Question

I am trying to make this VideoView to appear in full screen mode :

public class ViewVideo extends Activity {
  private String filename;
  private static final int INSERT_ID = Menu.FIRST;

  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        System.gc();
        Intent i = getIntent();
        Bundle extras = i.getExtras();
        filename = extras.getString("videofilename");
        VideoView vv = new VideoView(getApplicationContext());
        setContentView(vv);
        vv.setVideoPath(filename);
        vv.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
        vv.requestFocus();
        vv.start();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
      super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
      menu.add(0, INSERT_ID, 0,"FullScreen");

      return true;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean onMenuItemSelected(int featureId, MenuItem item) {
      switch(item.getItemId()) {
      case INSERT_ID:
          createNote();
      }
      return true;
  }

  private void createNote() {
        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);  
        getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,   
                             WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);  
  }
}

The video is playing from sdcard. Only thing is when I click on the full-screen menu button, the application “stops unexpectedly”.

Please help me out, how to get the video to run in full screen? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

when you click an menu item. you have to start a New Activity. for that Activity you have to set the theme attribute in the Manifest. set this value that is

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"

thats it.