Android Media Player "Cannot Play Audio During A Call"

[ROWLAND MWALE]

Hello Guyz

So i have successfully compiled my Easyrtc app with Crosswalk + cordova. Installed it to my S4 device and working great ie voice/video and text mssging. Only problem am facing however is that after a call,when i leave my app and try to play media (video/audio) from my media library,the player says: "cannot play during a call"..for some reason my app seem to permanetly attach itself to the playback resources even after closing both the local and remote Streams (afer call).

Is there anything i shld be doing inorder to realise the playback resources after the call..? Any suggestions..??

[Eric Davies]

If you app works correctly in a browser, but not in Crosswalk, then you would appear to have a compatibility issue with Crosswalk + cordova.  I would suggest taking it to who-ever maintains crosswalk + cordova.

[ROWLAND MWALE]

Thnks Eric,
I initially assumed the same thing..(that may be it was a crosswalk +/ cordova issue). So i experimented again with the easyrtc demos running on chrome. Un / fortunately, i was able regenerate this issue (wthout crosswalk and cordova).

I concluded therefore that this has nothing to do wth any oc the frameworks (Xwalk / cordova).

Researching this issue online reveals that this is a common reported issue amongst most RTC app users ie. Viber, Google Hangouts etc. Like my app, users of these apps were only able to play media after killing/stoping the app.

[Eric Davies]

Hmm, that is very interesting. 

[ROWLAND MWALE]

Finally, I got around it by calling (within the easyrtc.setOnStreamClosed() function); 

    easyrtc.closeLocalStream();

AND

      

   easyrtc.clearMediaStream( document.getElementById('callervoice'));

             

  

ie:

     easyrtc.setOnStreamClosed( function (easyrtcid) {  //detect when remote stream has closed

   console.log("STREAM CLOSED");

   

         easyrtc.clearMediaStream( document.getElementById('callervoice')); // clear and realise the stream from the media element (handler)

         easyrtc.closeLocalStream();  //Close the local stream

   

});

  

[Angel Todorov]

Ho Rowland,
I believe I have got similar problem, although I discovered it in my SPA web client - it is described here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/easyrtc/riIHwRWKheQ
Unfortunately, usage of "closeLocalMediaStream" in mentioned "easyrtc.setOnStreamClosed" doesn't do the trick.


Any suggestions on the topic above would be highly appreciated!