Simple example to play stream video from internet using MediaPlayer

Please notice that it's a very simple and incompleted example to play stream video of 3gp format from internet using MediaPlayer.

Modify layout to have a SurfaceView for the MediaPlayer.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <SurfaceView 
        android:id="@+id/playersurface"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

</LinearLayout>

MainActivity.java

package com.example.androidmediaplayer;

import java.io.IOException;

import android.media.AudioManager;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
import android.view.SurfaceView;
import android.app.Activity;

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements SurfaceHolder.Callback, OnPreparedListener{
 
 MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;
 SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder;
 SurfaceView playerSurfaceView;
 String videoSrc = "rtsp://v6.cache1.c.youtube.com/CjYLENy73wIaLQkDsLHya4-Z9hMYDSANFEIJbXYtZ29vZ2xlSARSBXdhdGNoYKX4k4uBjbOiUQw=/0/0/0/video.3gp";

 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  playerSurfaceView = (SurfaceView)findViewById(R.id.playersurface);

        surfaceHolder = playerSurfaceView.getHolder();
        surfaceHolder.addCallback(this);
 }

 @Override
 public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder arg0, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  
 }

 @Override
 public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder arg0) {

        try {
         mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
            mediaPlayer.setDisplay(surfaceHolder);
   mediaPlayer.setDataSource(videoSrc);
   mediaPlayer.prepare();
   mediaPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(this);
   mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
  } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  } catch (SecurityException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  } catch (IOException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }

 @Override
 public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder arg0) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  
 }

 @Override
 public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
  mediaPlayer.start();
 }

}

Note: permission of "android.permission.INTERNET" is needed in AndroidManifest.xml.

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- Release MediaPlayer in onDestroy() and onPause()