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react-native-video-player

🎬 <VideoPlayer /> component for React Native with a few controls. This player uses react-native-video under the hood

Installation

yarn add react-native-video-player@beta react-native-video

or

npm install --save react-native-video-player@beta react-native-video

Then, install pods

cd ios
pod install

Example

  import VideoPlayer, { type VideoPlayerRef } from 'react-native-video-player';

  const playerRef = useRef<VideoPlayerRef>(null);

  <VideoPlayer
    ref={playerRef}
    endWithThumbnail
    thumbnail={{
      uri: 'https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/images/BigBuckBunny.jpg',
    }}
    source={{
      uri: 'https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4',
    }}
    onError={(e) => console.log(e)}
    showDuration={true}
  />

Documentation

Prop	Description
source	The video source to pass to react-native-video.
thumbnail	An Image source to use as thumbnail before the video gets loaded.
endThumbnail	An Image source to use as thumbnail after the video has ended.
videoWidth	Width of the video to calculate the player size.
videoHeight	Height of the video to calculate the player size.
duration	Duration should always be set out of the box. if not, you can use this prop
showDuration	Show duration in seek bar.
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.
repeat	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. If an endThumbnail image is not specified then the image specified in thumbnail is shown.
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

Ref 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

Check out our Roadmap for what's coming up next! We're always working on new features and improvements, so stay tuned!

Community support

We have an discord server where you can ask questions and get help. Join the discord server

Enterprise Support

📱 react-native-video-player is provided as it is. For enterprise support or other business inquiries, please contact us 🤝. We can help you with the integration, customization and maintenance. We are providing both free and commercial support for this project. let's build something awesome together! 🚀