react-native-media-kit

Video(and audio) component for react-native apps, supporting both iOS and Android, with API similar to HTML video.

A default set of controls is provided to play/pause, seek and to display current playback and buffer progress.

Runs on react-native 0.28+ (The limit exists due to ActivityIndicator comes after 0.28).

Supported media types:

• iOS: Should be same as those supported by AVPlayer

• Android: Shold be same as those supported by ExoPlayer

.

Install

npm install --save react-native-media-kit@latest

iOS

For now, just drag react-native-media-kit.xcodeproj into your Xcode project and link the libreact-native-media-kit.a library.

Android

android/settings.gradle

include ':react-native-media-kit'
project(':react-native-media-kit').projectDir = new File('../node_modules/react-native-media-kit/android')

android/app/build.gradle

dependencies {
    ...
    compile project(':react-native-media-kit')
}

MainActivity.java (or MainApplication on rn 0.29+)

import com.greatdroid.reactnative.media.MediaKitPackage;
...
protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
    return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
        new MainReactPackage(),
            new MediaKitPackage()
    );
}

Documentation

import {Video} from 'react-native-media-kit';
...
render() {
  return (
  	<Video
      style={{width: width, height: width / (16/9)}}
      src={'http://v.yoai.com/femme_tampon_tutorial.mp4'}
      autoplay={false}
      preload={'none'}
      loop={false}
      controls={true}
      muted={false}
      poster={'http://static.yoaicdn.com/shoppc/images/cover_img_e1e9e6b.jpg'}
    />
  );
}

API

The API is designed to mimics html <video />. (For now, the Video and Audio component are identical)

Properties

• pause
• play
• stop
• seekTo

For details about the usage of above APIs, check library/MediaPlayerView.js.

TODO

• background play