I am trying to play video from google drive using

Question

this is my code

mVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoview);

VideoView videoView = findViewById(R.id.videoview);
// videoPath="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dXndP-MjQL7USlP0EtaElx67mXujqCSX";
//
Uri uri = Uri.parse(videoPath);
videoView.setVideoURI(uri);

MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);

Answer 1

You have to edit the link. Use String functions to edit the text.

• Replace open? with uc?authuser=0&.

• Add &export=download at URL text ending.

so videoPath= like below:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dXndP-MjQL7USlP0EtaElx67mXujqCSX

becomes:

https://drive.google.com/uc?authuser=0&id=1dXndP-MjQL7USlP0EtaElx67mXujqCSX&export=download

Example code:

//# fix path
videoPath = videoPath.replace("open?", "uc?authuser=0&");
videoPath = videoPath + "&export=download";

//# try to play
Uri uri = Uri.parse(videoPath);
videoView.setVideoURI(uri);

MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);