Question

I want to implement video panel in android in which i want to create a task panel which contain command such like play, pause. i have created a layout for this is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
android:id="@+id/layout">
<VideoView
    android:id="@+id/videoView"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
/>
<TextView
    android:id="@+id/timer"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="top|left"
    android:textColor="@color/RED"
    android:text="HI"></TextView>
    <RelativeLayout 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:id="@+id/rLayoutCameraButtons" 

    android:layout_gravity="center|bottom">
        <SeekBar
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_margin="10px"
            android:id="@+id/seekbar"
            android:max="100"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        />
        <RelativeLayout
         android:id="@+id/rlayout_buttons"
         android:layout_width="fill_parent"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:layout_below="@+id/seekbar"
         >
        <Button 
            android:id="@+id/buttonPlay" 
            android:text="Play" 
            android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
            android:layout_centerInParent="true">
        </Button>
        <Button 
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" 
            android:id="@+id/buttonStop" 
            android:text="Stop" 
            android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">
        </Button>
        <Button 
            android:id="@+id/buttonPause" 
            android:text="Pause" 
            android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true" >
        </Button>
        </RelativeLayout>           
    </RelativeLayout>

i want to hide auto hide my relative layout withing 5 sec from the last touch on that
also i want to make it appear on touch on that area where it existed. not getting any idea
plz help

Answer 1

Are you aware of MediaController? If you don’t need to customize your panel too much, it’s the simple and elegant solution you’re looking for. You can simply start with:

myVideoView.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));

Here‘s an example of the MediaController being used in the 3D Gallery app.