In most cases the Android VideoView doesn't handle full HD playback or HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) correctly; stopping mid playback, dropping many frames, or just not playing at all. The ExoPlayer was built by Google as the solution for YouTube (tm) and the Google Play (tm) apps, however using the ExoPlayer takes a lot of setup most developers don't want to deal with. That's where ExoMedia comes in to play, it simplifies the API interface to match those of the standard Android VideoView, allowing for a quick replacement.

Additionally, an AudioPlayer has been built around the ExoPlayer, again using an API interface to match the standard Android MediaPlayer.

The latest AAR (Android Archive) files can be downloaded from JCenter [ ExoMedia ]

Or included in your gradle dependencies

compile 'com.devbrackets.android:exomedia:4.0.0'

The ExoMedia VideoView can be added in your layout files like any other Android view.

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
                   xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
				   android:layout_width="match_parent"
				   android:layout_height="match_parent">

	<com.devbrackets.android.exomedia.ui.widget.VideoView
			android:id="@+id/video_view"
			android:layout_width="match_parent"
			android:layout_height="match_parent"
			app:useDefaultControls="true"/>
</RelativeLayout>

While in your Activity or Fragment you treat it like a standard Android VideoView

private void setupVideoView() {
    // Note: Make sure to import the correct VideoView
    VideoView videoView = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.video_view);
    videoView.setOnPreparedListener(this);

	//For now we just picked an arbitrary item to play.  More can be found at
    //https://archive.org/details/more_animation
    emVideoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("https://archive.org/download/Popeye_forPresident/Popeye_forPresident_512kb.mp4"));

}

@Override
public void onPrepared() {
	//Starts the video playback as soon as it is ready
	videoView.start();
} 

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