stop / pause the video

[dukemarquis]

Hi eneim, can you show me the way to stop the video when user click the playerView.

I tried methods like pause() in manager but not ganna work and i cannot find way like stop() method in exoplayer.

[dukemarquis]

i just found two methods i think might gonna work, but i am not sure

1. dispatchStop() from DefaultControlDispatcher.kt
2. pause() from PlayerViewBridge

these are both methods i found in the inner class. is that possible to handle pause effect through these two methods?

[dukemarquis]

i just use this method to gain pause effect, pretty tough process looking through all this XD

but i guess it's not the best practice, may be you could tell if there is a better way to fulfill this?

[eneim]

@plutonem-mobile This requirement is addressed, but not perfectly in Kohii, due to various reason.

If you want to try out, please find the information below:

1. You need a Manager instance other than just Kohii instance:

val kohii = Kohii[context]
val manager = kohii.register(fragment)
        .addBucket(recyclerView)

2. When you setup the Video, you need to pass a DefaultControlDispatcher to it:

kohii.setUp(videoUri) {
      tag = "myUniqueTag" // you need a unique tag to make it works
      controller = DefaultControlDispatcher(
          manager, 
          playerView,
          kohiiCanStart = false, // set to false -> if user pause it, Kohii will not start it
          kohiiCanPause = true // set to true -> Kohii will pause it automatically
      )
    }
        .bind(playerView)

By changing the value of kohiiCanStart, and kohiiCanPause you can see how it works. Also it will enable the controller UI of the PlayerView. Note that it is not perfectly work in RecyclerView. Please see this commen for more detail. As said, I'm investigating in designing a better manual playback mechanism.

[dukemarquis]

okay, thanks eneim, i will try in later then.

[dukemarquis]

the good news it i am not gonna use it on RecyclerView, just in page like this.

[dukemarquis]

I just try your method but i found that it is little bit out of my point. the design i made is when the user click the playerView, then the video will pause directly without the control panel appear. and the user could click again to resume the video.

is there a better way other than the method i send upward to also achieve this kind of design pattern? (pause without showing control panel)

[eneim]

For your use case, please try the practice below:

1. Create a custom Controller

class MyController(
  val manager: Manager,
  val container: ViewGroup
) : OnClickListener, Controller {

  override fun kohiiCanStart() = true

  override fun kohiiCanPause() = true

  override fun onClick(v: View?) {
    val playable = manager.findPlayableForContainer(container)
    if (playable != null) {
      if (playable.isPlaying()) manager.pause(playable)
      else manager.play(playable)
    }
  }
}

2. Setup the Video with an instance of MyController:

val myController = MyController(manager, playerView)
kohii.setUp(videoUri) {
      tag = "my-unique-tag"
      controller = myController
    }
        .bind(playerView)

Also set the click listener:

playerView.setOnClickListener(myController)

Note that sometime the PlayerView is not clickable, I have no idea but in that case you may need to wrap it by a FrameLayout or something. You need to set the click listener to that View instead.

[dukemarquis]

perfect, this method has got me what i want.

just wish kohii could be even better XD.

[eneim]

@plutonem-mobile Thanks. Your feedback is indeed help to improve it.

[dinesh1301]

@eneim Man, you are a rockstar!!

[Nishit79]

I am using the following versions of thi lib:

implementation "im.ene.kohii:kohii-exoplayer:1.1.1.2011003"
implementation "im.ene.kohii:kohii-core:1.1.1.2011003"

I cant able to find method findPlayableForContainer(container) in Manager class .
val playable = manager.findPlayableForContainer(container)

So will you please provide some update snippet of code regarding pause/play video with user interaction.

I am using your lib in JAVA code.

Thanks in advance.

[eneim]

@Nishit79 can you create this in a new issue? Your issue was in a closed one so I could not be notified by it. I will take a look at this soon.

[eneim]

@Nishit79 to get the playable instance, you need the Playback instance. Please find a snippet below

kohii.setUp(videoUrl)
        .bind(container, playback -> {
          Playable playable = playback.getPlayable();
          // Do something with the playable.
          return Unit.INSTANCE; // Need to return this.
        });