Question

I have a VideoView and it is pause when I start an Email intent. When the email intent is done, I want the videoView to continue playing, however, it restarts from the beginning.

@Override
public void onPause() {
    Log.d(TAG, "onPause called");
    super.onPause();
    videoView.pause();
}
@Override
public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    Log.d(TAG, "onResume called");
    videoView.start();//resume() doesnt work
}

How can I get the videoView to resume from where it left off.

Answer 1

What about this:

@Override
public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    Log.d(TAG, "onResume called");
    videoView.seekTo(stopPosition);
    videoView.start(); //Or use resume() if it doesn't work. I'm not sure
}

// This gets called before onPause so pause video here.
@Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
    stopPosition = videoView.getCurrentPosition(); 
    videoView.pause();
    outState.putInt("position", stopPosition);
}   

Then in your onCreate() call the stopPosition from the bundle and set it globally

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle args) {
    super.onCreate(args);
    if( args != null ) {
        stopPosition = args.getInt("position");
    }