Showing Videoview Media Controls At The Same Time As Showing System Ui

I'm using Android Studios default implementation of a full screen activity to show a full screen video. It works great except that the media controls only show up on click after th

Solution 1:

You just add your media controller methods to the SystemUI visibility change listener.

    mSystemUiHider
            .setOnVisibilityChangeListener(new SystemUiHider.OnVisibilityChangeListener() {

                @Override@TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB_MR2)
                public void onVisibilityChange(boolean visible) {

                    if(visible){
                        yourMediaController.show();

                        //Also i generally add the actionbar here as well!getActionBar().show();
                    } else {
                        yourMediaController.hide();
                        //Also i generally add the actionbar here as well!getActionBar().hide();
                    }
                    if (visible && AUTO_HIDE) {
                        // Schedule a hide().delayedHide(AUTO_HIDE_DELAY_MILLIS);
                    }
                }
            });

Also in the mHideRunnable Runnable, you should add the hide methods for your mediaController so it hides after the specified time(usually 3 seconds.)

RunnablemHideRunnable=newRunnable() {
        @Overridepublicvoidrun() {
            mSystemUiHider.hide();
            yourMediaController.hide();
            //Optional Action Bar
            getActionBar().hide();
        }
    };

Hope it helps!