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Asked: 2026-05-21T19:18:03+00:00

Is it possible to have an overlay pop up upon tapping the screen, during

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Is it possible to have an overlay pop up upon tapping the screen, during fullscreen video playback? This overlay would contain a ScrollView of Images and respective Text labels.

Imagine if you will, a movie streaming in fullscreen. Upon tapping the screen, a scrollable overlay would appear across the bottom with a photo and name of all actors in that particular scene. Hope the example helped.

From what I’ve managed to find, the ‘RelativeLayout’ could provide the answer I need. Almost all the questions I found relating to this, concerned either overlays on Maps or Camera feed, not streaming video.

Any help is much appreciated!
Thanks!

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    Step #1: Create a RelativeLayout

    Step #2: Put the VideoView or SurfaceView in the RelativeLayout

    Step #3: Put the ScrollView in the RelativeLayout as a later child than the VideoView/SurfaceView (e.g., later in the XML)

    Step #4: Make the ScrollView be gone (android:visibility="gone")

    Step #5: On a touch event on the VideoView/SurfaceView, make the ScrollView be visible using setVisibility()

    Step #6: Have some way to dismiss the ScrollView (e.g., BACK button), returning it to its normal “gone” state

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