Start activity to play MediaStore.Video.Media by intent with action of Intent.ACTION_VIEW

In last exercise, we can "Retrieve playable Uri from MediaStore". In this exercise, we change target media source from MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI to MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, to retrieve media of video. We can play it using build-in media play app by starting activity with intent of Intent.ACTION_VIEW, with the retrieved playable Uri.

package com.exercise.AndroidListMedia;

import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class AndroidListMediaActivity extends ListActivity {

SimpleCursorAdapter adapter;

final Uri mediaSrc = MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
String[] from = {
MediaStore.MediaColumns.TITLE};
int[] to = {
android.R.id.text1};

Cursor cursor = managedQuery(
mediaSrc, 
null, 
null, 
null, 
MediaStore.Audio.Media.TITLE);

adapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this,
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, cursor, from, to);
setListAdapter(adapter);
}

@Override
protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
Cursor cursor = adapter.getCursor();
cursor.moveToPosition(position);

String _id = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Audio.Media._ID));

Uri playableUri
= Uri.withAppendedPath(mediaSrc, _id);

Toast.makeText(this, "Play: " + playableUri.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(playableUri);
startActivity(intent);
}


}

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- Play media on surfaceview using android.media.MediaPlayer