## Changelog ### Version 6.0.0-alpha.6 - iOS: remove undocumented `currentTime` property [#3064](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/3064) ### Version 6.0.0-alpha.5 - iOS: ensure controls are not displayed when disabled by user [#3017](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/3017) - iOS: app crashes on call to presentFullScreenPlayer [#2808](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2971) - Android: Fix publicated progress handler causing duplicated progress event [#2972](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2972) - Android: Fix audio/Subtitle tracks selection [#2979](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2979) - Android: add new events on tracks changed to be notified of audio/text/video Tracks update during playback [2806](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2806) - Feature: Add VAST support for AVOD [#2923](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2923) - Sample: Upgrade react-native version of basic sample [#2960](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2960) ### Version 6.0.0-alpha.4 - ensure src is always provided to native player even if it is invalid [#2857](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2857) - Sample: Add react-native-video controls support [#2852](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2852) - Android: Switch Google's maven repository to default `google()` [#2860](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2860) - Android: Implement focusable prop so the video view can toggle whether it is focusable for non-touch devices [#2819](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/issues/2819) - Android: fix linter warning [#2891] (https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2891) - Fix iOS RCTSwiftLog naming collision [#2868](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/issues/2868) - Added "homepage" to package.json [#2882](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2882) - Fix regression when fullscreen prop is used combined with controls [#2911](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2911) - Fix: memory leak issue on iOS [#2907](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2907) - Fix setting text tracks before player is initialized on iOS [#2935](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2935) ### Version 6.0.0-alpha.3 - Fix ios build [#2854](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2854) ### Version 6.0.0-alpha.2 - Upgrade ExoPlayer to 2.18.1 [#2846](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2846) - Feature add new APIs to query supported features of device decoder (widevine level & codec capabilities) on android [#2740](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2740) - Feature add support of subtitle styling on android [#2759](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2759) - Fix Android #2690 ensure onEnd is not sent twice [#2690](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/issues/2690) - Fix Exoplayer progress not reported when paused [#2664](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2664) - Call playbackRateChange onPlay and onPause [#1493](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/1493) - Fix being unable to disable sideloaded texttracks in the AVPlayer [#2679](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2679) - Fixed crash when iOS seek method called reject on the promise [#2743](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2743) - Fix maxBitRate property being ignored on Android [#2670](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2670) - Fix crash when the source is a cameraroll [#2639] (https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2639) - Fix IOS UI frame drop on loading video [#2848] (https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2848) ### Version 6.0.0-alpha.1 - Remove Android MediaPlayer support [#2724](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2724) **WARNING**: when switching from older version to V6, you need to remove all refrerences of android-exoplayer. This android-exoplayer folder has been renamed to android. Exoplayer is now the only player implementation supported. - Replace Image.propTypes with ImagePropTypes. [#2718](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2718) - Fix iOS build caused by type mismatch [#2720](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2720) - ERROR TypeError: undefined is not an object (evaluating '_reactNative.Image.propTypes.resizeMode') [#2714](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2714) - Fix video endless loop when repeat set to false or not specified. [#2329](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2329) ### Version 6.0.0-alpha.0 - Support disabling buffering [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Fix AudioFocus bug that could cause the player to stop responding to play/pause in some instances. [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Fix player crashing when it is being cleared. [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Add support for customising back buffer duration and handle network errors gracefully to prevent releasing the player when network is lost. [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Allow player to be init before source is provided, and later update once a source is provided. [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Adds handling for providing a empty source in order to stop playback and clear out any existing content [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Add support for detecting if format is supported and exclude unsupported resolutions from auto quality selection and video track info in RN. [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Improve error handling [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Add support for L1 to L3 Widevine fallback if playback fails initially. [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Reduce buffer size based on available heap [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Force garbage collection when there is no available memory [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Improve memory usage [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Support disabling screen recording [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Improved error capturing [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Fix DRM init crashes [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Improve progress reporting [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Fix progress loss when network connection is regained [#2689](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2689) - Add Google's maven repository