diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
index dd8b750a0c3..6c433bb3c34 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 2.7.13
+
+* When `AndroidVideoPlayer` attempts to operate on a `textureId` that is not
+  active (i.e. it was previously disposed or never created), the resulting
+  platform exception is more informative than a "NullPointerException".
+
 ## 2.7.12
 
 * Fixes a [bug](https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/156451) where
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayerPlugin.java b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayerPlugin.java
index b7a14e45a0a..de2bf8cada6 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayerPlugin.java
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayerPlugin.java
@@ -140,34 +140,50 @@ public void initialize() {
     return new TextureMessage.Builder().setTextureId(handle.id()).build();
   }
 
+  @NonNull
+  private VideoPlayer getPlayer(long textureId) {
+    VideoPlayer player = videoPlayers.get(textureId);
+
+    // Avoid a very ugly un-debuggable NPE that results in returning a null player.
+    if (player == null) {
+      String message = "No player found with textureId <" + textureId + ">";
+      if (videoPlayers.size() == 0) {
+        message += " and no active players created by the plugin.";
+      }
+      throw new IllegalStateException(message);
+    }
+
+    return player;
+  }
+
   public void dispose(@NonNull TextureMessage arg) {
-    VideoPlayer player = videoPlayers.get(arg.getTextureId());
+    VideoPlayer player = getPlayer(arg.getTextureId());
     player.dispose();
     videoPlayers.remove(arg.getTextureId());
   }
 
   public void setLooping(@NonNull LoopingMessage arg) {
-    VideoPlayer player = videoPlayers.get(arg.getTextureId());
+    VideoPlayer player = getPlayer(arg.getTextureId());
     player.setLooping(arg.getIsLooping());
   }
 
   public void setVolume(@NonNull VolumeMessage arg) {
-    VideoPlayer player = videoPlayers.get(arg.getTextureId());
+    VideoPlayer player = getPlayer(arg.getTextureId());
     player.setVolume(arg.getVolume());
   }
 
   public void setPlaybackSpeed(@NonNull PlaybackSpeedMessage arg) {
-    VideoPlayer player = videoPlayers.get(arg.getTextureId());
+    VideoPlayer player = getPlayer(arg.getTextureId());
     player.setPlaybackSpeed(arg.getSpeed());
   }
 
   public void play(@NonNull TextureMessage arg) {
-    VideoPlayer player = videoPlayers.get(arg.getTextureId());
+    VideoPlayer player = getPlayer(arg.getTextureId());
     player.play();
   }
 
   public @NonNull PositionMessage position(@NonNull TextureMessage arg) {
-    VideoPlayer player = videoPlayers.get(arg.getTextureId());
+    VideoPlayer player = getPlayer(arg.getTextureId());
     PositionMessage result =
         new PositionMessage.Builder()
             .setPosition(player.getPosition())
@@ -178,12 +194,12 @@ public void play(@NonNull TextureMessage arg) {
   }
 
   public void seekTo(@NonNull PositionMessage arg) {
-    VideoPlayer player = videoPlayers.get(arg.getTextureId());
+    VideoPlayer player = getPlayer(arg.getTextureId());
     player.seekTo(arg.getPosition().intValue());
   }
 
   public void pause(@NonNull TextureMessage arg) {
-    VideoPlayer player = videoPlayers.get(arg.getTextureId());
+    VideoPlayer player = getPlayer(arg.getTextureId());
     player.pause();
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/example/integration_test/video_player_test.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/example/integration_test/video_player_test.dart
index b1abb5aed21..fc69114c63f 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/example/integration_test/video_player_test.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/example/integration_test/video_player_test.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:io';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 
@@ -11,16 +10,9 @@ import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 import 'package:integration_test/integration_test.dart';
 import 'package:path_provider/path_provider.dart';
 import 'package:video_player_android/video_player_android.dart';
-// TODO(stuartmorgan): Remove the use of MiniController in tests, as that is
-// testing test code; tests should instead be written directly against the
-// platform interface. (These tests were copied from the app-facing package
-// during federation and minimally modified, which is why they currently use the
-// controller.)
-import 'package:video_player_example/mini_controller.dart';
 import 'package:video_player_platform_interface/video_player_platform_interface.dart';
 
 const Duration _playDuration = Duration(seconds: 1);
-
 const String _videoAssetKey = 'assets/Butterfly-209.mp4';
 
