@angelengineering/videoplayer
Video player plugin for Nativescript applications
npm i --save @angelengineering/videoplayer

@angelengineering/videoplayer

NativeScript VideoPlayer apple android

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Installation

npm install @angelengineering/videoplayer --save

OR

ns plugin add @angelengineering/videoplayer

Usage

The best way to understand how to use the plugin is to study the demo app included in this repo. You can see how the plugin is used in a TypeScript application page by looking at apps/demo/src/plugin-demos/videoplayer.ts.

  1. Import the plugin.
import { VideoPlayer } from '@angelengineering/videoplayer';
  1. Create a videoplayer instance.
let videoPlayer: VideoPlayer = new VideoPlayer();
  1. Play a video file/url.
videoPlayer.src = 'path/to/movie/file';
videoPlayer.play();

Properties

Property Description
src The src file for the video. Set the video file to play, for best performance use local video files if possible. The file must adhere to the platforms accepted video formats. For reference check the platform specs on playing videos.
autoplay - (boolean) Set if the video should start playing as soon as possible or to wait for user interaction.
controls - (boolean) Set to display the native video player's media playback controls.
muted - (boolean) Mutes the native video player.
loop - (boolean) Sets the native video player to loop once playback has finished.
fill - (VideoFill or boolean) iOS: Set the VideoFill mode to use when rendering video. Android: either enable or disable the auto fill mode
observeCurrentTime (boolean) If true, currentTimeUpdated callback is possible.
debug - (boolean) Enable or disable debugg logging to the console.

API

Method Description
play Start playing the video.
pause Pause the video
seekToTime(time: number) Seek the video to a time (milliseconds)
getCurrentTime Returns the current time in the video duration (milliseconds)
getDuration Returns the current time in the video duration (milliseconds)
destroy Destroy the video player and free resources
mute(boolean) If true, mutes the video. If false, unmute the video.
setVolume(volume: number) Set the volume - Must be between 0 and 1.
setPlaybackSpeed(volume: number) Set the playback speed - Must be between 0.x and Y.Y
isPlaying Whether the player is currently playing media
getVideoSize Returns video dimensions { width: number; height: number }
getPlayer Get the native player instance.
stop Android: Stop the playback - this resets the player and remove the video src. iOS: pause playback.

Observable Properties

currentTime() - Current time of video.

Events

Event Description
errorEvent This event fires when an error in the source code is thrown.
playbackReadyEvent This event fires when the video is ready.
playbackStartEvent This event fires when video starts playback.
seekToTimeCompleteEvent This event fires when seeking is complete.
currentTimeUpdatedEvent This event fires when the current time of playing video is changed.
playbackFinishedEvent This event fires when the video is complete.
mutedEvent This event fires when video is muted.
unmutedEvent This event fires when video is unmutedEvent.
pausedEvent This event fires when video is paused.
volumeSetEvent This event fires when the volume is set.
chaptersLoadedEvent iOS only: This event fires when the chapters have been loaded, if any.

Acknowledgements

This plugin was based on https://github.com/nstudio/nativescript-videoplayer and https://github.com/nstudio/nativescript-plugins/blob/main/packages/nativescript-exoplayer/README.md

License

Apache License Version 2.0