Answer by bughi for MediaController positioning over VideoView

I found really easy solution.

Just wrap the videoView in a FrameLayout then you can add the MediaController to that FrameLayout from code, like this:

    MediaController mc = new MediaController(context);
    videoView.setMediaController(mc);

    FrameLayout.LayoutParams lp = new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    lp.gravity = Gravity.BOTTOM;
    mc.setLayoutParams(lp);

    ((ViewGroup) mc.getParent()).removeView(mc);

    ((FrameLayout) findViewById(R.id.videoViewWrapper)).addView(mc);

EDIT: since I posted this answer I ran into a lot of issues with getting it to hide and with controlling its size so what I ended up doing was I just created my own layout with controls that I could animate and work with without headaches