Updating

Version 6.0.0

iOS

Min iOS version

From version 6.0.0, the minimum iOS version supported is 13.0. Projects that are using react-native < 0.73 will need to set the minimum iOS version to 13.0 in the Podfile.

You can do it by adding the following code to your Podfile:

- platform :ios, min_ios_version_supported
 
+ MIN_IOS_OVERRIDE = '13.0'
+ if Gem::Version.new(MIN_IOS_OVERRIDE) > Gem::Version.new(min_ios_version_supported)
+   min_ios_version_supported = MIN_IOS_OVERRIDE
+ end

linking

In your project Podfile add support for static dependency linking. This is required to support the new Promises subdependency in the iOS swift conversion.

Add use_frameworks! :linkage => :static just under platform :ios in your ios project Podfile.

See the example ios project for reference (opens in a new tab)

podspec

You can remove following lines from your podfile as they are not necessary anymore

-  `pod 'react-native-video', :path => '../node_modules/react-native-video/react-native-video.podspec'`
 
-  `pod 'react-native-video/VideoCaching', :path => '../node_modules/react-native-video/react-native-video.podspec'`

If you were previously using VideoCaching, you should $RNVideoUseVideoCaching flag in your podspec, see: installation section (opens in a new tab)

Android

If you are already using Exoplayer on V5, you should remove the patch done from android/settings.gradle

- include ':react-native-video'
- project(':react-native-video').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-video/android-exoplayer')

Using app build settings

You will need to create a project.ext section in the top-level build.gradle file (not app/build.gradle). Fill in the values from the example below using the values found in your app/build.gradle file.

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 
buildscript {
    ... // Various other settings go here
}
 
allprojects {
    ... // Various other settings go here
 
    project.ext {
        compileSdkVersion = 31
        buildToolsVersion = "30.0.2"
 
        minSdkVersion = 21
        targetSdkVersion = 22
    }
}

If you encounter an error Could not find com.android.support:support-annotations:27.0.0. reinstall your Android Support Repository.