How To Capture Screenshot Of Videoview When Streaming Video In Android

I was able to figure out how to capture a video frame from a VideoView that is playing a video stored locally on the phone. However, when the video is being streamed over IP in the

Solution 1:

I have found a solution to this problem. It appears that the VideoView does not allow this because of low-level hardware GPU reasons while using a SurfaceView.

The solution is to use a TextureView and use a MediaPlayer to play a video inside of it. The Activity will need to implement TextureView.SurfaceTextureListener. When taking a screenshot with this solution, the video freezes for a short while. Also, the TextureView does not display a default UI for the playback progress bar (play, pause, FF/RW, play time, etc). That is one drawback. If you have another solution please let me know :)

Here is the solution:

publicclassTextureViewActivityextendsActivityimplementsTextureView.SurfaceTextureListener, 
                OnBufferingUpdateListener, 
                OnCompletionListener, 
                OnPreparedListener, 
                OnVideoSizeChangedListener 
{
    private MediaPlayer mp;
    private TextureView tv;
    publicstaticStringMY_VIDEO="https://www.blahblahblah.com/myVideo.mp4";
    publicstaticStringTAG="TextureViewActivity";

    @OverrideprotectedvoidonCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_texture_view);

        tv = (TextureView) findViewById(R.id.textureView1);
        tv.setSurfaceTextureListener(this);
    }

    publicvoidgetBitmap(TextureView vv)
    {
        StringmPath= Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() 
                + "/Pictures/" + Utilities.getDayTimeString() + ".png";   
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Capturing Screenshot: " + mPath, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

        Bitmapbm= vv.getBitmap();
        if(bm == null)
            Log.e(TAG,"bitmap is null");

        OutputStreamfout=null;
        FileimageFile=newFile(mPath);

        try {
            fout = newFileOutputStream(imageFile);
            bm.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 90, fout);
            fout.flush();
            fout.close();
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "FileNotFoundException");
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "IOException");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    @OverridepublicbooleanonCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.media_player_video, menu);
        returntrue;
    }

    @OverridepublicbooleanonOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.intid= item.getItemId();
        if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
            returntrue;
        }
        returnsuper.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }

    @OverridepublicvoidonSurfaceTextureAvailable(SurfaceTexture surface, int width, int height) 
    {
        Surfaces=newSurface(surface);

        try
        {
            mp = newMediaPlayer();
            mp.setDataSource(MY_VIDEO);
            mp.setSurface(s);
            mp.prepare();

            mp.setOnBufferingUpdateListener(this);
            mp.setOnCompletionListener(this);
            mp.setOnPreparedListener(this);
            mp.setOnVideoSizeChangedListener(this);

            mp.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
            mp.start();

            Buttonb= (Button) findViewById(R.id.textureViewButton);
            b.setOnClickListener(newOnClickListener(){

                @OverridepublicvoidonClick(View v) 
                {
                    TextureViewActivity.this.getBitmap(tv);
                }
            });
        }
        catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (SecurityException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }  
    }