# \#android **URL:** https://community.bitmovin.com/tag/android/13.md [Latest](https://community.bitmovin.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.bitmovin.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.bitmovin.com/tags.md) --- ## [Styling the default player UI's subtitles on Android (font, no background box) without replacing the whole UI](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/styling-the-default-player-uis-subtitles-on-android-font-no-background-box-without-replacing-the-whole-ui/3888)
**Author:** [@andrei.muntean](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/andrei.muntean)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/styling-the-default-player-uis-subtitles-on-android-font-no-background-box-without-replacing-the-whole-ui/3888 "2026-07-20T11:51:13Z")
I confirm this is a Feature Request and NOT a support/technical query. Please use your Bitmovin Dashboard for raising support tickets. on Which product is your request related to? Player Description Styling the default… --- ## [Facing inconsistent errors in the player, same video when played again does play](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/facing-inconsistent-errors-in-the-player-same-video-when-played-again-does-play/2386)
**Author:** [@developer](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/developer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/facing-inconsistent-errors-in-the-player-same-video-when-played-again-does-play/2386 "2026-05-05T15:14:56Z")
Following is the code that works for 95% of the scenarios for some cases specially in Android browsers we are facing issues like PLAYBACK\_VIDEO\_DECODING\_ERROR SOURCE\_STREAM\_NOT\_SUPPORTED Test URL: https://tagmango.com… --- ## [Mobile Fullscreen Uses Native Player. Need Way to Pass Control Configuration from Angular App](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/mobile-fullscreen-uses-native-player-need-way-to-pass-control-configuration-from-angular-app/3850)
**Author:** [@akhil.pandey](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/akhil.pandey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/mobile-fullscreen-uses-native-player-need-way-to-pass-control-configuration-from-angular-app/3850 "2026-05-01T14:41:38Z")
I confirm this is a Feature Request and NOT a support/technical query. Please use your Bitmovin Dashboard for raising support tickets. on Which product is your request related to? Player Description I’m using Bitmovin … --- ## [Video & Audio Out of Sync on Some Android Devices After Player Upgrade](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/video-audio-out-of-sync-on-some-android-devices-after-player-upgrade/3857)
**Author:** [@akhil.pandey](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/akhil.pandey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/video-audio-out-of-sync-on-some-android-devices-after-player-upgrade/3857 "2026-02-16T13:09:02Z")
I confirm this is a Feature Request and NOT a support/technical query. Please use your Bitmovin Dashboard for raising support tickets. on Which product is your request related to? Player Description Description of the … --- ## [Bitmovin Android SDK: Raising Minimum SDK Version to 23](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/bitmovin-android-sdk-raising-minimum-sdk-version-to-23/3815)
**Author:** [@Lukas](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/Lukas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/bitmovin-android-sdk-raising-minimum-sdk-version-to-23/3815 "2026-01-09T13:08:20Z")
In alignment with Google’s ongoing modernization of the Android ecosystem and our commitment to delivering advanced video playback experiences, Bitmovin will raise the minimum SDK requirement for the Bitmovin Android Vid… --- ## [Supporting download file playing in Bitmovin from old version of the app which uses exoplayer](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/supporting-download-file-playing-in-bitmovin-from-old-version-of-the-app-which-uses-exoplayer/3827)
**Author:** [@ranjith.yadav](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/ranjith.yadav)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/supporting-download-file-playing-in-bitmovin-from-old-version-of-the-app-which-uses-exoplayer/3827 "2025-10-31T13:35:29Z")
We are upgrading our video player to Bitmovin starting with the next release. Currently, our app uses ExoPlayer, which plays videos downloaded as .exo files. We are exploring ways to ensure backward compatibility, allowi… --- ## [Where do I find error and warning codes documentation for Bitmovin player SDKs?](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/where-do-i-find-error-and-warning-codes-documentation-for-bitmovin-player-sdks/1649)
