Xamarin MediaElement: Disable standard popup on MediaFailed

Question

For some reason I have sometimes problems with the video files I want to play with the MediaElement video player. This is, why I created a MediaFailed method:

    public void OnMediaFailed(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        try
        {
            DisplayAlert("Error", "My Error Message", "Close");
             Shell.Current.GoToAsync("..");
        }
        catch(Exception ex)
        {

        }

    }

<xct:MediaElement 
    x:Name="Videoelement"
    ShowsPlaybackControls="True"
    Aspect="AspectFit"
    MediaFailed="OnMediaFailed"
/>

This works fine. However there is a standard error popup message "Can't play this video". This standard popup always pops up on top of my costum popup. Is there a way to disable the standard popup?

Here is a Screenshot of the standard popup message: Link

Answer 1

Try to add the SetOnErrorListener in your VideoPlayerRenderer and override the OnError method,let it return true,

just as folows:

 class VideoPlayerRenderer : ViewRenderer<VideoPlayer, Android.Widget.RelativeLayout>,MediaPlayer.IOnErrorListener
 {

    protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<VideoPlayer> e)
    {
         ....
         videoView.SetOnErrorListener(this);
    }

    public bool OnError(MediaPlayer mp, [GeneratedEnum] MediaError what, int extra)
    {
        return true;
    }
 }

Refer: Hide "Can't play this video." Alert for Xamarin Android VideoView Player .