 // Returns the URL to load an asset from this example app as a network source.
@@ -38,132 +30,139 @@ String getUrlForAssetAsNetworkSource(String assetKey) {
 
 void main() {
   IntegrationTestWidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
+  late AndroidVideoPlayer player;
+
+  setUp(() async {
+    player = AndroidVideoPlayer();
+    await player.init();
+  });
 
-  late MiniController controller;
-  tearDown(() async => controller.dispose());
+  testWidgets('registers expected implementation', (_) async {
+    AndroidVideoPlayer.registerWith();
+    expect(VideoPlayerPlatform.instance, isA<AndroidVideoPlayer>());
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('initializes at the start', (_) async {
+    final int textureId = (await player.create(DataSource(
+      sourceType: DataSourceType.asset,
+      asset: _videoAssetKey,
+    )))!;
 
-  group('asset videos', () {
-    setUp(() {
-      controller = MiniController.asset(_videoAssetKey);
-    });
+    expect(
+      await _getDuration(player, textureId),
+      const Duration(seconds: 7, milliseconds: 540),
+    );
 
-    testWidgets('registers expected implementation',
-        (WidgetTester tester) async {
-      AndroidVideoPlayer.registerWith();
-      expect(VideoPlayerPlatform.instance, isA<AndroidVideoPlayer>());
-    });
+    await player.dispose(textureId);
+  });
 
-    testWidgets('can be initialized', (WidgetTester tester) async {
-      await controller.initialize();
+  testWidgets('can be played', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    final int textureId = (await player.create(DataSource(
+      sourceType: DataSourceType.asset,
+      asset: _videoAssetKey,
+    )))!;
 
-      expect(controller.value.isInitialized, true);
-      expect(await controller.position, Duration.zero);
-      expect(controller.value.duration,
-          const Duration(seconds: 7, milliseconds: 540));
-    });
+    await player.play(textureId);
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle(_playDuration);
 
-    testWidgets('can be played', (WidgetTester tester) async {
-      await controller.initialize();
+    expect(await player.getPosition(textureId), greaterThan(Duration.zero));
+    await player.dispose(textureId);
+  });
 
-      await controller.play();
-      await tester.pumpAndSettle(_playDuration);
+  testWidgets('can seek', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    final int textureId = (await player.create(DataSource(
+      sourceType: DataSourceType.asset,
+      asset: _videoAssetKey,
+    )))!;
 
-      expect(await controller.position, greaterThan(Duration.zero));
-    });
+    await player.seekTo(textureId, const Duration(seconds: 3));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle(_playDuration);
 
-    testWidgets('can seek', (WidgetTester tester) async {
-      await controller.initialize();
+    expect(
+      await player.getPosition(textureId),
+      greaterThanOrEqualTo(const Duration(seconds: 3)),
+    );
+    await player.dispose(textureId);
+  });
 
-      await controller.seekTo(const Duration(seconds: 3));
+  testWidgets('can pause', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    final int textureId = (await player.create(DataSource(
+      sourceType: DataSourceType.asset,
+      asset: _videoAssetKey,
+    )))!;
 
-      expect(await controller.position, const Duration(seconds: 3));
-    });
+    await player.play(textureId);
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle(_playDuration);
 
-    testWidgets('can be paused', (WidgetTester tester) async {
-      await controller.initialize();
+    await player.pause(textureId);
+    final Duration pausedDuration = await player.getPosition(textureId);
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle(_playDuration);
 
-      // Play for a second, then pause, and then wait a second.
-      await controller.play();
-      await tester.pumpAndSettle(_playDuration);
-      await controller.pause();
-      await tester.pumpAndSettle(_playDuration);
-      final Duration pausedPosition = (await controller.position)!;
-      await tester.pumpAndSettle(_playDuration);
+    expect(await player.getPosition(textureId), pausedDuration);
+    await player.dispose(textureId);
+  });
 
-      // Verify that we stopped playing after the pause.
-      expect(await controller.position, pausedPosition);
-    });
+  testWidgets('can play a video from a file', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    final Directory directory = await getTemporaryDirectory();
+    final File file = File('${directory.path}/video.mp4');
+    await file.writeAsBytes(
+      Uint8List.fromList(
+        (await rootBundle.load(_videoAssetKey)).buffer.asUint8List(),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    final int textureId = (await player.create(DataSource(
+      sourceType: DataSourceType.file,
+      uri: file.path,
+    )))!;
+
+    await player.play(textureId);
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle(_playDuration);
+
+    expect(await player.getPosition(textureId), greaterThan(Duration.zero));
+    await directory.delete(recursive: true);
+    await player.dispose(textureId);
   });
 
