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This is the official **Android** port of [VLC](https://videolan.org/vlc/).
VLC on Android plays all the same files as the classical version of VLC, and features a media database
for Audio and Video files and stream.
- [Project Structure](#project-structure)
- [LibVLC](#libvlc)
- [Build](#build)
- [Build Application](#build-application)
- [Build LibVLC](#build-libvlc)
- [Contribute](#contribute)
- [Pull requests](#pull-requests)
- [Translations](#translations)
- [Issues and feature requests](#issues-and-feature-requests)
- [Support](#support)
## Project Structure
Here are the current folders of vlc-android project:
- extension-api : Application extensions SDK (not released yet)
- application : Android application source code, organized by modules.
- buildsystem : Build scripts, CI and maven publication configuration
- libvlc : LibVLC gradle module, VLC source code will be cloned in `vlc/` at root level.
- medialibrary : Medialibrary gradle module
## LibVLC
LibVLC is the Android library embedding VLC engine, which provides a lot of multimedia features, like:
- Play every media file formats, every codec and every streaming protocols
- Hardware and efficient decoding on every platform, up to 8K
- Network browsing for distant filesystems (SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...) and servers (UPnP, DLNA)
- Playback of Audio CD, DVD and Bluray with menu navigation
- Support for HDR, including tonemapping for SDR streams
- Audio passthrough with SPDIF and HDMI, including for Audio HD codecs, like DD+, TrueHD or DTS-HD
- Support for video and audio filters
- Support for 360 video and 3D audio playback, including Ambisonics
- Ability to cast and stream to distant renderers, like Chromecast and UPnP renderers.
And more.
![LibVLC stack](https://images.videolan.org/images/libvlc_stack.png)
You can use our LibVLC module to power your own Android media player.
Have a look at our [sample codes](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/libvlc-android-samples).
## License
VLC for Android is licensed under [GPLv2 (or later)](COPYING). Android libraries make this, de facto, a GPLv3 application.
VLC engine *(LibVLC)* for Android is licensed under [LGPLv2](libvlc/COPYING.LIB).
Native libraries are published on bintray. So you can:
- Build the application and get libraries via gradle dependencies (JVM build only)
- Build the whole app (LibVLC + Medialibrary + Application)
- Build LibVLC only, and get an .aar package
### Build Application
VLC-Android build relies on gradle build modes :
- `Release` & `Debug` will get LibVLC and Medialibrary from Bintray, and build application source code only.
- `SignedRelease` also, but it will allow you to sign application apk with a local keystore.
- `Dev` will build build LibVLC, Medialibrary, and then build the application with these binaries. (via build scripts only)
### Build LibVLC
You will need a recent Linux distribution to build VLC.
It should work with Windows 10, and macOS, but there is no official support for this.
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#### Setup
Check our [AndroidCompile wiki page](https://wiki.videolan.org/AndroidCompile/), especially for build dependencies.
Here are the essential points:
On Debian/Ubuntu, install the required dependencies:
```
sudo apt install automake ant autopoint cmake build-essential libtool-bin \
patch pkg-config protobuf-compiler ragel subversion unzip git \
openjdk-8-jre openjdk-8-jdk flex python wget
```
Setup the build environment:
Set `$ANDROID_SDK` to point to your Android SDK directory
`export ANDROID_SDK=/path/to/android-sdk`
Set `$ANDROID_NDK` to point to your Android NDK directory
`export ANDROID_NDK=/path/to/android-ndk`
Then, you are ready to build!
#### Build
`buildsystem/compile.sh -l -a <ABI>`
ABI can be `arm`, `arm64`, `x86`, `x86_64` or `all` for a multi-abis build
You can do a library release build with `-r` argument
#### Medialibrary
Build Medialibrary with `-ml` instead of `-l`
## Contribute
VLC is a libre and open source project, we welcome all contributions.
Just respect our [Code of Conduct](https://wiki.videolan.org/CoC/).
Pull requests must be proposed on our [gitlab server](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-android/).
So you must create an account, fork vlc-android project, and propose your merge requests from it.
**Exept for translations**, see the section below.
### Translations
You can help improving translations too by joining the [transifex vlc project](https://www.transifex.com/yaron/vlc-trans/dashboard/)
Translations merge requests are then generated from transifex work.
VLC for Android bugtracker is hosted on [VideoLAN gitlab](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-android/issues)
Please look for existing issues and provide as much useful details as you can (e.g. vlc app version, device and Android version).
Issues without relevant informations will be ignored, we cannot help in this case.
- bugtracker: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-android/issues
- IRC: *#videolan* channel on [freenode](http://freenode.net/)
- VideoLAN forum: https://forum.videolan.org/