createThumbnail function makes a crash about the remote video url in only android platform

[balya7777]

The error message is

I dgc_arg: 8192KB,32MB,0.5
2025-09-03 17:08:35.931 23406-27736 MediaMetad...trieverJNI org.neurobodygym E getFrameAtTime: videoFrame is a NULL pointer
2025-09-03 17:08:35.932 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W java.net.SocketException: Socket closed
2025-09-03 17:08:35.933 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.933 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead(SocketInputStream.java:118)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.933 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:173)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.933 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:143)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.933 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at com.android.org.conscrypt.ConscryptEngineSocket$SSLInputStream.readFromSocket(ConscryptEngineSocket.java:983)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.933 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at com.android.org.conscrypt.ConscryptEngineSocket$SSLInputStream.processDataFromSocket(ConscryptEngineSocket.java:947)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.933 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at com.android.org.conscrypt.ConscryptEngineSocket$SSLInputStream.readUntilDataAvailable(ConscryptEngineSocket.java:862)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.933 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at com.android.org.conscrypt.ConscryptEngineSocket$SSLInputStream.read(ConscryptEngineSocket.java:835)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.933 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at com.android.okhttp.okio.Okio$2.read(Okio.java:138)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.933 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at com.android.okhttp.okio.AsyncTimeout$2.read(AsyncTimeout.java:213)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.933 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at com.android.okhttp.okio.RealBufferedSource.read(RealBufferedSource.java:51)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.933 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.Http1xStream$FixedLengthSource.read(Http1xStream.java:395)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.933 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at com.android.okhttp.okio.RealBufferedSource$1.read(RealBufferedSource.java:372)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.933 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read1(BufferedInputStream.java:277)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.934 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:338)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.934 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at android.media.MediaHTTPConnection.readAt(MediaHTTPConnection.java:432)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.934 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at android.media.MediaHTTPConnection.native_readAt(Native Method)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.934 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at android.media.MediaHTTPConnection.readAt(MediaHTTPConnection.java:418)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.934 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at android.media.IMediaHTTPConnection$Stub.onTransact(IMediaHTTPConnection.java:146)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.934 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at android.os.Binder.execTransactInternal(Binder.java:1566)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.934 23406-26910 System.err org.neurobodygym W at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:1505)
2025-09-03 17:08:35.934 23406-26910 MediaHTTPConnection org.neurobodygym W IOException readAt 213524 / 32768 => -1
2025-09-03 17:08:35.936 23406-27736 AndroidRuntime org.neurobodygym E FATAL EXCEPTION: pool-13-thread-1
Process: org.neurobodygym, PID: 23406
java.lang.IllegalStateException: File doesn't exist or not supported
at com.reactlibrary.createthumbnail.CreateThumbnailModule.getBitmapAtTime(CreateThumbnailModule.java:200)
at com.reactlibrary.createthumbnail.CreateThumbnailModule.processData(CreateThumbnailModule.java:100)
at com.reactlibrary.createthumbnail.CreateThumbnailModule.lambda$create$2(CreateThumbnailModule.java:57)
at com.reactlibrary.createthumbnail.CreateThumbnailModule.$r8$lambda$ImvhqcRFMM_6M9lQYF1nnbLEFyU(Unknown Source:0)
at com.reactlibrary.createthumbnail.CreateThumbnailModule$$ExternalSyntheticLambda2.run(Unknown Source:6)

[maneesh-techversant]

+1

[AjayFrancisTechversant]

+1

[dprajapati1179]

Any workarounds ?

[o-baranova]

+1

[danleinie]

+1

[beyzanurmakara]

+1

[DeyanDanailov]

this is the fix . In node_modules/.../CreateThumbnailModule.java replace create() function with this
public void create(ReadableMap options, Promise promise) {
executor.execute(() -> {
try {
ReadableMap data = processData(options);
handler.post(() -> {
promise.resolve(data);
});
} catch (IOException | IllegalStateException e) {
handler.post(() -> {
promise.reject("CreateThumbnail_ERROR", e);
});
}
});
}

The only change is adding "| IllegalStateException" in order to catch the error and avoid the app crash.
Then npx patch-package react-native-create-thumbnail and you are good to go.

[matteolucinip]

+1

[LuanNguyen-HnL]

any updates?

[fergoverchat]

public void create(ReadableMap options, Promise promise) {
executor.execute(() -> {
try {
ReadableMap data = processData(options);
handler.post(() -> {
promise.resolve(data);
});
} catch (IOException | IllegalStateException e) {
handler.post(() -> {
promise.reject("CreateThumbnail_ERROR", e);
});
}
});
}

The changes are already in the latest version, but the crash happened again anyway

[saif-techversant]

+1

[KJoobin]

I was able to work around the issue by creating a patch package as shown below. However, this does not fundamentally solve the root cause of the problem.

--- a/node_modules/react-native-create-thumbnail/android/src/main/java/com/createthumbnail/CreateThumbnailModule.java
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-create-thumbnail/android/src/main/java/com/createthumbnail/CreateThumbnailModule.java
@@ -178,7 +179,9 @@ public class CreateThumbnailModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
             if (VERSION.SDK_INT < 14) {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("Remote videos aren't supported on sdk_version < 14");
             }
-            retriever.setDataSource(filePath, headers);
+            try {
+                retriever.setDataSource(filePath, headers);
+            } catch (RuntimeException e) {}
         }
 
         Bitmap image;

[Splicer97]

Similar issue

[pythonsst]

Please try this one https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-nitro-thumbnail