Are you still using VideoView because its "simple"? Or, "gasp" sending . a media Intent to take the user out of your app? Are you sick of bugs where it works on some devices, but not others?
Exoplayer "2" the Rescue in this Live Code Session.

Exoplayer2 gives you a consistent, high quality, multimedia experience that supports a variety of Codecs and streaming standards. There is a ton of stuff you can do with Exoplayer beyond just a normal media player and its fully customizable too.

The online examples look difficult (because they are) 😢 Let's prove it isn't! 🙌 You will write a custom video player with Exoplayer in minutes that plays Streaming and Downloaded content. Promise 🤞.