Android - Can't hide VideoView after playback finishes

Question

I have a VideoView within a RelativeLayout which is over the top of a WebView. All I want is to hide the video to reveal the WebView once the video finishes.

My problem is that I can initially hide the VideoView (parent Layout) in the onCreate, I can then show the video in onPrepared but once the video finishes I cannot hide it again.

If I don't hide the video initially and keep it open on screen then it hides when told to do so within onCompletion. It doesn't reshow the next time, like the first part is somehow blocking the second part.

The onCompletion and onPrepared are always called and other functions within these work just fine.

activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingLeft="0dp"
android:paddingRight="0dp"
android:paddingTop="0dp"
android:paddingBottom="0dp" tools:context=".MainActivity">

<WebView
    android:id="@+id/activity_main_webview"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" />

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/videoLayout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingLeft="0dp"
    android:paddingRight="0dp"
    android:paddingTop="0dp"
    android:paddingBottom="0dp" tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <VideoView
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:id="@+id/videoView" />

</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends Activity  implements MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener, MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener {

private RelativeLayout videoLayout;
private VideoView videoHolder;

MediaPlayer vp = new MediaPlayer();

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.activity_main_webview);

    videoLayout = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.videoLayout);
    videoHolder = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoView);

    videoLayout.setVisibility(RelativeLayout.GONE);
}


public void videoPlayer() {
    if(videosCanPlay>0) {
        try {
            Thread.sleep(delayVideo);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        video = file_name;
        videoHolder.setVideoPath(video);

        videoHolder.setOnPreparedListener(this);
        videoHolder.setOnCompletionListener(this);

    } else {
        Log.i("PLAYLIST","Playlist Can't Play Yet");
        try {
            Thread.sleep(1000);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        videoPlayer();
    }
}

public void hideVideo() {
    videoLayout.setVisibility(RelativeLayout.GONE);
}

public void showVideo() {
    videoLayout.setVisibility(RelativeLayout.VISIBLE);
}

@Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer vp) {
    videoHolder.start();
    showVideo();
    duration = videoHolder.getDuration();
}

@Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer vp) {
    videoHolder.stopPlayback();
    hideVideo();
    videoPlayer();
}

Any help would be greatly received!

Answer 1

You need something like this. Sorry for formatting.

public void videoPlayer() {
    if(videosCanPlay>0) {
        video = file_name;
        videoHolder.setVideoPath(video);

        videoHolder.setOnPreparedListener(this);
        videoHolder.setOnCompletionListener(this);

    } else {
        Log.i("PLAYLIST","Playlist Can't Play Yet");
        Handler handler = new Handler();
        handler.postDelayed(new Runnable()
        {
            @Override
            public void run()
            {
                videoPlayer();
            }
        }, 1000);
    }
}

@Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer vp) {
    videoHolder.stopPlayback();
    hideVideo();
    Handler handler = new Handler();
    handler.postDelayed(new Runnable()
    {
        @Override
        public void run()
        {
            videoPlayer();
        }
    }, delayVideo);
}