android - How to play a video file from SD card

Question

I want to play a video file on android emulator that I have stored in sd card. This is my code..

public class AndroidVideoViewActivity extends Activity {

    private VideoView videoView=null;
    private String PATH="mnt/sdcard/bmxskills.3gp";
    private MediaPlayer mediaPlayer=null;
    private MediaController mediaController=null;
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        VideoView videoView=(VideoView)findViewById(R.id.videoView);
        videoView.setVideoPath("mnt/sdcard/bmxskills.3gp");

        videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
        videoView.requestFocus();
        videoView.start();

    }
}

But when I run on emulator it shows blank screen.Please help.I have added the permissions required that is internet and external storage.

Answer 1

Please check this link

OR

Replace videoView.setVideoPath("mnt/sdcard/bmxskills.3gp");

with videoView.setVideoPath("/sdcard/bmxskills.3gp");