Audio only plays once (just like in "rive-react-native" package)

[johnsnaply]

Hi Rive team,

The embedded audio of the .riv file plays only the first time an animation is played. Subsequent plays, even after remounting the component with a unique key (e.g., Date.now()), do not play audio on Android. iOS works correctly.

This is the same behavior with rive-react-native@9.7.1 on the same environment as mentioned on [https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react-native/issues/377]

The issue occurs with both single and multiple .riv files, and it seems to be related to the Android native audio engine not reinitializing after the first playback.

Workarounds tested:

Forcing a new key on the component each playback → animation remounts correctly, but audio still does not play.
Playing audio externally with expo-audio works as expected, confirming the issue is with embedded audio on Android.

Steps to reproduce:

Use Expo SDK 54.0.29
Install @rive-app/react-native@0.1.1
Load a .riv file with embedded audio
Play animation once → audio plays
Replay animation (same or different .riv) → audio does not play

Expected behavior:

Embedded audio should play every time the animation is played, like on iOS.

Thanks!

[mfazekas]

Thanks much for the report! As noted rive-app/rive-react-native#377 this is an upstream bug on android side.

See rive-app/rive-android#396

[johnsnaply]

@mfazekas Is there an estimated timeline for fixing the bug so that Rive functions properly on Android?

[mfazekas]

@johnsnaply sorry I don't know, can you ask on rive-android issue?! You might be able to go back to android version where it was working - 10.2.1 (?)