react-native-audio-recorder-player

This is a react-native link module for audio recorder and player. This is not a playlist audio module and this library provides simple recorder and player functionalities for both android and ios platforms. This only supports default file extension for each platform. This module can also handle file from url.

Preview

Free read

• Version 3 Release Note

• Happy Blog.

Breaking Changes

• From version 3.0.+, a critical migration has been done. Current version is not much different from version 2.0.+ in usability, but there are many changes internally. Also note that it supports iOS platform version 10.0 or newer.

  1. Codebase has been re-written to kotlin for Android and swift for iOS. Please follow the post installation for this changes.

     [iOS]

     • AVAudioPlayer has been migrated to AVPlayer which supports stream and more possibilities #231, #245, #275.

  2. pauseRecorder and resumeRecorder features are added.

     • Caveat Android now requires minSdk of 24.

  3. Renamed callback variables.

     1export type RecordBackType = {
     2  isRecording?: boolean;
     3  currentPosition: number;
     4  currentMetering?: number;
     5};
     6
     7export type PlayBackType = {
     8  isMuted?: boolean;
     9  currentPosition: number;
     10  duration: number;
     11};

  4. subscriptionDuration offset not defaults to 0.5 which is 500ms.

     • Resolve #273

• There has been vast improvements in #114 which is released in 2.3.0. We now support all RN versions without any version differentiating. See below installation guide for your understanding.

Migration Guide

1.x.x	2.x.x & 3.x.x
startRecord	startRecorder
	pauseRecorder (3.x.x)
	resumeRecorder (3.x.x)
stopRecord	stopRecorder
startPlay	startPlayer
stopPlay	stopPlayer
pausePlay	pausePlayer
resume	resumePlayer
seekTo	seekToPlayer
	setSubscriptionDuration
addPlayBackListener	addPlayBackListener
setRecordInterval	addRecordBackListener
removeRecordInterval	``
	setVolume

Getting started

$ yarn add react-native-audio-recorder-player

Installation

Using React Native >= 0.61

[iOS only]

1npx pod-install

Using React Native < 0.60

$ react-native link react-native-audio-recorder-player

Manual installation

iOS

1. In XCode, in the project navigator, right click Libraries ➜ Add Files to [your project's name]
2. Go to node_modules ➜ react-native-audio-recorder-player and add RNAudioRecorderPlayer.xcodeproj
3. In XCode, in the project navigator, select your project. Add libRNAudioRecorderPlayer.a to your project's Build Phases ➜ Link Binary With Libraries
4. Run your project (Cmd+R)<

Android

1. Open up android/app/src/main/java/[...]/MainApplication.java

• Add import package com.dooboolab.audiorecorderplayer.RNAudioRecorderPlayerPackage; to the imports at the top of the file
• Add new RNAudioRecorderPlayerPackage() to the list returned by the getPackages() method

2. Append the following lines to android/settings.gradle:

   include ':react-native-audio-recorder-player'
   project(':react-native-audio-recorder-player').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, 	'../node_modules/react-native-audio-recorder-player/android')
   

3. Insert the following lines inside the dependencies block in android/app/build.gradle:

     compile project(':react-native-audio-recorder-player')
   

Post installation

iOS

On iOS you need to add a usage description to Info.plist:

1<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
2<string>Give $(PRODUCT_NAME) permission to use your microphone. Your record wont be shared without your permission.</string>

Also, add swift bridging header if you haven't created one for swift compatibility.

Android

On Android you need to add a permission to AndroidManifest.xml:

1<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
2<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
3<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

Also, android above Marshmallow needs runtime permission to record audio. Using react-native-permissions will help you out with this problem. Below is sample usage before when before staring the recording.

1if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
2  try {
3    const grants = await PermissionsAndroid.requestMultiple([
4      PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE,
5      PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE,
6      PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.RECORD_AUDIO,
7    ]);
8
9    console.log('write external storage', grants);
10
11    if (
12      grants['android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE'] ===
13        PermissionsAndroid.RESULTS.GRANTED &&
14      grants['android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE'] ===
15        PermissionsAndroid.RESULTS.GRANTED &&
16      grants['android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO'] ===
17        PermissionsAndroid.RESULTS.GRANTED
18    ) {
19      console.log('Permissions granted');
20    } else {
21      console.log('All required permissions not granted');
22      return;
23    }
24  } catch (err) {
25    console.warn(err);
26    return;
27  }
28}

Lastly, you need to enable kotlin. Please change add the line below in android/build.gradle.

1buildscript {
2  ext {
3      buildToolsVersion = "29.0.3"
4+     // Note: Below change is necessary for pause / resume audio feature. Not for Kotlin.
5+     minSdkVersion = 24
6      compileSdkVersion = 29
7      targetSdkVersion = 29
8+     kotlinVersion = '1.6.10'
9
10      ndkVersion = "20.1.5948944"
11  }
12  repositories {
13      google()
14      jcenter()
15  }
16  dependencies {
17      classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.2")
18  }
19...

Methods

All methods are implemented with promises.

Func	Param	Return	Description
mmss	number seconds	string	Convert seconds to minute:second string
setSubscriptionDuration		void	Set default callback time when starting recorder or player. Default to 0.5 which is 500ms
addRecordBackListener	Function callBack	void	Get callback from native module. Will receive currentPosition, currentMetering (if configured in startRecorder)
removeRecordBackListener	Function callBack	void	Removes recordBack listener
addPlayBackListener	Function callBack	void	Get callback from native module. Will receive duration, currentPosition
removePlayBackListener	Function callBack	void	Removes playback listener
startRecorder	<string> uri? <boolean> meteringEnabled?	Promise<void>	Start recording. Not passing uri will save audio in default location.
pauseRecorder		Promise<string>	Pause recording.
resumeRecorder		Promise<string>	Resume recording.
stopRecorder		Promise<string>	Stop recording.
startPlayer	string uri? Record<string, string> httpHeaders?	Promise<string>	Start playing. Not passing the param will play audio in default location.
stopPlayer		Promise<string>	Stop playing.
pausePlayer		Promise<string>	Pause playing.
seekToPlayer	number milliseconds	Promise<string>	Seek audio.
setVolume	double value	Promise<string>	Set volume of audio player (default 1.0, range: 0.0 ~ 1.0).

