Play Video From Url In Android Kotlin

Video Demo:

 

In this tutorial I am playing the video from url in VideoView using Kotlin. MediaController is used to play/pause, backward/forward the video.Download source code from below.

AndroidManifest.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="playvideo.com.playvideo">

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

activity_main.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="playvideo.com.playvideo.MainActivity">

    <VideoView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:id="@+id/videoview"/>

    <ProgressBar
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/progressbar"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        />



</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

MainActivity.kt:

package playvideo.com.playvideo

import android.media.MediaPlayer
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle
import android.view.View
import android.widget.MediaController
import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main.*

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    var str_url: String = "https://archive.org/download/ksnn_compilation_master_the_internet/ksnn_compilation_master_the_internet_512kb.mp4"
    lateinit var mediaController: MediaController
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
        fn_playvideo()
    }

    private fun fn_playvideo() {
        videoview.setVideoPath(str_url)
        videoview.start()
        mediaController = MediaController(this)
        mediaController.setAnchorView(videoview)
        videoview.setMediaController(mediaController)

        videoview.setOnPreparedListener(MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener {
            progressbar.visibility = View.GONE
        })


    }
}