android - Set a video as background

Question

I am making a login screen for my Android app and was wondering how can I use a video as a background rather than having an image or simple colors?

I want to make it similar to the Spotify / Bible app login screen where they have a video playing and you have buttons to sign in or register.

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Answer 1

You just need a few steps to set the video as the background of your app.

1. Create a video view and make sure it takes up the whole area. If you are using constraint layout, you need to set all the constraints of your video view to parent.
2. Create a new directory called "raw" under your "res" directory
3. Place your video file into the "raw" directory
4. Play the video

   VideoView videoview = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoview);
   Uri uri = Uri.parse("android.resource://"+getPackageName()+"/"+R.raw.test);
   videoview.setVideoURI(uri);
   videoview.start();
   

   I have made a video that explains how to create JOOX login screen in android which looks more or less like the Spotify app. Feel free to check it out and let me know if it helps :)

https://youtu.be/tPeDn18FrGY