**Author:** [@lucky.goyal](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/lucky.goyal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 8:57am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/where-do-i-find-error-and-warning-codes-documentation-for-bitmovin-player-sdks/1649 "2025-10-24T08:57:41Z")
Understanding errors/warnings and take preventive and/or corrective steps is a very important part of developing an audio/video application. Applications using Bitmovin player SDKs can make use of extensive list of error… --- ## [Android Jetpack Compose Support](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/android-jetpack-compose-support/3811)
**Author:** [@baudouxbenjamin](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/baudouxbenjamin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/android-jetpack-compose-support/3811 "2025-10-13T10:39:41Z")
I confirm this is a Feature Request and NOT a support/technical query. Please use your Bitmovin Dashboard for raising support tickets. on Which product is your request related to? Player Description Hi, Is there any p… --- ## [Custom Receiver Application Id does not work in React Native](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/custom-receiver-application-id-does-not-work-in-react-native/2770)
**Author:** [@ben1](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/ben1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 8:19am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/custom-receiver-application-id-does-not-work-in-react-native/2770 "2025-10-05T08:19:43Z")
Description In our custom React Native app, we noticed that our app is not able to connect to our Custom Receiver. Our implementation on our dev website with Bitmovin works well with the custom receiver so the receiver… --- ## [How to install a SSL certificate at the app level on Android](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/how-to-install-a-ssl-certificate-at-the-app-level-on-android/3324)
**Author:** [@ludovic.michaud](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/ludovic.michaud)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/how-to-install-a-ssl-certificate-at-the-app-level-on-android/3324 "2024-10-03T20:28:55Z")
I found myself having issues after installing Charles Proxy Certificate at the OS level: the requests kept failing because of a SSL certificate issue. After a few minutes, I couldn’t find the problem and to complete my … --- ## [Official Expo support through custom plugins and modules](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/official-expo-support-through-custom-plugins-and-modules/2102)
**Author:** [@luckner](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/luckner)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/official-expo-support-through-custom-plugins-and-modules/2102 "2025-09-02T13:17:18Z")
As a mobile developer working with React Native and Expo in a managed workflow, I am considering using the Bitmovin player in my project. There is existing documentation regarding using the React Native SDK projects or … --- ## [Product Roadmap: Releases & Updates Q3'25](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/product-roadmap-releases-updates-q325/3770)
**Author:** [@jacob.arends](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/jacob.arends)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/product-roadmap-releases-updates-q325/3770 "2025-07-25T11:50:10Z")
A quick look at what’s now available ✅ and what’s coming soon 👀: VOD ENCODING 📖 CASE STUDY Hear from Christopher Holliday, Director of Site Reliability Engineering at Ascend Learning who said "Bitmovin’s seamless int… --- ## [Expose shouldRecreateSourceBuffersOnPeriodSwitch in Android SourceOptions](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/expose-shouldrecreatesourcebuffersonperiodswitch-in-android-sourceoptions/3699)
**Author:** [@jwatson](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/jwatson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/expose-shouldrecreatesourcebuffersonperiodswitch-in-android-sourceoptions/3699 "2025-06-02T09:48:09Z")
I confirm this is a Feature Request and NOT a support/technical query. Please use your Bitmovin Dashboard for raising support tickets. on Which product is your request related to? Streams Description In our Web impleme… --- ## [Bitmovin player blank on hot reload on Android](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/bitmovin-player-blank-on-hot-reload-on-android/3578)
**Author:** [@ajay.baalakrishnan](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/ajay.baalakrishnan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/bitmovin-player-blank-on-hot-reload-on-android/3578 "2025-05-16T11:31:38Z")
Recently started working with Btmovin player on our react native project and I am noticing that on Android, after a hot reload, there is only audio from the player on a blank screen. Things start working normally if the… --- ## [\[ReactNative\] Allows analytics to be updated dynamically during playback.](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/reactnative-allows-analytics-to-be-updated-dynamically-during-playback/3688)
