Android MediaPlayer bug when using reset() and release() calls

Question

The bug I'm seeing is on the calls to reset() and release() never returning thus leaving my application in an indefinitely stopping state. It doesn't matter if I call stop() before reset() or release() the hang can always be reproduced.

Anyone experienced any similar issues with the MediaPlayer locking up? Any tips? I'm working on a multi-threaded application.

The DDMS reports the following when looking at the threads that are holding:

CLASS | METHOD | FILE | LINE | NATIVE

android.media.MediaPlayer _release MediaPlayer.java -2 true
android.media.MediaPlayer release MediaPlayer.java 1049 false

Answer 1

You may have stumbled across this bug: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=959. It has sat for some time, I wouldn't expect it to be addressed any time soon, unfortunately.