Ti.Media.VideoPlayer is crashing the app on SDK 13.2.0.GA when calling .release() method.

[deckameron]

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Description

If you try to release memory when using the Ti.Media.VideoPlayer it will crash the app on TiSDK 13.2.0.GA.

Expected Behavior

It should release memory and not crash.

Actual behavior

Calling .release() on a Ti.Media.VideoPlayer instance crashes the app immediately on iOS. The app closes without any graceful error handling. The crash occurs consistently every time .release() is invoked.

Reproducible sample

var win = Ti.UI.createWindow({
    backgroundColor: '#000'
});

var container = Ti.UI.createView({
    layout: 'vertical',
    width: Ti.UI.SIZE,
    height: Ti.UI.SIZE,
    top: '10%'
});
win.add(container);

var player = Ti.Media.createVideoPlayer({
    url: 'https://assets.ign.com/videos/zencoder/2025/09/23/1920/952bdd2f-5cdf-4c29-a3ff-3618ade75f31-1758670361.mp4',
    left: 16,
    right: 16,
    height: 220,
    autoplay: false,
    mediaControlStyle: Ti.Media.VIDEO_CONTROL_DEFAULT
});
container.add(player);

var btn = Ti.UI.createButton({
    title: 'Release Video Player',
    top: 32,
    width: Ti.UI.SIZE,
    height: Ti.UI.SIZE
});
container.add(btn);

btn.addEventListener('click', function () {
    player.stop();
    player.release();
});

win.open();

Steps to reproduce

Play the video for a few seconds then click the "Release Video Player" button.

Platform

iOS

SDK version you are using

13.2.0.GA

Alloy version you are using

No response

[AbdullahFaqeir]

I'll check this

[AbdullahFaqeir]

@deckameron @m1ga
I've tried to reproduce this issue on both iOS 18.5 and 26.5 and it didn't occur.