how to play video from external sd card in android for diffrent devices?

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I have 2gb of videos in memory card .mp4 format , i want to play video from memory card in android App.
I have trying some code.. but its working on only micro-max A2900 Device..

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
File sdCard = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
File file = new File(sdCard, "/readvideo/faithclassvideo1.mp4");
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(file), "video/*");
startActivity(intent);

Posted 21-Apr-15 0:39am

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CHill60 21-Apr-15 6:57am

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E.F. Nijboer · Answer 1 · 2015-04-21T01:15:00

Try this:

String baseDir = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath();
String fileName =  "/readvideo/faithclassvideo1.mp4";
File f = new File(baseDir + File.separator + fileName);

Don't forget:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

Good luck!