title: MediaPlayer no content provider error: W/MediaPlayer: Couldn't open https://youtu.be/oEgpGv2CF1U: java.io.FileNotFoundException: No content provider:
body: <p>Here is the full log:</p>
  
  <pre><code>03-20 22:49:26.953 4986-4986/? I/art: Not late-enabling -Xcheck:jni (already on)
  03-20 22:49:26.955 4986-4986/? W/art: Unexpected CPU variant for X86 using defaults: x86
  03-20 22:49:27.232 4986-4986/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream W/System: ClassLoader referenced unknown path: /data/app/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream-1/lib/x86
  03-20 22:49:27.250 4986-4986/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream I/InstantRun: starting instant run server: is main process
  03-20 22:49:27.535 4986-4986/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream W/art: Before Android 4.1, method android.graphics.PorterDuffColorFilter android.support.graphics.drawable.VectorDrawableCompat.updateTintFilter(android.graphics.PorterDuffColorFilter, android.content.res.ColorStateList, android.graphics.PorterDuff$Mode) would have incorrectly overridden the package-private method in android.graphics.drawable.Drawable
  03-20 22:49:27.737 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream I/OpenGLRenderer: Initialized EGL, version 1.4
  03-20 22:49:27.737 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/OpenGLRenderer: Swap behavior 1
  03-20 22:49:27.738 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream W/OpenGLRenderer: Failed to choose config with EGL_SWAP_BEHAVIOR_PRESERVED, retrying without...
  03-20 22:49:27.738 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/OpenGLRenderer: Swap behavior 0
  03-20 22:49:27.741 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/EGL_emulation: eglCreateContext: 0x9f6316c0: maj 3 min 0 rcv 3
  03-20 22:49:27.743 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/EGL_emulation: eglMakeCurrent: 0x9f6316c0: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0x9d6fe6a0)
  03-20 22:49:27.784 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/EGL_emulation: eglMakeCurrent: 0x9f6316c0: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0x9d6fe6a0)
  03-20 22:58:08.625 4986-4986/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream W/MediaPlayer: Couldn't open https://youtu.be/oEgpGv2CF1U: java.io.FileNotFoundException: No content provider: https://youtu.be/oEgpGv2CF1U
  03-20 22:58:08.635 4986-4998/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/NetworkSecurityConfig: No Network Security Config specified, using platform default
  03-20 22:58:08.666 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/EGL_emulation: eglMakeCurrent: 0x9f6316c0: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0x9d6fe6a0)
  03-20 22:58:09.980 4986-5049/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream E/MediaPlayer: error (1, -2147483648)
  03-20 22:58:09.980 4986-4986/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream E/MediaPlayer: Error (1,-2147483648)
  03-20 22:58:09.980 4986-4986/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/VideoView: Error: 1,-2147483648
  03-20 22:58:10.069 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/EGL_emulation: eglMakeCurrent: 0x9f6316c0: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0x9d6fe6a0)
  03-20 22:58:10.092 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/EGL_emulation: eglMakeCurrent: 0x9f6316c0: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0x9d6fe6a0)
  03-20 22:58:10.131 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/EGL_emulation: eglMakeCurrent: 0x9f6316c0: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0x9d6fe6a0)
  03-20 22:58:10.141 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/EGL_emulation: eglMakeCurrent: 0x9f6316c0: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0x9d6fe6a0)
  03-20 22:58:11.625 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/EGL_emulation: eglMakeCurrent: 0x9f6316c0: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0x9d6fe6a0)
  03-20 22:58:11.647 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/EGL_emulation: eglMakeCurrent: 0x9f6316c0: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0x9d6fe6a0)
  03-20 22:58:11.661 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/EGL_emulation: eglMakeCurrent: 0x9f6316c0: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0x9d6fe6a0)
  03-20 22:58:11.669 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/EGL_emulation: eglMakeCurrent: 0x9f6316c0: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0x9d6fe6a0)
  03-20 22:58:11.675 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/EGL_emulation: eglMakeCurrent: 0x9f6316c0: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0x9d6fe6a0)
  03-20 22:58:11.745 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/EGL_emulation: eglMakeCurrent: 0x9f6316c0: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0x9d6fe6a0)
  03-20 22:58:11.759 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/EGL_emulation: eglMakeCurrent: 0x9f6316c0: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0x9d6fe6a0)
  03-20 22:58:11.927 4986-5002/com.example.alphie.androidvideostream D/EGL_emulation: eglMakeCurrent: 0x9f6316c0: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0x9d6fe6a0)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/5uyuz.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"can't play video" error displays after hitting play button</a></p>
  
  <p>As you can see, I have internet with the uses permission. heres my AndroidManifest.xml:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
      &lt;manifest 
         xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
              package="com.example.alphie.androidvideostream"&gt;
  
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/&gt;
  
  
      &lt;application
          android:allowBackup="true"
          android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
          android:label="@string/app_name"
          android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
          android:supportsRtl="true"
          android:theme="@style/AppTheme"&gt;
      &lt;activity android:name=".MainActivity"&gt;
          &lt;intent-filter&gt;
              &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt;
  
              &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" 
        /&gt;
            &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
        &lt;/activity&gt;
       &lt;/application&gt;
  
       &lt;/manifest&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and here is my java for my MainActivity:</p>
  
  <pre><code>   package com.example.alphie.androidvideostream;
  
     import android.app.ProgressDialog;
     import android.media.MediaPlayer;
     import android.net.Uri;
     import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
     import android.os.Bundle;
     import android.view.View;
     import android.widget.ImageButton;
     import android.widget.ImageView;
     import android.widget.VideoView;
  
     public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity  implements 
          View.OnClickListener {
  
      ProgressDialog mDialog;
      VideoView videoView;
      ImageButton btnPlayPause;
  
       String videoURL = "https://youtu.be/oEgpGv2CF1U";
  
      @Override
       protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
      videoView= (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.videoView);
      btnPlayPause = (ImageButton)findViewById(R.id.btn_play_pause);
      btnPlayPause.setOnClickListener(this);
     }
  
      @Override
       public void onClick(View v) {
       mDialog = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);
       mDialog.setMessage("Please wait...");
       mDialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
       mDialog.show();
  
      try
      {
          if(!videoView.isPlaying()) {
          Uri uri = Uri.parse(videoURL);
          videoView.setVideoURI(uri);
          videoView.setOnCompletionListener(new 
            MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {
              @Override
              public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
                  btnPlayPause.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_play);
              }
          });
      }
          else
          {
              videoView.pause();
              btnPlayPause.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_play);
          }
      }
      catch (Exception ex )
      {
  
      }
      videoView.requestFocus();
      videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new 
        MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
          @Override
          public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
              mDialog.dismiss();
              mp.setLooping(true);
  
              videoView.start();
              btnPlayPause.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_pause);
          }
      });
      }
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>As you can see, I have parsed the url and am using uri so that way i can get a remote video. any ideas? thanks</p>