VideoView Listeners are not triggered in Android (Native Module)

Description

I wrote a VideoPlayer in Java which uses Android's VideoView but the VideoView listeners like onPrepared, onError etc are not triggered at all.

I understand the following from the logs:

• Uri was set successfully.
• Request Focus was successful

There are no errors in the logs.

Steps to reproduce

• npm i
• npm run android

This will launch the VideoPlayer Component straight away.

React Native Version

0.76.5

Affected Platforms

Runtime - Android

Output of npx react-native info

System:
  OS: macOS 15.2
  CPU: (8) arm64 Apple M3
  Memory: 96.98 MB / 16.00 GB
  Shell:
    version: "5.9"
    path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 18.20.4
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.20.4/bin/node
  Yarn:
    version: 3.6.4
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.20.4/bin/yarn
  npm:
    version: 10.7.0
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.20.4/bin/npm
  Watchman:
    version: 2024.12.02.00
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
  CocoaPods:
    version: 1.15.2
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/pod
SDKs:
  iOS SDK:
    Platforms:
      - DriverKit 23.5
      - iOS 17.5
      - macOS 14.5
      - tvOS 17.5
      - visionOS 1.2
      - watchOS 10.5
  Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: 2024.2 AI-242.23339.11.2421.12700392
  Xcode:
    version: 15.4/15F31d
    path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 17.0.10
    path: /usr/bin/javac
  Ruby:
    version: 2.6.10
    path: /usr/bin/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
  react: Not Found
  react-native: Not Found
  react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: false

Stacktrace or Logs

There's no crash or failure.

Reproducer

https://github.com/mathews-cometchat/reproducer-video-view

Screenshots and Videos

No response

Start by running the linked reproducer with npm i and npm run android, then inspect its Java VideoPlayer native module and Android VideoView usage. Reproduce the missing onPrepared and onError callbacks and determine what behavior is expected; the issue is done when the relevant listeners are triggered reliably without errors.