Installation crash on fresh Drupal 11 - hook_install() runs before Media config is fully available
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<h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3>
<p>Installing Able Player on a fresh Drupal 11.3.5 <em>(where media and media_library are not yet enabled)</em> causes a crash during installation.</p>
<p>The root cause is that <code>ableplayer_install()</code> in <code>ableplayer.install</code> manipulates Media entity types, bundles, field storages, and form/view displays. However, <code>hook_install()</code> fires during the module's own installation, at which point the dependencies<em> (media, media_library)</em> are being installed in the same batch and their configuration is not yet fully available.</p>
<p>Error:</p>
<pre> InvalidArgumentException: Missing required properties for an EntityDisplay entity.<br> in Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityDisplayBase->__construct() (line 134 of core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityDisplayBase.php). <br> <br> #0 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Entity/EntityViewDisplay.php(188) <br> #1 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityStorageBase.php(453)<br> #2 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityStorage.php(168) <br> #3 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityStorageBase.php(340) <br> #4 core/modules/field/src/EntityDisplayRebuilder.php(85)<br> #5 core/modules/field/src/Hook/FieldHooks.php(343) <br> ... <br> #15 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigInstaller.php(429)<br> #16 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigInstaller.php(299) <br> #17 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigInstaller.php(208): installDefaultConfig('module', 'media', ...)<br> #18 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/ModuleInstaller.php(468) <br> #19 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/ModuleInstaller.php(229)</pre><p>The crash occurs within <code>ConfigInstaller::installDefaultConfig()</code> for the media module — its config is still being imported when ableplayer's <code>hook_install()</code> fires.</p>
<h4 id="summary-steps-reproduce">Steps to reproduce</h4>
<ol>
<li>Start with a fresh Drupal 11.3.5 installation (standard profile, without Media/Media Library enabled)</li>
<li>Install the Able Player module via the UI or drush en ableplayer</li>
<li>Installation crashes with the above error</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Workaround:</strong> Manually enable media and media_library first, then install ableplayer.</p>
<h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3>
<p>Move the field/display setup logic from <code>hook_install()</code> (in <code>ableplayer.install</code>) to <code>hook_modules_installed()</code> <em>(in <code>ableplayer.module</code>)</em>, with a guard: </p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br> </span><span style="color: #007700">function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ableplayer_modules_installed</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$modules</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br> if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">in_array</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'ableplayer'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$modules</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br> return;<br> }<br> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// ... existing setup code from hook_install() ...<br> </span><span style="color: #007700">}<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
<p><code>hook_modules_installed()</code> is invoked after all modules in the batch are fully installed and their configuration is available, which ensures that Media entity types, bundles, and displays exist before Able Player tries to manipulate them.</p>
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