VideoView to match parent height and keep aspect r

Question

I have a VideoView which is set up like this:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
  android:id="@+id/player" 
  android:orientation="vertical"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent">

    <VideoView
        android:id="@+id/video"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true" />

    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/loader"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true" />

</RelativeLayout>

But the VideoView matches the width of the parent container, and then the height is set according to the aspect ratio of the loaded movie.
I would like to do just the opposite, I want the VideoView to match the height of the parent while keeping the aspect ratio intact, the video will be clipped on the sides.

I managed to stretch the VideoView to fill the parent but then the aspect ratio is not kept.

Another thing is, I'm adding MediaController to the VideoView like this:

MediaController controllers = new MediaController(this) {
    @Override
    public void hide() {
        if (state != State.Hidden) {
            this.show();
        }
        else {
            super.hide();
        }
    }
};
controllers.setAnchorView(videoView);
videoView.setMediaController(controllers);

videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
    @Override
    public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
        controllers.show();
    }
});

This works great, and the controllers always stay on, but the height of the controllers is not being taken into account when calculating where to place the video (since it's vertically centered).

My two questions then are:

1. How do I make the VideoView match the height of the parent yet keep the aspect ratio?
2. How do I make the VideoView take into account the height of it's controllers?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I solved this problem with layout. It seems that it worked fine when it was pinned to the corners but it caused the video to skew. To test I changed my relative layout's background to #990000 to see the red poking through.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:id="@+id/relative_parent"
    android:background="#000000">
    <VideoView
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:focusable="false"
        android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
        android:id="@+id/videoView" />
</RelativeLayout>

Answer 2

I've tried a lot of solutions, while my video was always in 1000*1000 format, so I've created an easy solution for people who know their aspect ratio. First create a VideoView in a RelativeLayout like this:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:id="@+id/video_holder"
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent"
      android:clipToPadding="false">

      <VideoView  
          android:id="@+id/videoView"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="match_parent"
          android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
          android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
          android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
          android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />
</RelativeLayout>

Then before you load the video change the height and with programmatically like this:

    int i = videoView.getHeight() > videoView.getWidth() ? videoView.getHeight() : videoView.getWidth();
    video_holder.setLayoutParams(new ConstraintLayout.LayoutParams(i, i));

Of course this only works with 1:1 aspect ratio's but you could just use your aspect ratio to change either the height or the width.