title: VideoView not playing video from URL
body: <p>I've tried everything I found regarding VideoView, but I still only get a blank black container, without any error message in the console or on the device.</p>
  
  <p>I tried it with SGS3 and Xperia U, neither worked.</p>
  
  <p>Here's the code for the activity's oncreate function:</p>
  
  <pre><code>protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.activity_about);
          // Show the Up button in the action bar.
  //      getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
  
          String videoPath = "http://daily3gp.com/vids/747.3gp";
          String videoPath2 = "http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/contest/finalists/viewentry.php?file=docandyou";
          VideoView aboutVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.aboutVideoView);
  
          aboutVideoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(videoPath2));
          aboutVideoView.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
          aboutVideoView.setVisibility(1);
          aboutVideoView.bringToFront();
          aboutVideoView.requestFocus();
          aboutVideoView.start(); 
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried commenting/uncommenting different lines, tried both videos sources, but I couldn't make it play. I'm hoping someone will find what's wrong with this piece of code.</p>