Written by: Mark Greve and Domițian Tămaș-Selicean

\r\n The online video player landscape is fragmented with a wide variety of players across a mix of popular platforms. In the world of HTML5-video players in browsers, there are a number of open-source solutions (e.g., hls.js , dash.js, Shaka Player ), as well as commercial offerings which include Akamai's Adaptive Media Player ( AMP ).

\r\n On Android, one of the most popular choices is Google's ExoPlayer , which will be the focus of this blog post. ExoPlayer is an open-source player developed by Google for the Android platform and distributed under the Apache License 2.0.…