Release ExoPlayer in RecyclerView

Question

I am implementing the ExoPlayer in a RecyclerView. But while scrolling the Video stops, but not the audio.

How can I release the ExoPlayer in the RecyclerView? Or how c

Answer 1

The system cannot hold multiple ExoPlayer instances. It can throw an OOM Exception. Therefore, you must release ExoPlayer when the user does not see the item. In this case, I suggest you use the bellow method from RecyclerView.Adapter

override fun onViewDetachedFromWindow(holder: ViewHolder) {
    holder.itemView.player?.stop()
    holder.itemView.player?.release()
    holder.itemView.player = null
    super.onViewDetachedFromWindow(holder)
}

And then, in ViewHolder class you should check, if player == null, you must initialize it.