How to download video and play video using media element in .net maui

Question

I am working on .net maui toolkit media element player. Can anyone tell me how can i download video into local storage but hidden from user and also how can i show progress bar of downloading video. After store, how can I play it also using Media Element player of .net maui. I have seen a question (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/451647/how-to-download-video-to-local-stoarge-and-how-to) but where only they store video temporary not permanently.

Answer 1

Hello,

MediaElement does not include an API for downloading files.

Downloading the video and playing the video are separate steps.

For the download part of the file, you can download the file via HTTPClient during the event where the video starts playing.

<toolkit:MediaElement Source="url_link"
                      MediaOpened="MediaElement_MediaOpened" />

private async void MediaElement_MediaOpened(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    var media = sender as MediaElement;
    if (media != null)
    {
        var url = media.Source.ToString();
        using (var webclient = new HttpClient())
        {
		// For information on how to download files using HTTPClient and calculate download progress, please search for Progress bar with HttpClient keywords.
        }
    }
}

how can i download video into local storage but hidden from user

You could refer to File system helpers for downloading the video into app Cache directory.

Best Regards,

Alec Liu.

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