expo-nexen-player

A next gen video player for expo app based on expo-av. It provides advanced media control functionality.

Preview

Installation

1npm install --save expo-nexen-player

or

1yarn add expo-nexen-player

Dependencies

1yarn add expo-av expo-brightness react-native-svg

Usage

1import NexenPlayer, { NexenPlayerRef } from 'expo-nexen-player';
2
3// ...
4
5const [paused, setPaused] = React.useState(true);
6const playerRef = React.useRef < NexenPlayerRef > null;
7
8const onPausePress = () => {
9  if (paused) {
10    playerRef.current?.play();
11  } else {
12    playerRef?.current?.pause();
13  }
14  setPaused((prevState) => !prevState);
15};
16
17<NexenPlayer
18  ref={playerRef}
19  style={styles.player}
20  source={{
21    source: require('../assets/videos/Street_Fighter_V_Stop_Motion.mp4'),
22    poster: 'https://img.youtube.com/vi/KrmxD8didgQ/0.jpg',
23    title: "Ryu's Hurricane Kick and Hadoken",
24  }}
25/>;
26
27// ...

Component props

prop	type	default	description
source	NexenPlayer NexenSource object	{}	media source.
config	NexenPlayer NexenConfig object	{}	vidoe player config.
playList	object	{}	can set video playlist for the player.
insets	object	{}	edge insets for video controls. you can set insets from react-native-safe-area-context.
style	object	{}	style for video player.
theme	object	{}	set theme for video player.

NexenSource

prop	type	default	description
source	AVPlaybackSource object from expo-av	{}	media source.
title	string	''	video title.
poster	string	''	poster url.

NexenConfig

prop	type	default	description
loaderText	string	'Loading...'	text for loader.
errorText	string	'Error...!'	text for error message.
doubleTapTime	number	300ms	duration of double tap.
controlTimeout	number	500ms	main control will hide after this amount of time when controlHideMode set to 'auto'.
controlHideMode	string	'touch'	hide options for main control - 'touch' or 'auto'.
layoutMode	stirng	'basic'	options for main control layout - 'basic', 'intermediate' or 'advanced'.
resizeMode	ResizeMode object	'contain'	video resize options.
posterResizeMode	ResizeMode object	'cover'	poster resize options.
volume	number	80	volume of the video (0-100).
brightness	number	25	brightness of the video (0-100).
playbackSpeed	PlaybackSpeed objecj	'1.0'	video playback speed.
muted	boolean	false	mute video.
repeat	boolean	false	repeat video.
autoPlay	boolean	false	should autoplay the video.
disableOnScreenPlayButton	boolean	false	a large play button that appears on screen when video is paused.
disableBack	boolean	false	hide back button.
disableResizeMode	boolean	false	hide aspect ration button.
disableVolume	boolean	false	hide volume button.
disableMore	boolean	false	hide more button.
disableSkip	boolean	false	hide skip buttons.
disableStop	boolean	false	hide stop button.
disableRelod	boolean	false	hide reload button.
disableFullscreen	boolean	false	hide fullscreen button.
disablePlayList	boolean	false	hide video playlist button.
index	number	0	flatlist index (only for FlatList)
activeIndex	number	-1	flatlist current video index (only for FlatList)
optimize	boolean	false	wheather you need flatlist optimization or not (only for FlatList)

Enevt props

prop	type	default	description
onBackPressed	func	undefined	callback for back button.
onPlay	func	undefined	callback for play button.
onPause	func	undefined	callback for pause button.
onStop	func	undefined	callback for stop button.
onSkipNext	func	undefined	callback for skipNext event.
onSkipBack	func	undefined	callback for skipBack event.
onReload	func	undefined	callback for reload event.
onVolumeUpdate	func	undefined	callback for volume update event.
onBrightnessUpdate	func	undefined	callback for brightness update event.
onMuteUpdate	func	undefined	callback for mute button.
onLoopUpdate	func	undefined	callback for loop button.
onSpeedUpdate	func	undefined	callback for playback speed update event.
onFullScreenModeUpdate	func	undefined	callback for fullscreen mode update event.
onScreenLockUpdate	func	undefined	callback for screen lock update event.
onPlayListItemSelect	func	undefined	callback for video list item select event.
onLoad	func	undefined	callback for video load event.
onError	func	undefined	callback for video load error event.

Methods

prop	type	default	description
play	func	undefined	call to play a video.
pause	func	undefined	call to pause a video.
stop	func	undefined	call to stop a video.
skipNext	func	undefined	skip to next video.
skipBack	func	undefined	skip to prvious video.
reload	func	undefined	call to reload a video.
load	func	undefined	call to load a video.
setFullScreenMode	func	undefined	set fullscreen mode.

ToDo

• Custom icon support
• Improve fullscreen support
• Better documentation

Contributing

See the contributing guide to learn how to contribute to the repository and the development workflow.

License

MIT