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video_player_android

Android implementation of the video_player plugin.

2.12.0 3.0M downloads/mo #206 most downloaded on pub.dev flutter/packages

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Last release 1 months ago

20 Jul 2026

Release timing varies

gaps range from 8 days to 2 months

Nearly every release is documented

notes for 83 of 83 stable releases

1 version withdrawn

withdrawn after publishing

5 years old

84 releases · first in 2022

17 releases in the last 12 months

see the full history below

Release timeline

84 releases · Feb 2022 to Jul 2026
2023 2024 2025 2026
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Releases

latest 60 of 84
  1. 2.12.0 20 Jul 2026
    Release notes
    • Fixes a bug where some videos report an incorrect duration when initialized without a video duration.
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  2. 2.11.0 09 Jul 2026
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    • Adds backBufferDurationMs to CreationOptions to configure ExoPlayer DefaultLoadControl back buffer duration.
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  3. 2.10.0 30 Jun 2026
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    • Implements getVideoTracks() and selectVideoTrack() methods for video track (quality) selection using ExoPlayer.
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  4. 2.9.7 24 Jun 2026
    Release notes
    • Fixes a bug where the video freezes after returning from a full-screen transition on Android.
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  5. 2.9.6 29 May 2026
    Release notes
    • Migrates to Built-in Kotlin to support AGP 9.
    • Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.44/Dart 3.12.
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  6. 2.9.5 25 Mar 2026
    Release notes
    • Updates build files from Groovy to Kotlin.
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  7. 2.9.4 19 Feb 2026
    Release notes
    • Updates androidx.media3 to 1.9.2.
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  8. 2.9.3 17 Feb 2026
    Release notes
    • Updates androidx.media3 to 1.9.1.
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  9. 2.9.1 18 Dec 2025
    Release notes
    • Updates to Pigeon 26.1.5.
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  10. 2.9.0 16 Dec 2025
    Release notes
    • Implements getAudioTracks() and selectAudioTrack() methods for Android using ExoPlayer.
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  11. 2.8.22 01 Dec 2025
    Release notes
    • Bumps kotlin_version to 2.2.21.
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  12. 2.8.21 21 Nov 2025
    Release notes
    • Bumps com.android.tools.build:gradle from 8.12.1 to 8.13.1.
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  13. 2.8.19 17 Nov 2025
    Release notes
    • Updates to Pigeon 26.
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  14. 2.8.17 16 Oct 2025
    Release notes
    • Moves video event processing logic to Dart, and fixes an issue where buffer range would not be updated for a paused video.
    • Switches to Kotlin for Pigeon-generated code.
    • Adopts type-safe event channels for internal communication.
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  15. 2.8.16 15 Oct 2025
    Release notes
    • Updates Java compatibility version to 17 and minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.35/Dart 3.9.
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  16. 2.8.15 08 Oct 2025
    Release notes
    • Resolves Gradle 9 deprecations.
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  17. 2.8.14 29 Sep 2025
    Release notes
    • Restructures internal logic for player creation and tracking.
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  18. 2.8.13 27 Aug 2025
    Release notes
    • Bumps com.android.tools.build:gradle to 8.12.1.
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  19. 2.8.12 15 Aug 2025
    Release notes
    • Moves buffer position update event generation to Dart.
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  20. 2.8.11 07 Aug 2025
    Release notes
    • Updates kotlin version to 2.2.0 to enable gradle 8.11 support.
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  21. 2.8.10 29 Jul 2025
    Release notes
    • Restructures internal logic to move more code to Dart.
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  22. 2.8.9 25 Jul 2025
    Release notes
    • Restructures the communication between Dart and Java code.
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  23. 2.8.7 26 May 2025
    Release notes
    • Adds note about known issue regarding platform views to the README.
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  24. 2.8.6 23 May 2025
    Release notes
    • Fixes a bug where the isBuffering flag always returns true after seeking to any position.
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  25. 2.8.5 23 May 2025
    Release notes
    • Replaces deprecated onSurfaceDestroyed with onSurfaceCleanup.
    • Restores background playback support.
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  26. 2.8.4 19 May 2025
    Release notes
    • Fixes incorrect width/height swap (bug). The swap was originally required for the uncorrected width/height of Format but was mistakenly retained after switching to VideoSize, which already accounts for rotation.
    • Fixes example app layout issue caused by Transform.rotate not affecting space calculation (following #8685).
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  27. 2.8.3 06 May 2025
    Release notes
    • Changes plugin to use TextureRegistry.SurfaceProducer.handlesCropAndRotation to detect whether or not the video player rotation needs to be corrected.
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  28. 2.8.2 11 Mar 2025
    Release notes
    • Fixes a bug that can cause video to disappear after an app is suspended and resumed.
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  29. 2.8.1 06 Mar 2025
    Release notes
    • Updates compileSdk 34 to flutter.compileSdkVersion.
