import android.content.*;
import android.util.*;
import android.widget.*;

public class CustomVideoView extends VideoView {
 protected int _overrideWidth = 480;
 protected int _overrideHeight = 360;

 public CustomVideoView(Context context) {
  super(context);
 }

 public CustomVideoView(Context context, AttributeSet set) {
  super(context, set);
 }

 public void resizeVideo(int width, int height) {
  _overrideHeight = height;
  _overrideWidth = width;
  // not sure whether it is useful or not but safe to do so
  getHolder().setFixedSize(width, height);
  //getHolder().setSizeFromLayout();
  requestLayout();
  invalidate(); // very important, so that onMeasure will be triggered
 }

 @Override
 protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
  setMeasuredDimension(_overrideWidth, _overrideHeight);
 }
}