Mute a playing video by VideoView in Android Application

Question

I want to mute a playing Video by VideoView in my Android Application. I couldn't find any method to do so in VideoView Class. Any idea how to do this?

I have found a method "setVolume" in MediaPlayer Class, But I am unable to find any working code to play video by MediaPlayer class. So I believe I can set volume 0 by this method.

Therefore I am looking for any working code to play video using MediaPlayer Class or how to control volume using VideoView Class.

Below is the code for playing video using VideoView , which I am using.

@Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);     setContentView(R.layout.activity_video);      VideoView videoView = (VideoView)this.findViewById(R.id.VVSimpleVideo);     MediaController mc = new MediaController(this);     mc.setAnchorView(videoView);     mc.setMediaPlayer(videoView);     videoView.setMediaController(mc);     String _path = "/mnt/sdcard/Movies/video5.mp4";      videoView.setVideoPath(_path);      videoView.requestFocus();     videoView.start();   } 

Answer 1

If you want to get access to the MediaPlayer of a VideoView you have to call MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener and MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener, then you can call MediaPlayer.setVolume(0f, 0f); function to set the volume to 0.

Do this:

@Override  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {   super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);   setContentView(R.layout.activity_video);    VideoView videoView = (VideoView)this.findViewById(R.id.VVSimpleVideo);   MediaController mc = new MediaController(this);   mc.setAnchorView(videoView);   mc.setMediaPlayer(videoView);   videoView.setMediaController(mc);   String _path = "/mnt/sdcard/Movies/video5.mp4";    videoView.setVideoPath(_path);   videoView.setOnPreparedListener(PreparedListener);    videoView.requestFocus();    //Dont start your video here   //videoView.start();   }  MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener PreparedListener = new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener(){       @Override      public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer m) {          try {                 if (m.isPlaying()) {                     m.stop();                     m.release();                     m = new MediaPlayer();                 }                 m.setVolume(0f, 0f);                 m.setLooping(false);                 m.start();             } catch (Exception e) {                 e.printStackTrace();             }          }  };