React Native Video Player

A React Native video player with a few controls. This player uses react-native-video for the video playback.

Installation

npm install --save react-native-video-player react-native-video react-native-vector-icons
react-native link react-native-video
react-native link react-native-vector-icons

Props

Prop	Description
video	The video source to pass to react-native-video.
thumbnail	An Image source to use as thumbnail before the video gets loaded.
videoWidth	Width of the video to calculate the player size.
videoHeight	Height of the video to calculate the player size.
duration	Duration can not always be figured out (e.g. when using hls), this can be used as fallback.
autoplay	Start the video automatically.
defaultMuted	Start the video muted, but allow toggling.
muted	Start the video muted and hide the mute toggle button.
controlsTimeout	Timeout when to hide the controls.
disableControlsAutoHide	Disable auto hiding the controls.
disableFullscreen	Disable the fullscreen button.
loop	Loop the video after playback is done.
resizeMode	The video's resizeMode. defaults to contain and is passed to react-native-video.
hideControlsOnStart	Hides the controls on start video.
endWithThumbnail	Returns to the thumbnail after the video ends.
disableSeek	Disable video seeking.
pauseOnPress	Automatically pause/play when pressing the video player anywhere.
fullScreenOnLongPress	Automatically show video on fullscreen when doing a long press.
onStart	Callback for when the start button is pressed.
onPlayPress	Callback for when the play button is pressed.
onHideControls	Callback for when the controls are being hide.
onShowControls	Callback for when the controls are being shown.
customStyles	The player can be customized in this object, see customStyles for the options.

All other props are passed to the react-native-video component.

customStyles

• wrapper
• video
• controls
• playControl
• controlButton
• controlIcon
• playIcon
• seekBar
• seekBarFullWidth
• seekBarProgress
• seekBarKnob
• seekBarBackground
• thumbnail
• playButton
• playArrow
• videoWrapper

Methods

Method	Props	Description
seek	time: float	Seek the player to the given time.
stop		Stop the playback and reset back to 0:00.
pause		Pause the playback.
resume		Resume the playback.

Future features

• Make seek bar seekable.
• Make player customizable.
• Add volume control
• Add fullscreen button
• Add loader
• Add video duration/play time for IOS
• Add video duration/play time for Android

Setting up fullscreen on Android

Step 1:

Go to your android\app\src\main\java\your\package\directory folder where you can find MainActivity.java. Copy the java files from the repo's android\app\src\main\java folder and paste them there. Open those files in any editor(Android Studio recommended) and change the package names according to your project. After that, go to your MainApplication.java file and under the new MainReactPackage(), copy and paste this: new BridgePackage() and it should look similar to the code below if you do not have other packages.

@Override
    protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
      return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
          new MainReactPackage(),
          new BridgePackage()
          );
     }

Step 2:

Make a folder in your android\app\src\main\res directory and name it layout, then copy the player_fullscreen.xml from the repo's android\app\src\main\res\layout directory and paste it into your directory and then go to your AndroidManifest.xml and add this before the ending application tag: <activity android:name=".VideoActivity" android:screenOrientation="sensorLandscape" android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize" />

If you want to remove the action bar, change your theme or change the theme for your activity from the manifest

If you want to load from an obb file, add the following to your AndroidManifext.xml file. Update the mainVersion and patchVersion to suit and remember to change for any updates:

Then pass the mainVer and expVer in as usual for react-native-video.

And then your fullscreen should be working and ready to go!