**Author:** [@dilang](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/dilang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 9:17am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/reactnative-allows-analytics-to-be-updated-dynamically-during-playback/3688 "2025-05-15T09:17:21Z")
I confirm this is a Feature Request and NOT a support/technical query. Please use your Bitmovin Dashboard for raising support tickets. on Which product is your request related to? Analytics Description Summary: The ab… --- ## [Product Roadmap: Releases & Updates Q2’25](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/product-roadmap-releases-updates-q2-25/3641)
**Author:** [@jacob.arends](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/jacob.arends)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/product-roadmap-releases-updates-q2-25/3641 "2025-04-24T20:00:52Z")
A quick look at what’s now available ✅ and what’s coming soon 👀: NEW! AI SCENE ANALYSIS Check out the demo in the dashboard and get in touch if interested in trying it out with your content! More information on our w… --- ## [Allow enabling of Media3 "Legacy Text Decoding"](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/allow-enabling-of-media3-legacy-text-decoding/3515)
**Author:** [@jwatson](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/jwatson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/allow-enabling-of-media3-legacy-text-decoding/3515 "2025-04-15T16:30:39Z")
I confirm this is a Feature Request and NOT a support/technical query. Please use your Bitmovin Dashboard for raising support tickets. on Which product is your request related to? Player Description In Media3 version 1… --- ## [UI Duplication Issue in Fullscreen Mode on Android Mobile Browsers](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/ui-duplication-issue-in-fullscreen-mode-on-android-mobile-browsers/3609)
**Author:** [@nihar.te](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/nihar.te)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/ui-duplication-issue-in-fullscreen-mode-on-android-mobile-browsers/3609 "2025-03-28T09:27:09Z")
Dear Bitmovin Team, I am encountering a UI duplication issue when switching to fullscreen mode in Android mobile browsers. We are using Bitmovin Player version 8.115.0. Our codebase is slightly outdated and does not in… --- ## [Support for limiting the player resolution/bitrate based on video window size](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/support-for-limiting-the-player-resolution-bitrate-based-on-video-window-size/3500)
**Author:** [@pavan.chikkala](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/pavan.chikkala)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/support-for-limiting-the-player-resolution-bitrate-based-on-video-window-size/3500 "2025-03-25T16:21:51Z")
I confirm this is a Feature Request and NOT a support/technical query. Please use your Bitmovin Dashboard for raising support tickets. on Which product is your request related to? Player Description Hi Bitmovin Team, … --- ## [How does Cast Reconnection work with a Player instance](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/how-does-cast-reconnection-work-with-a-player-instance/3597)
**Author:** [@jwatson](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/jwatson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/how-does-cast-reconnection-work-with-a-player-instance/3597 "2025-03-25T14:44:42Z")
We use a Player instance to start casting. We use that Player instance to pause Casting, seek Cast, play Cast, get callbacks about the state of playback on the Cast device. etc. After restarting the app and reconnectin… --- ## [Casting Bug if Player is created too early](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/casting-bug-if-player-is-created-too-early/3590)
**Author:** [@jwatson](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/jwatson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/casting-bug-if-player-is-created-too-early/3590 "2025-03-25T14:41:51Z")
Hello, apologies for creating this “ticket” in the Discussion area, but I do not have permission to create in the Bugs category. We have found a timing hazard related to Chromecast playback on Android. If the Player ob… --- ## [Download crash on Android](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/download-crash-on-android/2852)
**Author:** [@obadia.yoni](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/obadia.yoni)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/download-crash-on-android/2852 "2025-03-04T02:09:26Z")
Hello, For some of my devices when I start a download I get the following crash log I can’t investigate more than that because the source code is obfuscated. I got this crash on Galaxy Tab S6 Lite and Galaxy S20 FE A… --- ## [\[Flutter\]\[Casting\]\[iOS\] Cannot make the casting work](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/flutter-casting-ios-cannot-make-the-casting-work/3563)
