevideo"
            android:textColor="#9CCC65"
            android:textSize="20sp"
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:text="PLAY SAMPLE VIDEO"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    </LinearLayout>

    </com.example.testapp.YoutubeLayout>

</RelativeLayout>



Now you Have your YouTube Layout Ready 

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2 thoughts on “How to create video player like YouTube in android studio Part-1”

  1. Zamir Shar

    Hi
    My Q. Is
    Where kind of database we can use for creating videos application like youtube or snack videos in Android studio.

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