Video
You can add the Video Player component from the Designer and then enable it through the Blocks Editor. When the application is run, the player shows videos in a rectangular frame inside the app.
When the user touches the video, a set of controls appears, much like the functionality of YouTube or similar video-playing apps on Android. Video files must be in specific formats, such as .wmv.
When running the applications, the video player displays in a frame onscreen. If the user touches it, controls appear, such as play/pause, skip ahead, or skip backward. The player can also be controlled with Start, Pause, or SeekTo blocks.
All files should be in one of the Android-supported media formats, such as .mp4 or .wmv.
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