Methods
This page shows the list of available methods
dismissFullscreenPlayer
Platforms: Android | iOS | web
dismissFullscreenPlayer(): Promise<void>
Take the player out of fullscreen mode.
[!WARNING] deprecated, use setFullScreen method instead
pause
Platforms: Android | iOS | web
pause(): Promise<void>
Pause the video.
presentFullscreenPlayer
Platforms: Android | iOS | web
presentFullscreenPlayer(): Promise<void>
Put the player in fullscreen mode.
On iOS, this displays the video in a fullscreen view controller with controls.
On Android, this puts the navigation controls in fullscreen mode. It is not a complete fullscreen implementation, so you will still need to apply a style that makes the width and height match your screen dimensions to get a fullscreen video.
[!WARNING] deprecated, use setFullScreen method instead
resume
Platforms: Android | iOS | web
resume(): Promise<void>
Resume the video.
restoreUserInterfaceForPictureInPictureStopCompleted
Platform: iOS
restoreUserInterfaceForPictureInPictureStopCompleted(restored)
This function corresponds to the completion handler in Apple's restoreUserInterfaceForPictureInPictureStop (opens in a new tab). IMPORTANT: This function must be called after onRestoreUserInterfaceForPictureInPictureStop
is called.
save
Platform: iOS
save(): Promise<{ uri: string }>
Save video to your Photos with current filter prop. Returns promise.
Notes:
- Currently only supports highest quality export
- Currently only supports MP4 export
- Currently only supports exporting to user's cache directory with a generated UUID filename.
- User will need to remove the saved video through their Photos app
- Works with cached videos as well. (Checkout video-caching example)
- If the video is has not began buffering (e.g. there is no internet connection) then the save function will throw an error.
- If the video is buffering then the save function promise will return after the video has finished buffering and processing.
Future:
- Will support multiple qualities through options
- Will support more formats in the future through options
- Will support custom directory and file name through options
seek
Platforms: All
seek(seconds)
Seek to the specified position represented by seconds. seconds is a float value.
seek()
can only be called after the onLoad
event has fired. Once completed, the onSeek event will be called.
Exact seek
Platform: iOS
By default iOS seeks within 100 milliseconds of the target position. If you need more accuracy, you can use the seek with tolerance method:
seek(seconds, tolerance)
tolerance is the max distance in milliseconds from the seconds position that's allowed. Using a more exact tolerance can cause seeks to take longer. If you want to seek exactly, set tolerance to 0.
setVolume
Platforms: Android | iOS | web
setVolume(value): Promise<void>
This function will change the volume exactly like volume property. default value and range are the same then.
getCurrentPosition
Platforms: Android | iOS | web
getCurrentPosition(): Promise<number>
This function retrieves and returns the precise current position of the video playback, measured in seconds. This function will throw an error if player is not initialized.
setSource
Platforms: Android | iOS
setSource(source: ReactVideoSource): Promise<void>
This function will change the source exactly like source property. Changing source with this function will overide source provided as props.
setFullScreen
Platforms: Android | iOS | web
setFullScreen(fullscreen): Promise<void>
If you set it to true
, the player enters fullscreen mode. If you set it to false
, the player exits fullscreen mode.
On iOS, this displays the video in a fullscreen view controller with controls.
On Android, this puts the navigation controls in fullscreen mode. It is not a complete fullscreen implementation, so you will still need to apply a style that makes the width and height match your screen dimensions to get a fullscreen video.
nativeHtmlVideoRef
Platform: web
A ref to the underlying html video element. This can be used if you need to integrate a 3d party, web only video library (like hls.js, shaka, video.js...).
Example Usage
const videoRef = useRef<VideoRef>(null);
const someCoolFunctions = async () => {
if (!videoRef.current) {
return;
}
// present or dismiss fullscreen player
videoRef.current.presentFullscreenPlayer();
videoRef.current.dismissFullscreenPlayer();
// pause or resume the video
videoRef.current.pause();
videoRef.current.resume();
// save video to your Photos with current filter prop
const response = await videoRef.current.save();
const path = response.uri;
// seek to the specified position represented by seconds
videoRef.current.seek(200);
// or on iOS you can seek with tolerance
videoRef.current.seek(200, 10);
};
return (
<Video
ref={videoRef}
source={{uri: 'https://www.w3schools.com/html/mov_bbb.mp4'}}
/>
);
Static methods
getWidevineLevel
Platform: Android
Indicates whether the widevine level supported by device.
Possible values are:
- 0 - unable to determine widevine support (typically not supported)
- 1, 2, 3 - Widevine level supported
isCodecSupported
Platforms: Android | web
Indicates whether the provided codec is supported level supported by device.
parameters:
mimetype
: mime type of codec to querywidth
,height
: resolution to query
Possible results:
hardware
- codec is supported by hardwaresoftware
- codec is supported by software onlyunsupported
- codec is not supported
isHEVCSupported
Platform: Android
Helper which Indicates whether the provided HEVC/1920*1080 is supported level supported by device. It uses isCodecSupported internally.
Example Usage
import { VideoDecoderProperties } from 'react-native-video';
VideoDecoderProperties.getWidevineLevel().then((level) => {
...
});
VideoDecoderProperties.isCodecSupported('video/hevc', 1920, 1080).then((support) => {
...
});
VideoDecoderProperties.isHEVCSupported().then((support) => {
...
});