How to get size of the video file from url?

Question

    VideoView vidView;
    MediaController mediaController;
    LinearLayout btn_download;
    UserService userService;

       userService = ApiUtils.getUserService();
       if(mediaController == null){
          mediaController = new MediaController(ColumnPipeInstallationActivity.this);
          mediaController.setAnchorView(vidView);
       }
    vidView.setMediaController(mediaController);
    Uri vidUri = Uri.parse(url);
    vidView.setVideoURI(vidUri);<----on create of activity video will start to play. Is it possible to get size of the file.
    vidView.start();}}

onClick of button is it possible to download the file to the device?

Yes, you can download file to the device. If you check in Google, you will get some sample code or good reference about how to download file from url. — Ajay Mehta, Jan 04 '19 at 07:07

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 04 '19 at 07:03

You could try this,

public long getFileSizeFromUrl(URL url) {
    HttpURLConnection conn = null;
    try {
      conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
      conn.setRequestMethod("HEAD");
      return conn.getContentLengthLong();
    } catch (IOException e) {
       //Maybe throw the exception, or just stacktrace it. Your call
    } finally {
      if (conn != null) {
        conn.disconnect();
      }
    }
}

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 04 '19 at 07:07

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You are trying to get content-length field

Try this if the answer of P Sandesh Baliga does not work

answered Jan 04 '19 at 07:07

Liar

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 04 '19 at 09:33

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Use the following code to get the length of video on buttonClick()

 URL url = new URL("URL_OF_YOUR_VIDEO");
            HttpURLConnection c = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            c.setRequestProperty("Accept-Encoding", "identity");
            c.setRequestMethod("GET");
            c.setDoOutput(true);
            c.connect();
            int lenghtOfFile = c.getContentLength();
            Log.w("getContentLength",""+lenghtOfFile);

Hope this works!

answered Jan 04 '19 at 09:33

ppreetikaa

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Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.Activities.ColumnActivity}: android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException try { c.connect(); <----here } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); – Sreeram Kallullathil Jan 07 '19 at 12:46
use AsyncTask to call this method – ppreetikaa Jan 07 '19 at 12:48
now using AsyncTask its working.. but ,getContentLength is getting as -1. – Sreeram Kallullathil Jan 07 '19 at 13:24
actually video size is in terms of MB – Sreeram Kallullathil Jan 07 '19 at 13:29

How to get size of the video file from url?

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