Exoplayer: MediaPlayer Controller play/pause button postion

[drayan85]

How can change play/pause button position to the center of the video surface. I have setAnchorView to the FrameLayout as in demo and in the media_controller layout, i set the layout_height for root LinearLayout to match parent and the gravity to center. Suppose to both play/pause button and seek bar to be in the middle of the video surface but didn't.

[ojw28]

You should just implement your own player UI (i.e. do not use PlayerControl or MediaController).

[Schizo]

What do you mean by do not use Playercontrol or Mediacontrol, dont derive from them? Is it not the same workflow as extending the default Android Player like here http://www.brightec.co.uk/blog/custom-android-media-controller

[drayan85]

[drayan85]

I am using custom media controller layout.

[bsysop]

@Schizo, @ojw28 said to do not use ORIGINAL PlayerControl/MediaController... But you can use Brightec implementation, just adapt this for Exoplayer... I do that and works perfect.

In that change MediaController for PlayerControl (Exoplayer) and this will be great, also small changes in .create()/.show() you should do for be perfect.

[Schizo]

There is a missmatch in the datatype when setting setMediaPlayer(player.getPlayerControl)
how did you solve this? It expect a MediaPlayerControl but Exoplayers method returns a PlayerControl Object. I tried changing the custom views function to take in PlayerControl.... but at the end the layout was not showing up when playing files.

[bsysop]

Please check my code and try that:

[Schizo]

Ok Got it, I did a search Replace to replace MediaPlayercontrol with PlayerControl, but then i was replacing as well the PlayerControl interface.

Just for others what i had to do, following this tutorial; http://www.brightec.co.uk/blog/custom-android-media-controller and the help of bsyop

_1) in PlayerActivity.java_

_Change following lines_:
1) private MediaController mediaController;
2) mediaController = new MediaController(this);
3) mediaController.setAnchorView(((FrameLayout) findViewById(R.id.root)));

to

1) mediaController.setAnchorView(root);
2) mediaController = new VideoControllerView(this);
3) private VideoControllerView mediaController;

_In VideoControllView_
1) private MediaPlayerControl mPlayer;
2) public void setMediaPlayer(MediaPlayerControl player) {
3) mProgress = (ProgressBar) v.findViewById(R.id.mediacontroller_progress);

to

1) public void setMediaPlayer(PlayerControl player) {
2) private PlayerControl mPlayer;
3) mProgress = (SeekBar) v.findViewById(R.id.mediacontroller_progress);

and uncomment for the first the lines which are giving errors.

[bsysop]

You have to:
private VideoControllerView mediaController;

And then:

SeekEnable
Is my own variable of control, you don't need to use that.

Also the original VideoControllerView don't have Create(0), you should use show(0), i have customized that because my player are a little boring :), but that not a big deal for you.

[Schizo]

Why do you need Create(0) This wasn't implemented in the default MediaController as well? By the way, a side effect of this new controller is, that video updates while scrubbing due to the implemented function onProgressChanged()

[bsysop]

Well, i have customized VideoControllerView for do exactly what i need, then i make like this. Maybe you don't need.

Its ok for you now?

[drayan85]

yeah thanks i have got to manage to make it work. thanks.

[bsysop]

:)

[billyjoker]

Hi, i did all successfully but my mediacongtroller is showing always on top instead bottom though i put the params bottom.... Any idea why this behaviour ? Thx!!

[drayan85]

Could you please share your layout xml and media controller xml