flutter: The controller is not ready for method calls. [BUG]

[fabiot21]

I'm running the example project on iOS 11 Simulator and every time I tap on a video I get this error.

    "<MRMediaRemoteCommandInfo: 0x60000136a2e0 for path <decode: missing data>
    "<MRMediaRemoteCommandInfo: 0x60000136a280, Play, enabled = 0, options = (null)>",
    "<MRMediaRemoteCommandInfo: 0x60000136a920, EnableLanguageOption, enabled = 0, options = (null)>",
    "<MRMediaRemoteCommandInfo: 0x60000136a940, ChangePlaybackRateCommand, enabled = 0, options = (null)>",
    "<MRMediaRemoteCommandInfo: 0x60000136aa60, SkipForward, enabled = 0, options = (null)>",
    "<MRMediaRemoteCommandInfo: 0x60000136aa80, EndRewind, enabled = 0, options = (null)>",
    "<MRMediaRemoteCommandInfo: 0x60000136aa40, EndFastForward, enabled = 0, options = (null)>",
    "<MRMediaRemoteCommandInfo: 0x60000136aaa0, PreviousTrack, enabled = 0, options = (null)>",
    "<MRMediaRemoteCommandInfo: 0x60000136aac0, Stop, enabled = 0, options = (null)>",
    "<MRMediaRemoteCommandInfo: 0x60000136aae0, Pause, enabled = 0, options = (null)>",
    "<MRMediaRemoteCommandInfo: 0x60000136ab00, SeekToPlaybackPosition, enabled = 0, options = (null)>",
    "<MRMediaRemoteCommandInfo: 0x60000136ab20 for path <decode: missing data>
flutter: The controller is not ready for method calls.
flutter: The controller is not ready for method calls.
flutter: The controller is not ready for method calls.
flutter: The controller is not ready for method calls.
flutter: The controller is not ready for method calls.

[sarbagyastha]

@fabiot21 Was the issue present in v6.0.3+1 ?

[fabiot21]

@sarbagyastha I tried older versions and I'm having the same problem.

[sarbagyastha]

@fabiot21 Did you check by removing constraint version? like: youtube_player_flutter: 6.0.3+1 without any caret.

[fabiot21]

@sarbagyastha yes :(

[sarbagyastha]

@fabiot21 Please try on real device too. Sometimes simulators maynot support playback or might freeze as platform-views a expensive.

[saitbnzl]

@sarbagyastha  I've seen this in real device too. It happens very often although it looks a bit random. Sometimes it disappears after a few try, sometimes not.

Tested with v6.0.3+2 on Android 9 both in release mode and debug mode.

[saitbnzl]

@sarbagyastha Do you have any aditional info about this? I see this issue randomly in both production&debug(see my comment above). I can try to help if you don't have time.

[ilyasKerbal]

I confirm the bug on Android.

I/flutter ( 5922): The controller is not ready for method calls.
D/eglCodecCommon( 5922): setVertexArrayObject: set vao to 1 (1) 0 0
I/flutter ( 5922): The controller is not ready for method calls.

[sgehrman]

I just started seeing this on Android simulator.

[Alwin-Lazar]

I Confirm, this bug is still exist

[AbdullahAli1993]

I also have the same bug on android.

[victormanuelfrancodev]

I have the same error , I am seeing that it is when the video does not finish loading, I will try to solve it and send my answer.

[kalismeras61]

Same problem.

[sarbagyastha]

Sorry for the late response, was on a tight schedule. Will be working on the issue within this week.

[sfratini]

I am getting this stacktrace as well: flutter/flutter#25714

[LeeLoHoon]

I had same issue. and I solved this problem like this.

In YoutubePlayerController Class,
Add reload() in _callMethod.

_callMethod(String methodString) {
if (value.isReady) {
value.webViewController?.evaluateJavascript(methodString);
} else {
reload();
print("#######################");
print('The controller is not ready for method calls.');
}
}

[royycc]

One observation is:
When the "autoPlay" flag is on, even after the video starts playing, the "isReady" is still false.
So after that, calling the callMethod afterwards, it return error:

_callMethod(String methodString) {
if (value.isReady) {
value.webViewController?.evaluateJavascript(methodString);
} else {
print('The controller is not ready for method calls [$methodString].');
}
}

[LeeLoHoon]

@royycc
Oh, i didn't check about auto play. But my solution works if you don't use auto play. :)

[ipolx]

I had same issue. and I solved this problem like this.

In YoutubePlayerController Class,
Add reload() in _callMethod.

_callMethod(String methodString) {
if (value.isReady) {
value.webViewController?.evaluateJavascript(methodString);
} else {
reload();
print("#######################");
print('The controller is not ready for method calls.');
}
}
hello, i tried your solution, but it's not working. Same error

[LeeLoHoon]

@ipolx
Hi, Could you show me the log of error?
I mean, when you clicked button, did you see the log of reloading?

[ipolx]

@ipolx
Hi, Could you show me the log of error?
I mean, when you clicked button, did you see the log of reloading?

Somehow, i managed this error. I think it was flutter version issue. Works very good !

[LeeLoHoon]

@ipolx
Nice, My pleasure :)

[saveliy-kremen]

Some devices do not yet know what arrow functions are. You need to replace the code in row_youtube_player.dart:

events: {
onReady: (event) => Ready.postMessage("Ready"),
onStateChange: (event) => sendPlayerStateChange(event.data),
onPlaybackQualityChange: (event) => PlaybackQualityChange.postMessage(event.data),
onPlaybackRateChange: (event) => PlaybackRateChange.postMessage(event.data),
onError: (error) => Errors.postMessage(error.data)
},

with

events: {
onReady: function(event) {Ready.postMessage("Ready")},
onStateChange: function(event) {sendPlayerStateChange(event.data)},
onPlaybackQualityChange: function(event) {PlaybackQualityChange.postMessage(event.data)},
onPlaybackRateChange: function(event) {PlaybackRateChange.postMessage(event.data)},
onError: function(error) {Errors.postMessage(error.data)}
},

[wagwanapps2014]

I fixed the issue by changing the following method in RawYoutubePlayer by adding the else part to automatically reload if needed

onPageFinished: (_) {
if (_isPlayerReady) {
controller.updateValue(
controller.value.copyWith(isReady: true),
);
}else{
print("reloading video");
controller.reload();
}
},

[leovar]

Update flutter to the latest version and problem solved

[kalismeras61]

Update flutter to the latest version and problem solved

Latest stable?

[madhu-1stmain]

Tried the latest version, but not working

[rdcoder33]

Getting the same error with latest version

[vinothvino42]

I'm also getting the same exception. I'm using it for my production app.

[dipen-apptrait]

it's working in an ios simulator with the latest version of
youtube_player_flutter: ^8.0.0
flutter_inappwebview: ^5.3.2
and set deployment target 12.1 in Xcode.

[pavannx]

I've got the same error here

tried everything but found no solution, the thumb shows up but the video does not start

using the latest version of flutter and YouTube_player_flutter

[31Carlton7]

I was getting this error because autoplay was set to true. However when I added the onReady with an empty function, it solved my problem.

[marcio-wedoc]

SORTED OUT

My scenario is that I have a feed and I need autoplay when it appears on the screen, when I pressed play on the widget and it had just appeared on the screen, it sent this error "The controller is not ready for method calls." I solved it by initializing it with autoPlay = true and if the video was paused watching the first play, I would pause it immediately. So I check if the video has already been loaded.

[Amodh2022]

Im getting this error after making autoplay false