-  group('file-based videos', () {
-    setUp(() async {
-      // Load the data from the asset.
-      final String tempDir = (await getTemporaryDirectory()).path;
-      final ByteData bytes = await rootBundle.load(_videoAssetKey);
+  testWidgets('can play a video from network', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    final int textureId = (await player.create(DataSource(
+      sourceType: DataSourceType.network,
+      uri: getUrlForAssetAsNetworkSource(_videoAssetKey),
+    )))!;
 
-      // Write it to a file to use as a source.
-      final String filename = _videoAssetKey.split('/').last;
-      final File file = File('$tempDir/$filename');
-      await file.writeAsBytes(bytes.buffer.asInt8List());
+    await player.play(textureId);
+    await player.seekTo(textureId, const Duration(seconds: 5));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle(_playDuration);
+    await player.pause(textureId);
 
-      controller = MiniController.file(file);
-    });
+    expect(await player.getPosition(textureId), greaterThan(Duration.zero));
 
-    testWidgets('test video player using static file() method as constructor',
-        (WidgetTester tester) async {
-      await controller.initialize();
+    final DurationRange range = await _getBufferingRange(player, textureId);
+    expect(range.start, Duration.zero);
+    expect(range.end, greaterThan(Duration.zero));
 
-      await controller.play();
-      await tester.pumpAndSettle(_playDuration);
+    await player.dispose(textureId);
+  });
+}
 
-      expect(await controller.position, greaterThan(Duration.zero));
-    });
+Future<Duration> _getDuration(
+  AndroidVideoPlayer player,
+  int textureId,
+) {
+  return player.videoEventsFor(textureId).firstWhere((VideoEvent event) {
+    return event.eventType == VideoEventType.initialized;
+  }).then((VideoEvent event) {
+    return event.duration!;
   });
+}
 
-  group('network videos', () {
-    setUp(() {
-      final String videoUrl = getUrlForAssetAsNetworkSource(_videoAssetKey);
-      controller = MiniController.network(videoUrl);
-    });
-
-    testWidgets('reports buffering status', (WidgetTester tester) async {
-      await controller.initialize();
-
-      final Completer<void> started = Completer<void>();
-      final Completer<void> ended = Completer<void>();
-      controller.addListener(() {
-        if (!started.isCompleted && controller.value.isBuffering) {
-          started.complete();
-        }
-        if (started.isCompleted &&
-            !controller.value.isBuffering &&
-            !ended.isCompleted) {
-          ended.complete();
-        }
-      });
-
-      await controller.play();
-      await controller.seekTo(const Duration(seconds: 5));
-      await tester.pumpAndSettle(_playDuration);
-      await controller.pause();
-
-      expect(await controller.position, greaterThan(Duration.zero));
-
-      await expectLater(started.future, completes);
-      await expectLater(ended.future, completes);
-    });
-
-    testWidgets('live stream duration != 0', (WidgetTester tester) async {
-      final MiniController livestreamController = MiniController.network(
-        'https://flutter.github.io/assets-for-api-docs/assets/videos/hls/bee.m3u8',
-      );
-      await livestreamController.initialize();
-
-      expect(livestreamController.value.isInitialized, true);
-      // Live streams should have either a positive duration or C.TIME_UNSET if the duration is unknown
-      // See https://exoplayer.dev/doc/reference/com/google/android/exoplayer2/Player.html#getDuration--
-      expect(livestreamController.value.duration,
-          (Duration duration) => duration != Duration.zero);
-    });
+Future<DurationRange> _getBufferingRange(
+  AndroidVideoPlayer player,
+  int textureId,
+) {
+  return player.videoEventsFor(textureId).firstWhere((VideoEvent event) {
+    return event.eventType == VideoEventType.bufferingUpdate;
+  }).then((VideoEvent event) {
+    return event.buffered!.first;
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml
index ee5601369a2..f22ffcb6e0e 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: video_player_android
 description: Android implementation of the video_player plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/video_player/video_player_android
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+video_player%22
-version: 2.7.12
+version: 2.7.13
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.5.0