React Native RTMP live stream client

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Table of contents

• Table of contents
• Project description
• Getting started
  • Installation
  • Permissions
  • Code sample
• Documentation
  • Props & Methods
• Example App
  • Setup
    • Android
    • iOS
• Plugins
• FAQ

Project description

This module is made for broadcasting rtmp live stream from smartphone camera

Getting started

Installation

npm install @api.video/react-native-livestream

or

yarn add @api.video/react-native-livestream

Note: if you are on iOS, you will need two extra steps:

1. Don't forget to install the native dependencies with Cocoapods

cd ios && pod install

2. This project contains swift code, and if it's your first dependency with swift code, you need to create an empty swift file in your project (with the bridging header) from XCode. Find how to do that

Permissions

To be able to broadcast, you must:

1. On Android: ask for internet, camera and microphone permissions:

<manifest>
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
</manifest>

Your application must dynamically require android.permission.CAMERA and android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO.

2. On iOS: update Info.plist with a usage description for camera and microphone

<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>Your own description of the purpose</string>

<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
<string>Your own description of the purpose</string>

3. On react-native you must handle the permissions requests before starting your livestream. If permissions are not accepted you will not be able to broadcast.

Code sample

import React, { useRef, useState } from 'react';
import { View, TouchableOpacity } from 'react-native';
import { LiveStreamView } from '@api.video/react-native-livestream';

const App = () => {
  const ref = useRef(null);
  const [streaming, setStreaming] = useState(false);

  return (
    <View style={{ flex: 1, alignItems: 'center' }}>
      <LiveStreamView
        style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: 'black', alignSelf: 'stretch' }}
        ref={ref}
        camera="back",
        video={{
          fps: 30,
          resolution: '720p',
          bitrate: '2*1024*1024', // # 2 Mbps
          gopDuration: 1, // 1 second
        }}
        audio={{
          bitrate: 128000,
          sampleRate: 44100,
          isStereo: true,
        }}
        isMuted={false}
        onConnectionSuccess={() => {
          //do what you want
        }}
        onConnectionFailed={(e) => {
          //do what you want
        }}
        onDisconnect={() => {
          //do what you want
        }}
      />
      <View style={{ position: 'absolute', bottom: 40 }}>
        <TouchableOpacity
          style={{
            borderRadius: 50,
            backgroundColor: streaming ? 'red' : 'white',
            width: 50,
            height: 50,
          }}
          onPress={() => {
            if (streaming) {
              ref.current?.stopStreaming();
              setStreaming(false);
            } else {
              ref.current?.startStreaming('YOUR_STREAM_KEY');
              setStreaming(true);
            }
          }}
        />
      </View>
    </View>
  );
}

export default App;

Documentation

Props & Methods

type LiveStreamProps = {
  // Styles for the view containing the preview
  style: ViewStyle;
  // camera facing orientation
  camera?: 'front' | 'back';
  video: {
    // frame rate
    fps: number;
    // resolution
    resolution: '240p' | '360p' | '480p' | '720p' | '1080p';
    // video bitrate. depends on resolutions.
    bitrate: number;
    // duration between 2 key frames in seconds
    gopDuration: number;
  };
  audio: {
    // sample rate. Only for Android. Recommended: 44100
    sampleRate: 44100;
    // true for stereo, false for mono. Only for Android. Recommended: true
    isStereo: true;
    // audio bitrate. Recommended: 128000
    bitrate: number;
  };
  // Mute/unmute microphone
  isMuted: false;
  // Enables/disables the zoom gesture handled natively
  enablePinchedZoom?: boolean;
  // will be called when the connection is successful
  onConnectionSuccess?: () => void;
  // will be called when connection failed
  onConnectionFailed?: (code: string) => void;
  // will be called when the live-stream is stopped
  onDisconnect?: () => void;
};

type LiveStreamMethods = {
  // Start the stream
  // streamKey: your live stream RTMP key
  // url: RTMP server url, default: rtmp://broadcast.api.video/s
  startStreaming: (streamKey: string, url?: string) => void;
  // Stops the stream
  stopStreaming: () => void;
  // Sets the zoomRatio
  // Intended for use with React Native Gesture Handler, a slider or similar.
  setZoomRatio: (zoomRatio) => void;
};

Example App

You can try our example app, feel free to test it.

Setup

Be sure to follow the React Native installation steps before anything.

1. Open a new terminal
2. Clone the repository and go into it

git clone https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-reactnative-live-stream.git livestream_example_app && cd livestream_example_app

Android

Install the packages and launch the application

yarn && yarn example android

iOS

1. Install the packages

yarn install

2. Go into /example/ios and install the Pods

cd /example/ios && pod install

3. Sign your application

Open Xcode, click on "Open a project or file" and open the Example.xcworkspace file.
You can find it in YOUR_PROJECT_NAME/example/ios.
Click on Example, go in Signin & Capabilities tab, add your team and create a unique bundle identifier.

4. Launch the application, from the root of your project

yarn example ios

Plugins

api.video live stream library is using external native library for broadcasting

FAQ

If you have any questions, ask us here: https://community.api.video . Or use Issues.