Able to customize recorded audio quality (from 2.3.0)

interface AudioSet {
  AVSampleRateKeyIOS?: number;
  AVFormatIDKeyIOS?: AVEncodingType;
  AVModeIOS?: AVModeType;
  AVNumberOfChannelsKeyIOS?: number;
  AVEncoderAudioQualityKeyIOS?: AVEncoderAudioQualityIOSType;
  AudioSourceAndroid?: AudioSourceAndroidType;
  OutputFormatAndroid?: OutputFormatAndroidType;
  AudioEncoderAndroid?: AudioEncoderAndroidType;
}

More description on each parameter types are described in index.d.ts. Below is an example code.

1const audioSet: AudioSet = {
2  AudioEncoderAndroid: AudioEncoderAndroidType.AAC,
3  AudioSourceAndroid: AudioSourceAndroidType.MIC,
4  AVModeIOS: AVModeIOSOption.measurement,
5  AVEncoderAudioQualityKeyIOS: AVEncoderAudioQualityIOSType.high,
6  AVNumberOfChannelsKeyIOS: 2,
7  AVFormatIDKeyIOS: AVEncodingOption.aac,
8};
9const meteringEnabled = false;
10
11const uri = await this.audioRecorderPlayer.startRecorder(
12  path,
13  audioSet,
14  meteringEnabled,
15);
16
17this.audioRecorderPlayer.addRecordBackListener((e: any) => {
18  this.setState({
19    recordSecs: e.currentPosition,
20    recordTime: this.audioRecorderPlayer.mmssss(Math.floor(e.currentPosition)),
21  });
22});

Default Path

• Default path for android uri is {cacheDir}/sound.mp4.
• Default path for ios uri is {cacheDir}/sound.m4a.

Usage

1import AudioRecorderPlayer from 'react-native-audio-recorder-player';
2
3const audioRecorderPlayer = new AudioRecorderPlayer();
4
5onStartRecord = async () => {
6  const result = await this.audioRecorderPlayer.startRecorder();
7  this.audioRecorderPlayer.addRecordBackListener((e) => {
8    this.setState({
9      recordSecs: e.currentPosition,
10      recordTime: this.audioRecorderPlayer.mmssss(
11        Math.floor(e.currentPosition),
12      ),
13    });
14    return;
15  });
16  console.log(result);
17};
18
19onStopRecord = async () => {
20  const result = await this.audioRecorderPlayer.stopRecorder();
21  this.audioRecorderPlayer.removeRecordBackListener();
22  this.setState({
23    recordSecs: 0,
24  });
25  console.log(result);
26};
27
28onStartPlay = async () => {
29  console.log('onStartPlay');
30  const msg = await this.audioRecorderPlayer.startPlayer();
31  console.log(msg);
32  this.audioRecorderPlayer.addPlayBackListener((e) => {
33    this.setState({
34      currentPositionSec: e.currentPosition,
35      currentDurationSec: e.duration,
36      playTime: this.audioRecorderPlayer.mmssss(Math.floor(e.currentPosition)),
37      duration: this.audioRecorderPlayer.mmssss(Math.floor(e.duration)),
38    });
39    return;
40  });
41};
42
43onPausePlay = async () => {
44  await this.audioRecorderPlayer.pausePlayer();
45};
46
47onStopPlay = async () => {
48  console.log('onStopPlay');
49  this.audioRecorderPlayer.stopPlayer();
50  this.audioRecorderPlayer.removePlayBackListener();
51};

TIPS

If you want to get actual uri from the record or play file to actually grab it and upload it to your bucket, just grab the resolved message when using startPlay or startRecord method like below.

To access the file with more reliability, please use react-native-blob-util or react-native-file-access. See below for examples.

react-native-blob-util

1import ReactNativeBlobUtil from 'react-native-blob-util'
2...
3const dirs = ReactNativeBlobUtil.fs.dirs;
4const path = Platform.select({
5  ios: 'hello.m4a',
6  android: `${dirs.CacheDir}/hello.mp3`,
7});
8
9const uri = await audioRecorderPlayer.startRecord(path);

Also, above example helps you to setup manual path to record audio. Not giving path param will record in default path as mentioned above.

To pass in specific URI in IOS, you need to append file:// to the path. As an example using RFNS.

1import RNFetchBlob from 'rn-fetch-blob';
2...
3const dirs = RNFetchBlob.fs.dirs;
4const path = Platform.select({
5  ios: `file://${RNFS.DocumentDirectoryPath}/hello.m4a`,
6  android: `${this.dirs.CacheDir}/hello.mp3`,
7});
8
9const uri = await audioRecorderPlayer.startRecord(path);

react-native-file-access

1import { Dirs } from "react-native-file-access";
2...
3const path = Platform.select({
4  ios: 'hello.m4a',
5  android: `${Dirs.CacheDir}/hello.mp3`,
6});
7
8const uri = await audioRecorderPlayer.startRecord(path);

Try yourself

1. Goto Example folder by running cd Example.
2. Run yarn install && yarn start.
3. Run yarn ios to run on ios simulator and yarn android to run on your android device.

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