79.6 Configuring the VideoView

The next step is to configure the VideoView with the path of the video to be played and then start the playback. This will be performed when the main activity has initialized, so load the MainActivity.kt file into the editor and modify it as outlined in the following listing:

package com.ebookfrenzy.videoplayer

 

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity

import android.os.Bundle

import android.net.Uri

 

import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main.*

 

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_video_player)

 

        configureVideoView()

    }

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