Set up the MediaPlayer

The MediaPlayer interface for Android encapsulates the functionality and behavior of a media player.

TVSDK provides one implementation of the MediaPlayer interface, the DefaultMediaPlayer class. When you need video playback functionality, instantiate DefaultMediaPlayer.

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Interact with the DefaultMediaPlayer instance only with the methods that are exposed by the MediaPlayer interface.

  1. Instantiate a MediaPlayer using the public DefaultMediaPlayer.create factory method, passing a Java Android application context object.

    public static MediaPlayer create(Context context)
    
    
  2. Call MediaPlayer.getView to get a reference to the MediaPlayerView instance.

    MediaPlayerView getView() throws IllegalStateException;
    
    
  3. Place the MediaPlayerView instance in a FrameLayout instance, which places the video on the device’s screen.

    FrameLayout playerFrame = (FrameLayout) view.findViewById(R.id.playerFrame);
    playerFrame.addView(mediaPlayer.getView());
    
    

The MediaPlayer instance is now available and properly configured to display video content on the device screen.

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