Updating

Version 6.0.0

iOS

Minimum iOS Version

Starting from version 6.0.0, the minimum supported iOS version is 13.0. Projects using react-native < 0.73 must set the minimum iOS version to 13.0 in the Podfile.

You can do this 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's 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 right below platform :ios in your iOS project Podfile.

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

Podspec

You can remove the following lines from your Podfile as they are no longer needed:

-  `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 set the $RNVideoUseVideoCaching flag in your Podspec. See the installation section (opens in a new tab) for details.

Android

If you were using ExoPlayer on V5, remove the patch 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 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 ones 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 the error Could not find com.android.support:support-annotations:27.0.0., reinstall your Android Support Repository.