react-native-af-video-player

A customisable React Native video player for Android and IOS

Features

• Fullscreen support for Android and iOS!
• Works with react-navigation
• Optional action button for custom use
• Add your own logo and/or placeholder
• Customise theme

Install

npm i -S react-native-af-video-player

Then link

react-native link react-native-video
react-native link react-native-keep-awake
react-native link react-native-vector-icons
react-native link react-native-orientation
react-native link react-native-linear-gradient

Simple Usage

import React from 'react'
import { AppRegistry, StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native'
import Video from 'react-native-af-video-player'

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: 'center'
  }
})

const url = 'https://your-url.com/video.mp4'

class VideoExample extends React.Component {

  render() {
    return (
      <View style={styles.container}>
        <Video url={url} />
      </View>
    )
  }
}

AppRegistry.registerComponent('VideoExample', () => VideoExample)

Props

Prop	Type	Required	Default	Description
url	string, number	Yes		A URL string (or number for local) is required.
autoPlay	bool	No	false	Autoplays the video as soon as it's loaded
loop	bool	No	false	Allows the video to continuously loop
title	string	No	''	Adds a title of your video at the top of the player
placeholder	string	No	undefined	Adds an image placeholder while it's loading and stopped at the beginning
logo	string	No	undefined	Adds an image logo at the top left corner of the video
theme	string	No	'white'	Adds an optional theme colour to the players controls
hideFullScreenControl	bool	No	false	This hides the full screen control
style	number, object	No	{}	Apply styles directly to the Video player (ignored in fullscreen mode)
resizeMode	string	No	'contain'	Fills the whole screen at aspect ratio. contain, cover etc
rotateToFullScreen	bool	No	false	Tapping the fullscreen button will rotate the screen. Also rotating the screen will automatically switch to fullscreen mode
fullScreenOnly	bool	No	false	This will play only in fullscreen mode
inlineOnly	bool	No	false	This hides the fullscreen button and only plays the video in inline mode
playInBackground	bool	No	false	Audio continues to play when app enters background.
playWhenInactive	bool	No	false	[iOS] Video continues to play when control or notification center are shown.
rate	number	No	1	Adjusts the speed of the video. 0 = stopped, 1.0 = normal
volume	number	No	1	Adjusts the volume of the video. 0 = mute, 1.0 = full volume
onMorePress	function	No	undefined	Adds an action button at the top right of the player. Use this callback function for your own use. e.g share link
onFullScreen	function	No	(value) => {}	Returns the fullscreen status whenever it toggles. Useful for situations like react navigation.
onTimedMetadata	function	No	undefined	Callback when the stream receives metadata
scrollBounce	bool	No	false	Enables the bounce effect for the ScrollView
lockPortraitOnFsExit	bool	No	false	Keep Portrait mode locked after Exiting from Fullscreen mode
lockRatio	number	No	undefined	Force a specific ratio to the Video player. e.g. lockRatio={16 / 9}
onLoad	function	No	(data) => {}	Returns data once video is loaded
onProgress	function	No	(progress) => {}	Returns progress data
onEnd	function	No	() => {}	Invoked when video finishes playing
onError	function	No	(error) => {}	Returns an error message argument
onPlay	function	No	(playing) => {}	Returns a boolean during playback
error	boolean, object	No	true	Pass in an object to Alert. See https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/alert.html
theme	object	No	all white	Pass in an object to theme. (See example below to see the full list of available settings)
controlDuration	number	No	3	Set the visibility time of the pause button and the progress bar after the video was started

Referencing

To toggle play/pause manually, you can do it like so:

  const theme = {
    title: '#FFF',
    more: '#446984',
    center: '#7B8F99',
    fullscreen: '#446984',
    volume: '#A5957B',
    scrubberThumb: '#234458',
    scrubberBar: '#DBD5C7',
    seconds: '#DBD5C7',
    duration: '#DBD5C7',
    progress: '#446984',
    loading: '#DBD5C7'
  }

  class MyComponent extends Component {

    play() {
      this.video.play()
      this.video.seekTo(25)
    }

    pause() {
      this.video.pause()
    }

    render() {
      return (
        <View>
          <Video
            url={url}
            ref={(ref) => { this.video = ref }}
            theme={theme}
          />
          <Button onPress={() => this.play()}>Play</Button>
          <Button onPress={() => this.pause()}>Pause</Button>
        </View>
      )
    }
  }

