diff --git a/MediaManager/Media/MediaExtractorBase.cs b/MediaManager/Media/MediaExtractorBase.cs
index c7189f0a..01a26e03 100644
--- a/MediaManager/Media/MediaExtractorBase.cs
+++ b/MediaManager/Media/MediaExtractorBase.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ public abstract class MediaExtractorBase : IMediaExtractor
 
         public IList<string> ResourcePrefixes { get; } = new List<string>() {
             "android.resource",
-            "raw"
+            "raw",
+            "assets"
         };
 
         public IList<string> VideoSuffixes { get; } = new List<string>() {
diff --git a/MediaManager/Platforms/Android/Media/MediaExtractor.cs b/MediaManager/Platforms/Android/Media/MediaExtractor.cs
index dc01c597..423c9fbf 100644
--- a/MediaManager/Platforms/Android/Media/MediaExtractor.cs
+++ b/MediaManager/Platforms/Android/Media/MediaExtractor.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Android.Content.Res;
+using Com.Google.Android.Exoplayer2.Upstream;
 using MediaManager.Media;
 
 namespace MediaManager.Platforms.Android.Media
@@ -24,14 +26,41 @@ public override IList<IMediaExtractorProvider> CreateProviders()
             return providers;
         }
 
-        protected override async Task<string> GetResourcePath(string resourceName)
+        protected override Task<string> GetResourcePath(string resourceName)
         {
             string path = null;
-            using (var stream = MediaManager.Context.Assets.Open(resourceName))
+            try
             {
-                path = await CopyResourceStreamToFile(stream, "AndroidResources", resourceName).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                if (int.TryParse(resourceName, out int resourceId))
+                {
+                    var rawDataSource = new RawResourceDataSource(MediaManager.Context);
+                    var uri = RawResourceDataSource.BuildRawResourceUri(resourceId);
+                    rawDataSource.Open(new DataSpec(uri));
+                    path = rawDataSource.Uri.ToString();
+                }
             }
-            return path;
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                path = null;
+                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
+            }
+            try
+            {
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
+                {
+                    var assetDataSource = new AssetDataSource(MediaManager.Context);
+                    var dataSpec = new DataSpec(global::Android.Net.Uri.Parse(resourceName));
+                    assetDataSource.Open(dataSpec);
+                    path = assetDataSource.Uri.ToString();
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                path = null;
+                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
+            }
+
+            return Task.FromResult(path);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaManager/Platforms/Ios/Player/IosMediaPlayer.cs b/MediaManager/Platforms/Ios/Player/IosMediaPlayer.cs
index d17b5f85..37ce230b 100644
--- a/MediaManager/Platforms/Ios/Player/IosMediaPlayer.cs
+++ b/MediaManager/Platforms/Ios/Player/IosMediaPlayer.cs
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ protected override void Initialize()
                 if (activationError != null)
                     Console.WriteLine("Could not activate audio session {0}", activationError.LocalizedDescription);
             }
-            catch
+            catch (Exception ex)
             {
+                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
             }
 
             Player.InvokeOnMainThread(() =>
diff --git a/Samples/ElementPlayer.Android/Assets/assetplay.mp3 b/Samples/ElementPlayer.Android/Assets/assetplay.mp3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db9dae3f
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diff --git a/Samples/ElementPlayer.Android/ElementPlayer.Android.csproj b/Samples/ElementPlayer.Android/ElementPlayer.Android.csproj
index 0a2d7054..3b7d0b4a 100644
--- a/Samples/ElementPlayer.Android/ElementPlayer.Android.csproj
+++ b/Samples/ElementPlayer.Android/ElementPlayer.Android.csproj
@@ -286,6 +286,12 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <AndroidResource Include="Resources\drawable\baseline_stop_24.xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <AndroidResource Include="Resources\raw\play.mp3" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <AndroidAsset Include="Assets\assetplay.mp3" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Xamarin\Android\Xamarin.Android.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
 		Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
diff --git a/Samples/ElementPlayer.Android/Resources/raw/play.mp3 b/Samples/ElementPlayer.Android/Resources/raw/play.mp3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db9dae3f
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