exoplayer: player.mute() does nothing

Calling videoPlayer.mute(true) does nothing.

Dived a little into the source code and found that the mute functionality is commented out

    mute(mute) {
        /* if (this.mediaPlayer) {
           if (mute === true) {
             this.mediaPlayer.setVolume(0);
           } else if (mute === false) {
             this.mediaPlayer.setVolume(1);
           }
         }*/
    }

I uncommented it in my node_modules directory and debugged, this.mediaPlayer is always null, so in effect still does nothing.

If I change it to:

    mute(mute) {
        this.player.setVolume(mute ? 0 : 1);
    }

it seems to mute and unmute fine.

Start by locating the ExoPlayer plugin's mute(mute) method shown in the issue and trace how the player instance is initialized. Verify mute and unmute operate on the live player rather than the null mediaPlayer reference, then reproduce the Android behavior to confirm both volume changes work.