added support for automaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling property on iOS

README.md

@@ -351,6 +351,9 @@ Indicates whether the player should only play the audio track and instead of dis
 
 For this to work, the poster prop must be set.
 
+#### automaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling
+A Boolean value that indicates whether the player should automatically delay playback in order to minimize stalling. For clients linked against iOS 10.0 and later
+
 Platforms: all
 
 #### bufferConfig

Video.js

@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ Video.propTypes = {
   poster: PropTypes.string,
   posterResizeMode: Image.propTypes.resizeMode,
   repeat: PropTypes.bool,
+  automaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling: PropTypes.bool,
   allowsExternalPlayback: PropTypes.bool,
   selectedAudioTrack: PropTypes.shape({
     type: PropTypes.string.isRequired,

ios/Video/RCTVideo.m

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ static int const RCTVideoUnset = -1;
   float _rate;
   float _maxBitRate;
 
+  BOOL _automaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling;
   BOOL _muted;
   BOOL _paused;
   BOOL _repeat;
@@ -376,6 +377,7 @@ static int const RCTVideoUnset = -1;
       _isExternalPlaybackActiveObserverRegistered = YES;
         
       [self addPlayerTimeObserver];
+	  [self setAutomaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling:_automaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling];
 
       //Perform on next run loop, otherwise onVideoLoadStart is nil
       if (self.onVideoLoadStart) {
@@ -866,7 +868,13 @@ static int const RCTVideoUnset = -1;
     } else if([_ignoreSilentSwitch isEqualToString:@"obey"]) {
       [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error:nil];
     }
-    [_player play];
+    
+	if (@available(iOS 10.0, *) && _automaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling) {
+		[_player playImmediatelyAtRate:1.0];
+	} else {
+		[_player play];
+		[_player setRate:_rate];
+	}
     [_player setRate:_rate];
   }
   
@@ -953,6 +961,12 @@ static int const RCTVideoUnset = -1;
   _playerItem.preferredPeakBitRate = maxBitRate;
 }
 
+- (void)setAutomaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling:(BOOL)waits
+{
+	_automaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling = waits;
+	_player.automaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling = waits;
+}
+
 
 - (void)applyModifiers
 {

ios/Video/RCTVideoManager.m

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(src, NSDictionary);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(maxBitRate, float);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(resizeMode, NSString);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(repeat, BOOL);
+RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(automaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling, BOOL);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(allowsExternalPlayback, BOOL);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(textTracks, NSArray);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(selectedTextTrack, NSDictionary);