[android-developers] Re: Working with VideoView without calling MediaPlayer.release()

I'm also having this issue, I'd like to see a resolution to this
because my application relies heavily on video and the Android
MediaPlayer doesn't work very well. I'm not sure what else to do at
this point.

On Aug 23, 1:23 am, Guilo <guilo.gu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi !
>
> Today, this issuehttp://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=959has
> become really problematic for me.
>
> MediaPlayer.release() makes my applications hang for a few seconds very
> often. As it makes the user experience really unacceptable I have copied the
> source code from VideoView and removed calls to MediaPlayer.release(),
> nevermind the lost resources. My application is now mush smoother. My
> application adds and removes the videoview when needed. But sometimes, after
> readding the custom VideoView, it will be black or green, complaining about
> Surface Overlay being busy. Messages differs for every hardware.
>
> So here is my question : Is it possible to live without calling
> MediaPlayer.release() ? (this method can block my UI so I can't use it)
> If not, which workarounds are available ? I have tried to call this method
> in a different thread but it will release the resources to late for the next
> SurfaceView;
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> Thanks

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