MediaElement is not working for Xamarin Android -10 while playing video from raw folder

Question

Trying with MediaElement in Xamarin.

It is not working in android 10 when taking video from 'raw' folder. We are not facing this issue in Android 9. We are not facing this issue if we are giving a URL as a source.

demo project is added in the following link--> https://github.com/devcrux/Xamarin.Forms-Shapes

Steps followed. 1.Added ' Device.SetFlags(new[] { "Shapes_Experimental", "MediaElement_Experimental" });' in App class. 2.Added mp4 file in row folder 3.Build action is given as 'Android Resource' 4.MediaElement is added like

<MediaElement
x:Name="mediaElementBar"
Source="https://qdserversas1.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com:571/video/hospital.mp4"
ShowsPlaybackControls="False"
IsLooping="True" Aspect="AspectFill" AutoPlay="True"
SeekCompleted="mediaElementBar_SeekCompleted"
HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand"/>
. Please help me to fix this issue.

Thanx in advance :)

Answer 1

Hello,​

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1. Please update your Xamarin.forms(5.0.0.2337) and Xamarin.essentials(1.7.1) nuget package to the latest.
2. Then search Xamarin.CommunityToolkit nuget package in the Nuget package manager, install it
3. Set the Android Target framework to the latest verion(My latest version is Android 12.0(S)) and Target Android Version to latest version((My latest version is Android 12.0(S)) )
4. Add the pre-fix in the MainPage.xaml like following code. I run it, this video play normally in android 10 or 11. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
   <ContentPage
   ...
   xmlns:local="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2020/toolkit"

             ...  
            >  
   

   ...
   <local:MediaElement Source="ms-appx:///yoga2.mp4" ShowsPlaybackControls="False"
   IsLooping="True" Aspect="AspectFill" AutoPlay="True"
   HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand"/>
   ...

Best Regards,

Leon Lu

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