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  30. 2.8.0 04 Mar 2025
    Release notes
    • Adds support for platform views as an optional way of displaying a video.
    • Suppresses deprecation and removal warnings for TextureRegistry.SurfaceProducer.onSurfaceDestroyed.
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  31. 2.7.17 07 Jan 2025
    Release notes
    • Replaces deprecated Android embedder APIs (onSurfaceCreated -> onSurfaceAvailable).
    • Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.22/Dart 3.4.
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  32. 2.7.16 24 Oct 2024
    Release notes
    • Updates internal Pigeon API to use newer features.
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  33. 2.7.15 24 Oct 2024
    Release notes
    • Changes the rotation correction calculation for Android API 29+ to use the one that is reported by the video's format instead of the unapplied rotation degrees that Exoplayer does not report on Android API 21+.
    • Changes the rotation correction calculation for Android APIs 21-28 to 0 because the Impeller backend used on those API versions correctly rotates the video being played automatically.
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  34. 2.7.13 17 Oct 2024
    Release notes
    • When AndroidVideoPlayer attempts to operate on a textureId that is not active (i.e. it was previously disposed or never created), the resulting platform exception is more informative than a "NullPointerException".
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  35. 2.7.12 09 Oct 2024
    Release notes
    • Fixes a bug where additional harmless but annoying warnings in the form of native stack traces would be printed when the app was backgrounded. There may be additional warnings that are not yet fixed, but this should address the most common case.
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  36. 2.7.11 09 Oct 2024
    Release notes
    • Fixes a bug where a harmless but annoying warning in the form of a native stack trace would be printed when a previously disposed video player received a trim memory event (i.e. by backgrounding).
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  37. 2.7.10 08 Oct 2024
    Release notes
    • Fixes a bug where disposing a video player (including implicitly by switching tabs or views in a running app) would cause native stack traces.
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  38. 2.7.9 05 Oct 2024
    Release notes
    • Updates Java compatibility version to 11.
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  39. 2.7.8 04 Oct 2024
    Release notes
    • Updates Pigeon for non-nullable collection type support.
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  40. 2.7.7 03 Oct 2024
    Release notes
    • Removes the flag to treat warnings as errors in client builds.
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  41. 2.7.6 02 Oct 2024
    Release notes
    • Fixes a bug where resuming a video player would cause a Bad state: Future already completed.
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  42. 2.7.5 26 Sep 2024
    Release notes
    • Add a deprecation suppression in advance of a new SurfaceProducer API.
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  43. 2.7.3 03 Sep 2024
    Release notes
    • Updates Media3-ExoPlayer to 1.4.1.
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  44. 2.7.2 26 Aug 2024
    Release notes
    • Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.24/Dart 3.5.
    • Re-adds Impeller support.
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  45. 2.7.1 26 Aug 2024
    Release notes
    • Revert Impeller support.
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  46. 2.7.0 24 Aug 2024 withdrawn
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  47. 2.6.0 29 Jul 2024
    Release notes
    • Adds RTSP support.
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  48. 2.5.4 29 Jul 2024
    Release notes
    • Updates Media3-ExoPlayer to 1.4.0.
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  49. 2.5.3 26 Jul 2024
    Release notes
    • Updates lint checks to ignore NewerVersionAvailable.
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  50. 2.5.2 02 Jul 2024
    Release notes
    • Updates Android Gradle plugin to 8.5.0.
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  51. 2.5.1 29 Jun 2024
    Release notes
    • Removes additional references to the v1 Android embedding.
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  52. 2.5.0 07 Jun 2024
    Release notes
    • Migrates ExoPlayer to Media3-ExoPlayer 1.3.1.
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  53. 2.4.17 06 Jun 2024
    Release notes
    • Revert Impeller support.
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  54. 2.4.16 29 May 2024
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  55. 2.4.15 28 May 2024
    Release notes
    • Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.22/Dart 3.4.
    • Removes support for apps using the v1 Android embedding.
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  56. 2.4.14 16 Apr 2024
    Release notes
    • Calls onDestroy instead of initialize in onDetachedFromEngine.
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  57. 2.4.13 12 Apr 2024
    Release notes
    • Updates minSdkVersion to 19.
    • Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.16/Dart 3.2.
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  58. 2.4.12 12 Feb 2024
    Release notes
    • Updates compileSdk version to 34.
    • Adds error handling for BehindLiveWindowException, which may occur upon live-video playback failure.
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  59. 2.4.11 04 Jan 2024
    Release notes
    • Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.10/Dart 3.0.
    • Fixes new lint warnings.
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  60. 2.4.10 30 Aug 2023
    Release notes
    • Adds pub topics to package metadata.
    • Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.7/Dart 2.19.
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