In android ExoPlayer Audio only play crashes

[sridhard]

Current behavior

When playing audio only file, exoplayer is crashing with the below stack:
01-30 20:03:49.283 10563 11830 E ExoPlayerImplInternal: Internal runtime error.
01-30 20:03:49.283 10563 11830 E ExoPlayerImplInternal: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: length=0; index=-1
01-30 20:03:49.283 10563 11830 E ExoPlayerImplInternal: at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.TrackGroupArray.get(TrackGroupArray.java:65)
01-30 20:03:49.283 10563 11830 E ExoPlayerImplInternal: at com.google.android.exoplayer2.trackselection.DefaultTrackSelector.selectTracks(DefaultTrackSelector.java:1264)
01-30 20:03:49.283 10563 11830 E ExoPlayerImplInternal: at com.google.android.exoplayer2.trackselection.MappingTrackSelector.selectTracks(MappingTrackSelector.java:394)
01-30 20:03:49.283 10563 11830 E ExoPlayerImplInternal: at com.google.android.exoplayer2.MediaPeriodHolder.selectTracks(MediaPeriodHolder.java:160)
01-30 20:03:49.283 10563 11830 E ExoPlayerImplInternal: at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.reselectTracksInternal(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:1001)
01-30 20:03:49.283 10563 11830 E ExoPlayerImplInternal: at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:327)
01-30 20:03:49.283 10563 11830 E ExoPlayerImplInternal: at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:98)
01-30 20:03:49.283 10563 11830 E ExoPlayerImplInternal: at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:163)
01-30 20:03:49.283 10563 11830 E ExoPlayerImplInternal: at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)
01-30 20:03:49.284 10563 10563 D ReactExoplayerView: onStateChanged: playWhenReady=true, playbackState=ready

Reproduction steps

Play any audio file

Expected behavior

play should be success

Platform

Which player are you experiencing the problem on:

• Android ExoPlayer

[sridhard]

@cobarx I have fixed this issue in PR #1448. Please check and merge

[onitzschke]

For me with this fix it is working again. Looks #1442 is the same issue.

[wojo1206]

@sridhard Thanks for the PR. Fixes the problem in my case. I applied the changes and my audio plays normally.

[Chalchi52]

this problem exist in react-native-video 4.4.0 version, when this fix would be released?

[cobarx]

@Chalchi52 It sounds like there are multiple issues and while the PR fixed some of them, doesn't address the problem you are having. Can you share the props & source you are having problems with.

[Chalchi52]

Hi @cobarx I share the following information that I get when updating the version

Versions in package.json:
"react": "16.6.3",
"react-native": "0.58.5",
"react-native-video": "4.4.0",

I need update my project to gradle 3 version, but change to react-native-video of 3.2.1 to 4.4.0 not works in android devices for API 23 or upper

into build.gradle test with:

 implementation('com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer:2.9.3') {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support'
    }

and

 implementation('com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer:2.9.5') {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support'
    }

My definition of component is:

            <Video
                  ref={(ref) => {
                       this.player = ref;
                   }}
                   source={{ uri: 'https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/mp3/bachfugue.mp3' }}
                   onEnd={this.handleEndOfThePlay}
                   onError={this.handleVideoError}
                   onProgress={this.handleProgress}
                   audioOnly
                   paused={this.state.paused}
                   repeat={this.state.repeat}
               />

Put an static url but no works. I also put this property useTextureView={false} to the component but it did not work either
The audio file is aac format,

into logcat say the following:

E/ExoPlayerImplInternal: Internal runtime error.
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: length=0; index=-1
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.TrackGroupArray.get(TrackGroupArray.java:65)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.trackselection.DefaultTrackSelector.selectTracks(DefaultTrackSelector.java:1264)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.trackselection.MappingTrackSelector.selectTracks(MappingTrackSelector.java:394)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.MediaPeriodHolder.selectTracks(MediaPeriodHolder.java:160)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.reselectTracksInternal(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:1001)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:327)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:98)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)

[Chalchi52]

Hi @cobarx Force the version 3.2.1 to work with 3 gradle version with the following build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'

def safeExtGet(prop, fallback) {
    rootProject.ext.has(prop) ? rootProject.ext.get(prop) : fallback
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion safeExtGet('compileSdkVersion', 27)
    buildToolsVersion safeExtGet('buildToolsVersion', '27.0.3')

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion safeExtGet('minSdkVersion', 16)
        targetSdkVersion safeExtGet('targetSdkVersion', 27)
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
}

dependencies {
    //noinspection GradleDynamicVersion
    compileOnly "com.facebook.react:react-native:${safeExtGet('reactNativeVersion', '+')}"
    implementation('com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer:2.7.3') {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support'
    }
    // All support libs must use the same version
    implementation "com.android.support:support-annotations:${safeExtGet('supportLibVersion', '+')}"
    implementation "com.android.support:support-compat:${safeExtGet('supportLibVersion', '+')}"
    implementation "com.android.support:support-media-compat:${safeExtGet('supportLibVersion', '+')}"

    implementation('com.google.android.exoplayer:extension-okhttp:2.7.3') {
        exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
    }
    implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.12.1'
}

Because the last version 4.4.0 no works for me with any exoplayer version for the bug that I mentioned earlier

[matamicen]

Hi @cobarx , We are having the same error as @Chalchi52 and we need to upgrade to gradle plugin 3.3.2 ... and it was working on react-native-video 3.2.1 with gradle plugin 3.1.4 and gradle-4.4

not working project:
"react": "16.6.0-alpha.8af6728",
"react-native": "0.57.4",
"react-native-video": "^4.4.0"
Gradle plugin: build:gradle:3.3.2
Gradle Version: gradle-4.10.2

Thanks for your support! :)

[matamicen]

@cobarx, to be more specific, only appear that crash when play the audio.
@Chalchi52

thanks again :)