useNativeControl with Expo Video component causing app to crash - react-native

Question

Hi I am trying to use video with React Native and came across Expo Video Component (see https://docs.expo.io/versions/v14.0.0/sdk/video.html) and as I am using create-react-native-app to setup my app I thought this would be a good option. However when I add "useNativeControl to my video component it causes my app to crash.
Here is some code with useNativeControl: //displays just the controls for a second and then says "Expo has stopped" before exiting app
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { StyleSheet, Text, View, Image, Button } from 'react-native';
import { Video } from 'expo';
export default class App extends Component {
render() {
return (
<View style={styles.app}>
<Video source={{ uri: 'http://d23dyxeqlo5psv.cloudfront.net/big_buck_bunny.mp4' }} rate={1.0} volume={1.0} useNativeControls muted={false} resizeMode="cover" shouldPlay isLooping style={{ width: 300, height: 300 }} />
</View>
);
}
}
Here is the code without it:
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { StyleSheet, Text, View, Image, Button } from 'react-native';
import { Video } from 'expo';
export default class App extends Component {
render() {
return (
<View style={styles.app}>
<Header />
<Topics />
<Video source={{ uri: 'http://d23dyxeqlo5psv.cloudfront.net/big_buck_bunny.mp4' }} rate={1.0} volume={1.0} muted={false} resizeMode="cover" shouldPlay isLooping style={{ width: 300, height: 300 }} />
</View>
);
}
so as you can see the only difference is the "useNativeControls", without usenativecontrols the app works fine, I just don't have any controls on the video.
Main Question: How can I use native controls and not have my app crash?
Side Note/Question:
Alternatively, is there another video player that is simple to use for beginners of react-native? I have spent a few hours on this but haven't come up with a solution yet. I originally tried react-native-video (https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-video), but this did not work for me (and judging from the docs it requires you to make changes to java code which is not something I am looking to do). So if there is an alternative to expo's video component that has controls and works without any java/swift knowledge that is what I am looking for.
Edit:
package.json dependencies:
"dependencies": {
"expo": "^20.0.0",
"link": "^0.1.5",
"react": "16.0.0-alpha.12",
"react-native": "^0.46.4",
"react-native-video": "^2.0.0",
}

Answer 1

Have you ejected/detached your app? That library needs some native code to be added to a project. You cannot use it with plug&play method. Read more about detaching here: https://docs.expo.io/versions/latest/guides/detach.html
Be warned though, it's wild world once you start building an app for yourself. I am there by myself right now and failing wonderfully. I doubt you can find any video player that would not require some native code to be added.