VideoView onTouch events: pause/resume video, and show/hide MediaController and ActionBar

Question

Question summary:

1) How to first display the video as paused, and not play it immediately?

2) How to pause/un-pause the video on touch, and also hide/show the ActionBar and MediaController.

I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks! (Relevant Code is attached)

Update 1

Found somewhat of a solution to question 2 (needed to return false), but I still don't know how to answer question 1.

When the user presses a button in my app, it takes them to watch their video. When they first open that screen, I'd like the video to be paused and not play immediately. I'd also like to be able to pause playback of the video by tapping the screen. When the video is paused, I'd like to show the ActionBar and the MediaController. When the video is resumed, I'd like to hide the ActionBar and MediaController (possibly after a slight delay?)

I've tried a few things, but I end up with problems, like the video will pause but not resume, or the ActionBar and MediaController will not show or hide properly.

Update 2

I have found a partial solution to question 1 and have updated the code to display the video as paused the first time it is opened. However, when it is opened for the first time, it only shows a black screen until I touch the videoview to play it. After watching the video once, it will reset to the beginning and pause, waiting to be played again, and will show the correct image from the beginning of the video. But I don't know how to get around the black screen at the beginning.

Relevant code:

public class ViewImageVideoFragment extends Fragment
{

    private int position = 0;
    private MediaController mMediaController;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        mMediaController = new MediaController(getActivity());
        ...
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup parent, Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {

        if (savedInstanceState != null)
        {
            position = savedInstanceState.getInt("position");
        }

        View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_video_view, parent, false);

        mVideoView = (VideoView) v.findViewById(R.id.fragmentVideoView);
        mVideoView.setVideoPath(videoPath);
        mVideoView.setMediaController(mMediaController);

        mVideoView.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener()
        {
            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent motionEvent)
            {
                if (mVideoView.isPlaying())
                {
                    mVideoView.pause();
                    if (!getActivity().getActionBar().isShowing())
                    {
                        getActivity().getActionBar().show();
                        mMediaController.show(0);
                    }
                    position = mVideoView.getCurrentPosition();
                    return false;
                }
                else
                {
                    if (getActivity().getActionBar().isShowing())
                    {
                        getActivity().getActionBar().hide();
                        mMediaController.hide();
                    }
                    mVideoView.seekTo(position);
                    mVideoView.start();
                    return false;
                }
            }
        });

        mVideoView.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener()
        {
            @Override
            public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer)
            {
                mVideoView.seekTo(0);
            }
        });

        if (position != 0)
        {
            mVideoView.seekTo(position);
            mVideoView.start();
        }
        else
        {
             mVideoView.seekTo(0);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onSaveInstanceState(savedInstanceState);

        if (mVideoView != null)
        {
            savedInstanceState.putInt("position", mVideoView.getCurrentPosition());
        }

        mVideoView.pause();
    }
}

Answer 1

To first show the video as paused, simply change seekTo(0) to seekTo(1) in your code. This will move the video to the time at 1 millisecond and you can take it from there.

//edited here
private int position = 1;
private MediaController mMediaController;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    mMediaController = new MediaController(getActivity());
    ...
}

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup parent, Bundle savedInstanceState)
{

    if (savedInstanceState != null)
    {
        position = savedInstanceState.getInt("position");
    }

    View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_video_view, parent, false);

    mVideoView = (VideoView) v.findViewById(R.id.fragmentVideoView);
    mVideoView.setVideoPath(videoPath);
    mVideoView.setMediaController(mMediaController);

    mVideoView.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener()
    {
        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent motionEvent)
        {
            if (mVideoView.isPlaying())
            {
                mVideoView.pause();
                if (!getActivity().getActionBar().isShowing())
                {
                    getActivity().getActionBar().show();
                    mMediaController.show(0);
                }
                position = mVideoView.getCurrentPosition();
                return false;
            }
            else
            {
                if (getActivity().getActionBar().isShowing())
                {
                    getActivity().getActionBar().hide();
                    mMediaController.hide();
                }
                mVideoView.seekTo(position);
                mVideoView.start();
                return false;
            }
        }
    });

    mVideoView.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener()
    {
        @Override
        public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer)
        {
            //here
            mVideoView.seekTo(1);
        }
    });
    //here
    if (position != 1)
    {
        mVideoView.seekTo(position);
        mVideoView.start();
    }
    else
    {
         //here
         mVideoView.seekTo(1);
    }
}

@Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    super.onSaveInstanceState(savedInstanceState);

    if (mVideoView != null)
    {
        savedInstanceState.putInt("position", mVideoView.getCurrentPosition());
    }

    mVideoView.pause();
}

}