There are a number of very good Android video players available, with a variety of functions. If you’re looking for a better experience than the stock Android video player, here are my top 5...
For the pleasure-seeker: MX Player
MX Player is a master of the Android video player scene – it just works. It plays tons of file types, has subtitle integration, and the best on-screen gesture controls you’re likely to find in an Android video player. You can pinch-to-zoom and control the volume and brightness levels just by sliding your finger up and down the screen. You can also intuitively scroll forwards or backwards through the video you are watching. The advertisements are unintrusive – they’re only apparent on the pause menu – but the downside of MX Player is that you sometimes may need to manually download codecs for certain videos, which can be annoying. 
For the optimist: VLC for Android Beta
VLC player has long since been a hit on PC, and for good reason. It has great functionality and an impressive range of features – its one of those video players that can just play anything. VLC integrates similar on-screen controls to MX Player, but it is maybe not quite as smooth. VLC for Android Beta is, naturally, still in its beta stage, meaning it might be more buggy than some of the other video players available, but it also means it’s being updated regularly with an eye on optimization for users, so it might be worth sticking with.
For the paranoid: RealPlayer Cloud
RealPlayer Cloud, described on the Play Store as “like Dropbox for videos”, offers a great video suite with online video search and cloud storage. Stepping away from the all-in-one video audio picture viewer RealPlayer once was, RealPlayer Cloud makes use of online storage and cloud syncing, to share videos between multiple devices. It does require you to make an account, which can be a pain for some people (like me), so it’s not as easy to get started with as some other players, but this is of course because of its cloud functionality.
RealPlayer Cloud offers 2 GB of cloud storage space when you install it, and has a beautiful interface. It includes a useful web video search function that gives you recommended videos of the day, too. It did take some of the online videos a while to start, but the ability to share clips between devices and upload them to the cloud was great. It’s a fantastic free app.
For the multi-tasker: MoboPlayer
MoboPlayer’s interface isn’t all that pretty, but it has some nifty features that make it stand out. Mobo Player supports a “floating windows” mode for users who quickly need to shrink their video to access something else on their device. The videos do need to be decoded before you can do this in some cases, but it’s a neat feature nonetheless. It also scans your storage folders to find all of your video files when you first load it up. The actual video player itself maybe isn’t quite as nice as some of the others on the list, but it’s strong in other areas, and also contains an online video search feature, which is useful. The initially ugly interface can be customized, too.
For the modder: BSPlayer
One thing BSPlayer is not, is total BS. BSPlayer comes with a very intuitive interface, making searching for your videos a breeze. It features all of the classic facets of good video players: hardware and software encoding, a huge amount of supported video formats, and built-in subtitle tracks. To add to this there are a number of themes and skins available for customization to spruce it up too. Another handy option is the ability to choose whether playback always begins at the start of your video or the last played part. It’s a really nice video player which uses on-screen gestures for navigation – download it if you’re interested.
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