VideoView and ProgressDialogShow/Hide

[pixelpop]

I am streaming a video using the http option in VideoView. I am trying to use ProgressDialogShow while the video is initially being loaded until playing begins. Here is my code, but I can't determine how to remove (hide) ProgressDialogShow after the video begins.

phn.SetScreenOrientation(0)
ProgressDialogShow("Please wait...")
vv.Initialize("vv")
Activity.AddView(vv, 0, 0, 100%x, 100%y)
vv.LoadVideo("http","{my_video_file_URL})
vv.Play

I think the answer may be to relate ProgressDialogHide to the IsPlaying event, but I'm not sure how to use that.

 

[Erel]

IsPlaying will return True immediately after you call vv.Play. There is no event in this case.

 

[pixelpop]

So what would you recommend for displaying ProgressDialogShow while the stream is initiated and ProgressDialogHide when the video playing begins?

 

[margret]

You can try something like this:

Sub Globals
      Dim tt As Timer : tt.Initialize("tt", 250) : tt.Enabled = True
      Dim vv As VideoView : vv.Initialize("vv")
End Sub

'Your other code here to load, stream and play
   
Sub tt_Tick 
   If vv.IsPlaying Then
      ProgressDialogHide
      tt.Enabled = False
   End If
End Sub

 

[pixelpop]

Wow! That worked! Thanks so much.