Because there is no sense to download video a lot of times while streaming!
AndroidVideoCache allows to add caching support to your VideoView/MediaPlayer, ExoPlayer or any another player with help of single line!
Just add link to repository and dependency:
repositories {
maven { url 'https://dl.bintray.com/alexeydanilov/maven' }
}
dependencies {
compile 'com.danikula:videocache:2.1.1'
}
and use url from proxy instead of original url for adding caching:
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
HttpProxyCacheServer proxy = getProxy();
String proxyUrl = proxy.getProxyUrl(VIDEO_URL);
videoView.setVideoPath(proxyUrl);
}
private HttpProxyCacheServer getProxy() {
// should return single instance of HttpProxyCacheServer shared for whole app.
}To guarantee normal work you should use single instance of HttpProxyCacheServer for whole app.
For example you can store shared proxy on your Application:
public class App extends Application {
private HttpProxyCacheServer proxy;
public static HttpProxyCacheServer getProxy(Context context) {
App app = (App) context.getApplicationContext();
return app.proxy == null ? (app.proxy = app.newProxy()) : app.proxy;
}
private HttpProxyCacheServer newProxy() {
FileNameGenerator nameGenerator = new Md5FileNameGenerator(getExternalCacheDir());
return new HttpProxyCacheServer(nameGenerator);
}
}or use simple factory. More preferable way is use some dependency injector like Dagger.
See sample app for details.
- simpler api
- single cache for multiple clients
- cache file name policy
- more powerful listener
- more samples
- less log flood
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