title: How to play local video in assets folder in Xamarin Android
body: <p>How do I reference the video file in my assets folder to play on my videoView using Xamarin Android.  Not sure how to reference the assets folder properly.</p>
  
  <pre><code>public class VideoActivity : Activity
  {
      protected override void OnCreate (Bundle bundle)
      {
          base.OnCreate (bundle);
          SetContentView (Resource.Layout.Video);
          var videoView = FindViewById&lt;VideoView&gt; (Resource.Id.SampleVideoView);
  
          var uri = Android.Net.Uri.Parse ("file:///android_asset/big_buck_bunny.mp4");
          videoView.SetVideoURI (uri);
          videoView.Start ();
      }
  }
  </code></pre>