**Author:** [@Lukasz.Bajorski](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/Lukasz.Bajorski)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/flutter-casting-ios-cannot-make-the-casting-work/3563 "2025-03-03T15:40:01Z")
Hello folks, Trying to make the casting work using Bitmovin Flutter SDK. The Android part works, but not the iOS. I tried also the example project from bitmovin-player-flutter-main, same issue (black screen with “CAF R… --- ## [Looking for Guidance on Bitmovin Player Customization and DRM Integration](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/looking-for-guidance-on-bitmovin-player-customization-and-drm-integration/3552)
**Author:** [@fplmme78](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/fplmme78)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/looking-for-guidance-on-bitmovin-player-customization-and-drm-integration/3552 "2025-02-25T11:36:56Z")
Hello everyone, I’m currently working on integrating the Bitmovin Player into a video streaming platform and need some guidance on a few customization and DRM-related aspects. While I’ve gone through the documentation, … --- ## [Get a way to parse Manifest while live streaming](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/get-a-way-to-parse-manifest-while-live-streaming/3525)
**Author:** [@apliekhov](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/apliekhov)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 8:58am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/get-a-way-to-parse-manifest-while-live-streaming/3525 "2025-02-21T08:58:18Z")
Which product is your request related to? Player Description Android. DASH Live streaming content. We used Exoplayer and extended DashManifestParser for reading custom atribute value for each period, from manifest. I c… --- ## [Unsupported Event: onSourceUnload and SourceErrorEvent with Bitmovin Player in Flutter](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/unsupported-event-onsourceunload-and-sourceerrorevent-with-bitmovin-player-in-flutter/3492)
**Author:** [@minchapc](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/minchapc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/unsupported-event-onsourceunload-and-sourceerrorevent-with-bitmovin-player-in-flutter/3492 "2025-01-20T07:53:40Z")
I am encountering an issue while playing HLS video streams using the Bitmovin Player in my Flutter app. The player fails to handle some events properly and throws the following error: flutter: ⚠️ Received unsupported ev… --- ## [Player callbacks not triggered on cast](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/player-callbacks-not-triggered-on-cast/3458)
**Author:** [@majid](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/majid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/player-callbacks-not-triggered-on-cast/3458 "2025-01-07T12:16:54Z")
Which product is your request related to? Player Description Hi, It would be great to have callbacks for casting scenarios similar to the ones available in the standard player setup. Specifically, events like PlayerEve… --- ## [Bitmovin Android Video Player moving to minSdkVersion 21 in late Q3/24](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/bitmovin-android-video-player-moving-to-minsdkversion-21-in-late-q3-24/3246)
**Author:** [@christoph.aigner](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/christoph.aigner)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/bitmovin-android-video-player-moving-to-minsdkversion-21-in-late-q3-24/3246 "2024-12-13T12:10:20Z")
Following the Google Team’s recent and upcoming changes to their SDKs and in our ongoing effort to deliver the most advanced and efficient video playback solutions, Bitmovin is raising the minimum SDK requirement for the… --- ## [Last release dates of 2024 and first release dates for 2025](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/last-release-dates-of-2024-and-first-release-dates-for-2025/3455)
**Author:** [@christoph.aigner](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/christoph.aigner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/last-release-dates-of-2024-and-first-release-dates-for-2025/3455 "2024-12-10T15:17:21Z")
Hello everyone, The Bitmovin Player & Encoding teams will run an extended sprint over the festive period rather than the more typical one-week sprint duration. Below you can find the last release dates of this year and … --- ## [Background Playback Support on Android for Bitmovin Player React Native](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/background-playback-support-on-android-for-bitmovin-player-react-native/3189)
**Author:** [@developer1](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/developer1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 7:16am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/background-playback-support-on-android-for-bitmovin-player-react-native/3189 "2024-12-04T07:16:33Z")
Which product is your request related to? Player Description Hello Bitmovin team, I am currently developing an audiobook application using React Native and utilizing the Bitmovin Player (bitmovin-player-react-native) f… [Next page](https://community.bitmovin.com/tag/android/13.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=android)