V1.0.5 Exoplayer for AppInventor | Play media with Google's Exoplayer

[zainulhassan]

Exoplayer

A better free video player such as Google’s Exoplayer has always been missing from AppInventor based platforms. But now its here and its free and open source.

Important Note :

With the new release of Version 1.0.2, the extension has been seprated into two extensions namely core and ui. This is done to separate ui from core functionality.

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Docs

Exoplayer Core Docs : View Docs
Exoplayer UI Docs : View Docs

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Player Design

Simple Player View:

Styled Player View :

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Downloads

Version 1.0

AIX File : com.dreamers.exoplayer.aix
AIA File : video_player.aia

Version 1.0.2

Exoplayer Core : Exoplayer Core
Exoplayer UI : Exoplayer UI

Version 1.0.3

Core : Aix
UI : Aix

Version 1.0.4

Core : Aix
UI : Aix

AIA File : Exoplayer

Version 1.0.5

Core : Aix
UI : Aix

AIA File : Exoplayer

Note : You need to upload icon files with the exact names as of the icons given in this zip :
Icons

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Open Source

GitHub - zainulhassan815/exoplayer-appinventor: Google's Exoplayer For App...

I have made this project open-soure so other developers can benefit from it and make contributions. This initial release is a gateway to whole new opportuinities. A lot of cool and awesome stuff is coming and I would really love to see your contributions to it as well. Make sure to star the repo.

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Exoplayer UI

GitHub - zainulhassan815/exoplayer-ui-appinventor: Exoplayer UI library for...

The UI library that is being used in the extension is also open source. You can create your own custom user interfaces using this module.

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[zainulhassan]

There is a lot missing in the initial release. So therefore I would ask everyone to let me know the features and blocks that should be added.

[Anu10 (Anu)]

Awesome Extension

[dreemincome (bivek barman)]

please show some exmple

[Raja_HarshVardhanSolanki]

This is the best creation of yours after Plyr Extension, Keep it up.

[HritikR]

Great extension !! Thanks @zainulhassan

[Shalan_Randhavan]

Great i need video player

[Rocky2 (md roky)]

subtitle, quality, thumbnail

[Shalan_Randhavan]

Please Add m3u8 Quality control, Same as Plyr Video Player,

Brightness , Valum control, Subtitle on / of , Dual Audio Support

& many more…

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[Rocky2 (md roky)]

subtitle, quality, thumbnail. thanks for your contribution

[Anu10 (Anu)]

@Rocky2

subtitle

It is there check out the extension
I just tried and was working well.

[bodymindpower (Anke)]

@zainulhassan

So therefore I would ask everyone to let me know the features and blocks that should be added.

Great extension that we have been waiting for a long time!
It is also possible to play audio formats (e.g. audio/ogg).

I did a quick test with AI2 (Android 9 / 11, Companion).
Some points:

• Playing from the assets does not work.
• I don’t see any controls (play - pause - stop, skip, rewind etc.) neither with videos nor with audio.
• Please add a loop function (as the ExoPlayer can basically loop seamlessly).

[zainulhassan]

Did you try in companion?? It never worked for me in companion. Its a new thing if it worked in companion and I am super excited. Actually I had to rewrite the Exoplayer UI library as it depends on layout/xml files and it was a headache. The ui wont show up if you are using a companion. I tried alot but wasn’t able to make it work in the companion. It always showed lots of issues in the companion. But however the player works fine in compiled app.

Here is the code that I am using to load assets in a compiled app :

private Drawable getDrawable(Context context,String fileName) {
        try {
            InputStream is = context.getAssets().open(fileName);
            Drawable drawable = Drawable.createFromStream(is,null);
            is.close();
            return drawable;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.v(LOG_TAG,"getDrawable : Error = " + e);
            return null;
        }
    }

[bodymindpower (Anke)]

@zainulhassan

It never worked for me in companion.

Ok, did you mention this in the description?
Tested on Android 11 with Companion:

[zainulhassan]

I forgot about it

@bodymindpower

Ok, did you mention this in the description?

If it does work in companion than I will fix the issue of controls.

[bodymindpower (Anke)]

[bodymindpower (Anke)]

And we also need an ExoPlayer.Completed event.

[zainulhassan]

You can use this :

[bodymindpower (Anke)]

@zainulhassan

Here is the code that I am using to load assets in a compiled app :

private Drawable getDrawable(Context context,String fileName) {
        try {
            InputStream is = context.getAssets().open(fileName);
            Drawable drawable = Drawable.createFromStream(is,null);
            is.close();
            return drawable;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.v(LOG_TAG,"getDrawable : Error = " + e);
            return null;
        }
    }

This also doesn’t work with the compiled app (APK).

[zainulhassan]

Did you upload asset files?

Icons : pngs.zip (2.5 KB)

If yes then can you check logcat. The log tag is : ExoplayerUi