React Native Video Player

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

Installation

yarn add react-native-video-player react-native-video react-native-vector-icons

or

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

Then, for React Native >= 0.60:

cd ios
pod install

Add the following at the beginning of ./android/app/build.gradle on Android (required for react-native-vector-icons to work):

apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons/fonts.gradle"

Add the following in your Info.plist file on iOS (required for react-native-vector-icons to work):

<key>UIAppFonts</key>
<array>
	<string>MaterialIcons.ttf</string>
</array>

For React Native < 0.60

react-native link react-native-video
react-native link react-native-vector-icons

Example

<VideoPlayer
    video={{ uri: 'http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4' }}
    videoWidth={1600}
    videoHeight={900}
    thumbnail={{ uri: 'https://i.picsum.photos/id/866/1600/900.jpg' }}
/>

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.
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 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. 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

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 fullscreen button for Android (See PR #38 if you need fullscreen in Android)
• Add loader
• Add video duration/play time