diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoView.java
index 0f9a923d..a31f29d3 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoView.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public class ReactVideoView extends ScalableVideoView implements MediaPlayer.OnP
     private String mSrcUriString = null;
     private String mSrcType = "mp4";
     private boolean mSrcIsNetwork = false;
+    private boolean mSrcIsAsset = false;
     private ScalableType mResizeMode = ScalableType.LEFT_TOP;
     private boolean mRepeat = false;
     private boolean mPaused = false;
@@ -107,10 +108,11 @@ public class ReactVideoView extends ScalableVideoView implements MediaPlayer.OnP
         }
     }
 
-    public void setSrc(final String uriString, final String type, final boolean isNetwork) {
+    public void setSrc(final String uriString, final String type, final boolean isNetwork, final boolean isAsset) {
         mSrcUriString = uriString;
         mSrcType = type;
         mSrcIsNetwork = isNetwork;
+        mSrcIsAsset = isAsset;
 
         mMediaPlayerValid = false;
         mVideoDuration = 0;
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ public class ReactVideoView extends ScalableVideoView implements MediaPlayer.OnP
         mMediaPlayer.reset();
 
         try {
-            if (isNetwork) {
+            if (isNetwork || isAsset) {
                 setDataSource(uriString);
             } else {
                 setRawData(mThemedReactContext.getResources().getIdentifier(
@@ -281,6 +283,6 @@ public class ReactVideoView extends ScalableVideoView implements MediaPlayer.OnP
     @Override
     protected void onAttachedToWindow() {
         super.onAttachedToWindow();
-        setSrc(mSrcUriString, mSrcType, mSrcIsNetwork);
+        setSrc(mSrcUriString, mSrcType, mSrcIsNetwork, mSrcIsAsset);
     }
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoViewManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoViewManager.java
index 3ec693da..cb6a7218 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoViewManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoViewManager.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public class ReactVideoViewManager extends SimpleViewManager<ReactVideoView> {
     public static final String PROP_SRC_URI = "uri";
     public static final String PROP_SRC_TYPE = "type";
     public static final String PROP_SRC_IS_NETWORK = "isNetwork";
+    public static final String PROP_SRC_IS_ASSET = "isAsset";
     public static final String PROP_RESIZE_MODE = "resizeMode";
     public static final String PROP_REPEAT = "repeat";
     public static final String PROP_PAUSED = "paused";
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ public class ReactVideoViewManager extends SimpleViewManager<ReactVideoView> {
         videoView.setSrc(
                 src.getString(PROP_SRC_URI),
                 src.getString(PROP_SRC_TYPE),
-                src.getBoolean(PROP_SRC_IS_NETWORK)
+                src.getBoolean(PROP_SRC_IS_NETWORK),
+                src.getBoolean(PROP_SRC_IS_ASSET)
         );
     }