Installation

React Native Video is a library that allows you to play various kind of videos in a React Native application. It is built on top of the react-native-nitro-modules type-safe and extremely fast native modules framework. React Native Video supports both New Architecture and Old Architecture.

Requirements

System Requirements

• iOS 15.0 or higher
• Android 6.0 or higher

Minimal Package Requirements

• react-native 0.75.0 or higher
• react-native-nitro-modules 0.26.0 or higher

Installation

1. Install dependencies:

npm install react-native-video@next react-native-nitro-modules

2. Configure Library: You can configure the library in two ways:

• Using expo plugins
• Manually editing needed files

3. Run the project: If you are using Expo, you will need to generate native files:

npx expo prebuild

And then run the project:

npx expo run:ios # run on iOS
npx expo run:android # run on Android

If you are using React Native CLI, you will need to install Pods for iOS:

cd ios && pod install && cd ..

And then run the project:

npx react-native run-ios # run on iOS
npx react-native run-android # run on Android

Usage

App.tsx

import { VideoView, useVideoPlayer } from 'react-native-video';

export default function App() {
  const player = useVideoPlayer({
    source: {
      uri: 'https://www.w3schools.com/html/mov_bbb.mp4',
    },
  });

  return <VideoView player={player} />;
}