how to create custom UI for android MediaController

Question

I want to customize the controls in the MediaController for my video player. I want to swap out the image for the play button, change the skin, change the color, ect.

Is there a known way of doing this?

Thanks

Answer 1

I had the same problem on a recent project and ended up creating a custom implementation based on the stock MediaController. It adds a fullscreen button at the far right, but even if that's not what you want this class should be a good starting point.

Code:

• VideoControllerView.java - http://pastebin.com/1V63aVSg
• media_controller.xml - http://pastebin.com/rS4xqMej

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Gotchas:

• The class assumes the anchor view is a FrameLayout to position itself at the bottom.
• The class does not use a Window to ensure control floats on top of the anchor. However, this hasn't been a problem for me as the show() method does mAnchor.addView() every time.
• The class uses its own MediaPlayerControl protocol. This allows customizations such as toggleFullScreen()

UPDATE (2013): See this tutorial for more details: http://www.brightec.co.uk/blog/custom-android-media-controller

UPDATE (2018): You can now use the wonderful ExoPlayer and fully customize your player UI simply by overriding a layout file.