From 6dfbb1e2a57863d249e78c68aa79fc1ca34e118d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nharlow89 <nharlow89@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 05:45:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] explicitly release androids mediaplayer when component is
 unmounted (#319)

---
 .../java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoView.java     | 11 +++++++++++
 .../com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoViewManager.java   |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoView.java
index a3694409..5b002d4c 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoView.java
@@ -148,6 +148,17 @@ public class ReactVideoView extends ScalableVideoView implements MediaPlayer.OnP
         }
     }
 
+    public void cleanupMediaPlayerResources() {
+        if ( mediaController != null ) {
+            mediaController.hide();
+        }
+        if ( mMediaPlayer != null ) {
+            mMediaPlayerValid = false;
+            mMediaPlayer.stop();
+            mMediaPlayer.release();
+        }
+    }
+
     public void setSrc(final String uriString, final String type, final boolean isNetwork, final boolean isAsset) {
 
         mSrcUriString = uriString;
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoViewManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoViewManager.java
index 720240cd..7ab2bddf 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoViewManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoViewManager.java
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ public class ReactVideoViewManager extends SimpleViewManager<ReactVideoView> {
         return new ReactVideoView(themedReactContext);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void onDropViewInstance(ReactVideoView view) {
+        super.onDropViewInstance(view);
+        view.cleanupMediaPlayerResources();
+    }
+
     @Override
     @Nullable
     public Map getExportedCustomDirectEventTypeConstants() {