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Asked: 2026-05-20T00:10:27+00:00

I’m trying to figure out the best way to play a tutorial video in

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I’m trying to figure out the best way to play a tutorial video in my Opengl android application.

I tried this and it works fine.

Now my problem is how to merge this with an opengl application. If I just launch another activity I will destroy my opengl context and would have to recreate it. My best idea at the moment is to add to my existing xml layout an VideoView component and use a relative layout to overlap it on top of the opengl view.

I would like to know if this is a good option or is there a better solution.

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  1. Editorial Team

    As far as I remember your context isn’t destroyed when the GLSurfaceView isn’t being used, you could just swap it for a VideoView till the video’s done playing then switch back.
    The only problem with the RelativeLayout idea is if the GLSurfaceView could have a lot on it at the time, it might be a bit much for lower end devices to have them both active.

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