MediaPlayer Streaming issues on Android 4.4 (API 19)

Question

My app is having issues with the MediaPlayer streaming, specifically on Nexus 5. I'm not sure if this is Nexus 5 or API level 19 causing the problem. Basically my MediaPlayer gets prepared and I call MediaPlayer.start(), but the MediaPlayer doesn't begin streaming.

This happens at random and only on my Nexus 5 device. When this happens, if I try seeking the MediaPlayer it begins to play. Is anyone else experiencing this?

UPDATE: I've filed a bug against Android: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=62304

Answer 1

Not sure if it's related, I had similar issue with local file playback, only on 4.4 occasionally, not reproducible on 4.3. This only happens when I want to play a new song reusing the existing MediaPlayer.

Solution: I had to call stop(); before reset(); and setDataSource():

    stop();
    reset();

    try {
        setDataSource(context, uri);
        prepareAsync();
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (SecurityException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }