Skip button above a video ?

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

I’m using native.newVideo() to play a video. I know they aren’t part of OpenGL…

But did anyone found a way to put a “Skip Button” above the video ? They video is played full screen, and I’d really love to put a simple button like “Hold tap to skip”.

One solution I could use is to put it in the video itself, but then, I wouldn’t be able to translate that button if needed…

#2

Hi @evanspro,

Well, you can’t put a button above it, but you could potentially show a message before the video starts which tells the user they can tap-hold to skip, and then you could set up a Runtime touch listener to listen for that event and close the video.

Best regards,

Brent

#3

Hey Brent ! Thank you for your answer, this is what I’ve done so far. This is not the ideal but it still does the job. 
 

I hope Corona will manage to improve how the video work, there’s so much to do with it !

#4

Hi @evanspro,

Well, you can’t put a button above it, but you could potentially show a message before the video starts which tells the user they can tap-hold to skip, and then you could set up a Runtime touch listener to listen for that event and close the video.

Best regards,

Brent

#5

Hey Brent ! Thank you for your answer, this is what I’ve done so far. This is not the ideal but it still does the job. 
 

I hope Corona will manage to improve how the video work, there’s so much to do with it !