http:// Video Source Cause Unhandled Exception on Android & Solution

[thomastthai]

Using a video source from http:// instead of https:// will cause an Unhandled Exception on Android.

Let's take this video link as an example:

<video src="http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4">

E/flutter ( 2622): [ERROR:flutter/runtime/dart_vm_initializer.cc(41)] Unhandled Exception: PlatformException(VideoError, Video player had error com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Source error, null, null)
E/flutter ( 2622):
E/FlutterJNI( 2622): Failed to decode image
E/FlutterJNI( 2622): android.graphics.ImageDecoder$DecodeException: Failed to create image decoder with message 'unimplemented'Input contained an error.
E/FlutterJNI( 2622): 	at android.graphics.ImageDecoder.nCreate(Native Method)
E/FlutterJNI( 2622): 	at android.graphics.ImageDecoder.access$200(ImageDecoder.java:172)
E/FlutterJNI( 2622): 	at android.graphics.ImageDecoder$ByteBufferSource.createImageDecoder(ImageDecoder.java:242)
E/FlutterJNI( 2622): 	at android.graphics.ImageDecoder.decodeBitmapImpl(ImageDecoder.java:2015)
E/FlutterJNI( 2622): 	at android.graphics.ImageDecoder.decodeBitmap(ImageDecoder.java:2008)
E/FlutterJNI( 2622): 	at io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterJNI.decodeImage(FlutterJNI.java:524)
E/FlutterJNI( 2622): Failed to decode image
E/FlutterJNI( 2622): android.graphics.ImageDecoder$DecodeException: Failed to create image decoder with message 'unimplemented'Input contained an error.
E/FlutterJNI( 2622): 	at android.graphics.ImageDecoder.nCreate(Native Method)
E/FlutterJNI( 2622): 	at android.graphics.ImageDecoder.access$200(ImageDecoder.java:172)
E/FlutterJNI( 2622): 	at android.graphics.ImageDecoder$ByteBufferSource.createImageDecoder(ImageDecoder.java:242)
E/FlutterJNI( 2622): 	at android.graphics.ImageDecoder.decodeBitmapImpl(ImageDecoder.java:2015)
E/FlutterJNI( 2622): 	at android.graphics.ImageDecoder.decodeBitmap(ImageDecoder.java:2008)
E/FlutterJNI( 2622): 	at io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterJNI.decodeImage(FlutterJNI.java:524)

To use http:// video source, on iOS and Android, the following changes, as described in the video_player package, may help:

iOS
If you need to access videos using http (rather than https) URLs, you will need to add the appropriate NSAppTransportSecurity permissions to your app's Info.plist file, located in <project root>/ios/Runner/Info.plist. See Apple's documentation to determine the right combination of entries for your use case and supported iOS versions.

Android
If you are using network-based videos, ensure that the following permission is present in your Android Manifest file, located in <project root>/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:

On Android, add the following in AndroidManifest.xml:

<application ...
android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
...

Clean up, update, and re-run

$ flutter clean && flutter pub get && flutter run --debug

No more errors while accessing the video file from http://.

[asjqkkkk]

Hi @thomastthai thanks for your issue and solution
You can also submit a pull request or I'll fix them in the next version