[BUG] Using MediaElement version 7.0.0 crashes MAUI app on iOS with exception"No Parameterless Constructor Found for MediaElement"

[suvashree123]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Did you read the "Reporting a bug" section on Contributing file?

• I have read the "Reporting a bug" section on Contributing file: https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Maui/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#reporting-a-bug

Current Behavior

We are using .NET 10 GA and MediaElement 7.0.0 version. App crashes on iOS. But if we use version 3.1.1 it does not crash. All the versions after 3.1.1 crashes app with same exception on iOS.

Expected Behavior

App should not crash on iOS using MediaElement 7.0.0.

Steps To Reproduce

https://github.com/Ratnapriya/community_toolkit_sample_app.git

Here is the sample application where the issue is reproduced.
Steps to reproduce:
Download the code from above github repo.
Open the code in Visual Studio.
Deploy on iOS device.
Observe app is crashing with exception: "No parameterless constructor defined for type "CommunityToolkit.MAUI.Views.MediaElement""

Link to public reproduction project repository

https://github.com/Ratnapriya/community_toolkit_sample_app.git

Environment

- .NET MAUI CommunityToolkit:7.0.0
- OS:iOS
- .NET MAUI:10.0.10.1

Anything else?

No response

[suvashree123]

Any update on this issue would be helpful.

[amilici]

I think it's a linker issue. I was able to work around it by just fake instantiating MediaElement in code:

var mediaElement = new MediaElement();

[ne0rrmatrix]

You are missing in info.plist

<key>UIBackgroundModes</key>
<array>
    <string>audio</string>
</array> 

Can you try adding that and see if that fixes your issue?

[amilici]

It did not for me.