diff --git a/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/DefaultVideoDecoderFactory.java b/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/DefaultVideoDecoderFactory.java
index 837662f5bd..4e5c082fd8 100644
--- a/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/DefaultVideoDecoderFactory.java
+++ b/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/DefaultVideoDecoderFactory.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class DefaultVideoDecoderFactory implements VideoDecoderFactory {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public @Nullable VideoDecoder createDecoder(String codecType) {
+  public @Nullable VideoDecoder createDecoder(VideoCodecInfo codecType) {
     final VideoDecoder softwareDecoder = softwareVideoDecoderFactory.createDecoder(codecType);
     final VideoDecoder hardwareDecoder = hardwareVideoDecoderFactory.createDecoder(codecType);
     if (hardwareDecoder != null && softwareDecoder != null) {
diff --git a/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/HardwareVideoDecoderFactory.java b/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/HardwareVideoDecoderFactory.java
index a901045a8e..8c62c20d7c 100644
--- a/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/HardwareVideoDecoderFactory.java
+++ b/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/HardwareVideoDecoderFactory.java
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ public class HardwareVideoDecoderFactory implements VideoDecoderFactory {
 
   @Nullable
   @Override
-  public VideoDecoder createDecoder(String codecType) {
-    VideoCodecType type = VideoCodecType.valueOf(codecType);
+  public VideoDecoder createDecoder(VideoCodecInfo codecType) {
+    VideoCodecType type = VideoCodecType.valueOf(codecType.getName());
     MediaCodecInfo info = findCodecForType(type);
 
     if (info == null) {
diff --git a/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/SoftwareVideoDecoderFactory.java b/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/SoftwareVideoDecoderFactory.java
index 095e01a1bd..e0a3dc80db 100644
--- a/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/SoftwareVideoDecoderFactory.java
+++ b/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/SoftwareVideoDecoderFactory.java
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 public class SoftwareVideoDecoderFactory implements VideoDecoderFactory {
   @Nullable
   @Override
-  public VideoDecoder createDecoder(String codecType) {
-    if (codecType.equalsIgnoreCase("VP8")) {
+  public VideoDecoder createDecoder(VideoCodecInfo codecType) {
+    if (codecType.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("VP8")) {
       return new VP8Decoder();
     }
-    if (codecType.equalsIgnoreCase("VP9") && VP9Decoder.nativeIsSupported()) {
+    if (codecType.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("VP9") && VP9Decoder.nativeIsSupported()) {
       return new VP9Decoder();
     }
 
diff --git a/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/VideoDecoderFactory.java b/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/VideoDecoderFactory.java
index 77abd79c81..c54f61d9a3 100644
--- a/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/VideoDecoderFactory.java
+++ b/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/VideoDecoderFactory.java
@@ -18,7 +18,18 @@ public interface VideoDecoderFactory {
    * Creates a VideoDecoder for the given codec. Supports the same codecs supported by
    * VideoEncoderFactory.
    */
-  @Nullable @CalledByNative VideoDecoder createDecoder(String codecType);
+  @Deprecated
+  @Nullable
+  default VideoDecoder createDecoder(String codecType) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Deprecated and not implemented.");
+  }
+
+  /** Creates a decoder for the given video codec. */
+  @Nullable
+  @CalledByNative
+  default VideoDecoder createDecoder(VideoCodecInfo info) {
+    return createDecoder(info.getName());
+  }
 
   /**
    * Enumerates the list of supported video codecs.
diff --git a/sdk/android/instrumentationtests/src/org/webrtc/HardwareVideoDecoderTest.java b/sdk/android/instrumentationtests/src/org/webrtc/HardwareVideoDecoderTest.java
index 6ca92decbe..e641aac06c 100644
--- a/sdk/android/instrumentationtests/src/org/webrtc/HardwareVideoDecoderTest.java
+++ b/sdk/android/instrumentationtests/src/org/webrtc/HardwareVideoDecoderTest.java
@@ -40,24 +40,28 @@ public final class HardwareVideoDecoderTest {
 
   static {
     CLASS_PARAMS.add(new ParameterSet()
-                         .value("VP8" /* codecType */, false /* useEglContext */)
+                         .value(/* codecName= */ "VP8", false /* useEglContext */)
                          .name("VP8WithoutEglContext"));
     CLASS_PARAMS.add(new ParameterSet()
-                         .value("VP8" /* codecType */, true /* useEglContext */)
+                         .value(/* codecName= */ "VP8", true /* useEglContext */)
                          .name("VP8WithEglContext"));
     CLASS_PARAMS.add(new ParameterSet()
-                         .value("H264" /* codecType */, false /* useEglContext */)
+                         .value(/* codecName= */ "H264", false /* useEglContext */)
                          .name("H264WithoutEglContext"));
     CLASS_PARAMS.add(new ParameterSet()
-                         .value("H264" /* codecType */, true /* useEglContext */)
+                         .value(/* codecName= */ "H264", true /* useEglContext */)
                          .name("H264WithEglContext"));
   }
 
-  private final String codecType;
+  private final VideoCodecInfo codecType;
   private final boolean useEglContext;
 
-  public HardwareVideoDecoderTest(String codecType, boolean useEglContext) {
-    this.codecType = codecType;
+  public HardwareVideoDecoderTest(String codecName, boolean useEglContext) {
+    if (codecName.equals("H264")) {
+      this.codecType = H264Utils.DEFAULT_H264_BASELINE_PROFILE_CODEC;
+    } else {
+      this.codecType = new VideoCodecInfo(codecName, new HashMap<>());
+    }
     this.useEglContext = useEglContext;
   }
 
@@ -134,8 +138,7 @@ public final class HardwareVideoDecoderTest {
   private void encodeTestFrames() {
     VideoEncoderFactory encoderFactory = new HardwareVideoEncoderFactory(
         eglBase.getEglBaseContext(), ENABLE_INTEL_VP8_ENCODER, ENABLE_H264_HIGH_PROFILE);
-    VideoEncoder encoder =
-        encoderFactory.createEncoder(new VideoCodecInfo(codecType, new HashMap<>()));
+    VideoEncoder encoder = encoderFactory.createEncoder(codecType);
     HardwareVideoEncoderTest.MockEncoderCallback encodeCallback =
         new HardwareVideoEncoderTest.MockEncoderCallback();
     assertEquals(VideoCodecStatus.OK, encoder.initEncode(ENCODER_SETTINGS, encodeCallback));
diff --git a/sdk/android/src/jni/videodecoderfactorywrapper.cc b/sdk/android/src/jni/videodecoderfactorywrapper.cc
index 30640ea802..94b44676e1 100644
--- a/sdk/android/src/jni/videodecoderfactorywrapper.cc
+++ b/sdk/android/src/jni/videodecoderfactorywrapper.cc
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ VideoDecoderFactoryWrapper::~VideoDecoderFactoryWrapper() = default;
 std::unique_ptr<VideoDecoder> VideoDecoderFactoryWrapper::CreateVideoDecoder(
     const SdpVideoFormat& format) {
   JNIEnv* jni = AttachCurrentThreadIfNeeded();
+  ScopedJavaLocalRef<jobject> j_codec_info =
+      SdpVideoFormatToVideoCodecInfo(jni, format);
   ScopedJavaLocalRef<jobject> decoder = Java_VideoDecoderFactory_createDecoder(
-      jni, decoder_factory_, NativeToJavaString(jni, format.name));
+      jni, decoder_factory_, j_codec_info);
   if (!decoder.obj())
     return nullptr;
   return JavaToNativeVideoDecoder(jni, decoder);