Android - Read Multimedia File from Assets folder

To read a multimedia file from assets folder via MediaPlayer, you could use the following code

AssetManager am = getAssets();

//Imagine you have a folder assets/mp4

AssetFileDescriptor afd = am.openFd("mp4/test.mp4")

MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();

mediaPlayer.setDataSource(afd.getFileDescriptor(), afd.getStartOffset(), afd.getLength());

//I am assuming that you have knowledge in getting a surfaceHolder from SurfaceView

mediaPlayer.setDisplay(surfaceHolder);

mediaPlayer.prepare();

mediaPlayer.start();