Issues

Container

Avoid adding alignItems: 'center' to the container, it can cause fullscreen mode to disappear :D

React Navigation

If you’re using react-navigation you need to manually hide the headers / tab bars to take advantage of fullscreen videos.

Example

import React, { Component } from 'react'
import { StyleSheet, View, ScrollView, Alert, Text } from 'react-native'

import Video from 'react-native-af-video-player'

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1
  }
})

class ReactNavigationExample extends Component {

  static navigationOptions = ({ navigation }) => {
    const { state } = navigation
    // Setup the header and tabBarVisible status
    const header = state.params && (state.params.fullscreen ? undefined : null)
    const tabBarVisible = state.params ? state.params.fullscreen : true
    return {
      // For stack navigators, you can hide the header bar like so
      header,
      // For the tab navigators, you can hide the tab bar like so
      tabBarVisible,
    }
  }

  onFullScreen(status) {
    // Set the params to pass in fullscreen status to navigationOptions
    this.props.navigation.setParams({
      fullscreen: !status
    })
  }

  onMorePress() {
    Alert.alert(
      'Boom',
      'This is an action call!',
      [{ text: 'Aw yeah!' }]
    )
  }

  render() {

    const url = 'https://your-url.com/video.mp4'
    const logo = 'https://your-url.com/logo.png'
    const placeholder = 'https://your-url.com/placeholder.png'
    const title = 'My video title'

    return (
      <View style={styles.container}>
        <Video
          autoPlay
          url={url}
          title={title}
          logo={logo}
          placeholder={placeholder}
          onMorePress={() => this.onMorePress()}
          onFullScreen={status => this.onFullScreen(status)}
          fullScreenOnly
        />
        <ScrollView>
          <Text>Some content here...</Text>
        </ScrollView>
      </View>
    )
  }
}

export default ReactNavigationExample

http vs https

For your sanity you should use https especially if you’re planning to use this for iOS. Using http will not work due to App Transport Security Settings will result in AppStore rejection.

Fullscreen videos inside a ScrollView

If you need the video inside a ScrollView, use our ScrollView instead: The reason for this is because we need to hide all of it's content due to ScrollView styling challenges when enabling fullscreen mode. We wouldn't want you deal with that headache, instead let this component handle it :) You can also apply styles to the video by wrapping our Container around it. Note: wrapping the video with your own element can cause fullscreen defects. Also having multiple videos in a ScrollView isn't perfect, so use at your own risk.

Example

  import Video, { ScrollView, Container } from 'react-native-af-video-player'

  const styles = StyleSheet.create({
    container: {
      flex: 1
    },
    videoContainer: {
      margin: 10
    }
  })

  class VideoInScrollView extends React.Component {

    render() {
      return (
        <ScrollView style={styles.container}>

          <Text>Some content above</Text>

          <Container style={styles.videoContainer}>
            <Video
              autoPlay
              url={url}
              title={title}
              logo={logo}
              placeholder={logo}
              rotateToFullScreen
            />
          </Container>

          {/* Or use without the Container */}
          <Video
            autoPlay
            url={url}
            title={title}
            logo={logo}
            placeholder={logo}
            rotateToFullScreen
          />

          <Text>Some content below</Text>

        </ScrollView>
      )
    }
  }

To Do

• Option to use custom icons
• Support Immersive mode for Android
• improve multiple videos fullscreen support within a ScrollView
• investigate subtitle support
• Improve scrubber controls for iOS
• Provide fullscreen support within a ScrollView
• Customise specific components for better theming

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MIT Licensed