Android (ExoPlayer)

Example of video playback on Android using ExoPlayer

Last updated Apr 21, 2026 Note

Before you can play videos, you must first upload a video to Cloudflare Stream or be actively streaming to a live input

implementation 'com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer-hls:2.X.X'

SimpleExoPlayer player = new SimpleExoPlayer.Builder(context).build();

// Set the media item to the Cloudflare Stream HLS Manifest URL:
player.setMediaItem(MediaItem.fromUri("https://customer-9cbb9x7nxdw5hb57.cloudflarestream.com/8f92fe7d2c1c0983767649e065e691fc/manifest/video.m3u8"));

player.prepare();

Download and run an example app

  1. Download this example app ↗︎ from the official Android developer docs, following this guide ↗︎.
  2. Open and run the exoplayer-codelab-04 example app ↗︎ using Android Studio ↗︎.
  3. Replace the media_url_dash URL on this line ↗︎ with the DASH manifest URL for your video.

For more, see read the docs.

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