to avoid build error [#2552](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2552) - Fix iOS 15.4 HLS playback race condition [#2633](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2633) - Fix app crash from NPE in Exoplayer error handler [#2575](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2575) - Fix default closed captioning behavior for Android ExoPlayer [#2181](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2181) - Disable pipController init if pictureInPicture is false [#2645](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2645) - Make sure modifiers are applied before playing [#2395](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2395) - Better support newer versions of RNW (64 and newer) [#2535](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2535) - Fix nil string uri parameter error [#695](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/695) - (Breaking) Bump shaka-player to 3.3.2 [#2587](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2587) - Improve basic player example on android [#2662](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2662) - Ensure we always use `hideShutterView` before showing the `shutterView` on Android [#2609](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2609) - Convert iOS implementation to Swift [#2527](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2527) - Add iOS support for decoding offline sources [#2527](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2527) - Update basic example applications (React Native 0.63.4) [#2527](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2527) - Upgrade ExoPlayer to 2.17.1 [#2498](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2498) - Fix volume reset issue in exoPlayer [#2371](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2371) - Change WindowsTargetPlatformVersion to 10.0 [#2706](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2706) - Fixed Android seeking bug [#2712](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2712) - Fixed `onReadyForDisplay` not being called [#2721](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2721) - Fix type of `_eventDispatcher` on iOS target to match `bridge.eventDispatcher()` [#2720](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2720) ### Version 5.2.0 - Fix for tvOS native audio menu language selector - Update ExoPlayer to allow pre-init and content clear [#2412] (https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2412) - iOS rate is reset to 1.0 after play/pause [#2167] (https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2167) - Upgrade ExoPlayer to 2.13.2 [#2317] (https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2317) - Fix AudioFocus pausing video when attempting to play [#2311] (https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2311) ### Version 5.1.0-alpha9 - Add ARM64 support for windows [#2137](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/2137) - Fix deprecated API bug for windows [#2119](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2119) - Added `rate` property and autolinking support for windows [#2206](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2206) ### Version 5.1.0-alpha8 - Fixing ID3 Frame Error When Receiving EventMessage in TimedMetadata [#2116](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/2116) ### Version 5.1.0-alpha7 - Basic support for DRM on iOS and Android [#1445](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1445) ### Version 5.1.0-alpha6 - Fix iOS bug which would break size of views when video is displayed with controls on a non full-screen React view. [#1931](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1931) - Fix video dimensions being undefined when playing HLS in ios. [#1992](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1992) - Add support for audio mix with other apps for iOS. [#1978](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1978) - Properly implement pending seek for iOS. [#1994](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1994) - Added `preferredForwardBufferDuration` (iOS) - the duration the player should buffer media from the network ahead of the playhead to guard against playback disruption. (#1944) - Added `currentPlaybackTime` (Android ExoPlayer, iOS) - when playing an HLS live stream with a `EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME` tag configured, then this property will contain the epoch value in msec. (#1944) - Added `trackId` (Android ExoPlayer) - Configure an identifier for the video stream to link the playback context to the events emitted. (#1944) - Added preventsDisplaySleepDuringVideoPlayback (#2019) - Reverted the JS fullscreening for Android. [#2013](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/2013) - Set iOS request headers without needing to edit RCTVideo.m. [#2014](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/2014) - Fix exoplayer aspect ratio update on source changes [#2053](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/2053) ### Version 5.1.0-alpha5 - Add support for react-native Windows Cpp/WinRT [#1893]((https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1893)) ### Version 5.1.0-alpha4 - Fix android play/pause bug related to full-screen mode [#1916](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1916) ### Version 5.1.0-alpha3 - Improve Android Audio Focus [#1897](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1897) ### Version 5.1.0-alpha2 - Added support for full-screen functionality in Android Exoplayer [#1730](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1730) ### Version 5.1.0-alpha1 - Fixed Exoplayer doesn't work with mute=true (Android). [#1696](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1696) - Added support for automaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling property (iOS) [#1723](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1723) - Bump Exoplayer to 2.10.4, remove deprecated usages of Exoplayer methods (Android). [#1753](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1753) - Preserve Exoplayer BandwidthMeter instance across video plays, this should noticeably improve streaming bandwidth detection (Android). ### Version 5.0.2 - Fix crash when RCTVideo's superclass doesn't observe the keyPath 'frame' (iOS) [#1720](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1720) ### Version 5.0.1 - Fix AndroidX Support bad merge ### Version 5.0.0 [Deprecated] - AndroidX Support ### Version 4.4.4 - Handle racing conditions when props are settled on Exoplayer ### Version 4.4.3 - Fix mute/unmute when controls are present (iOS) [#1654](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1654) - Fix Android videos being able to play with background music/audio from other apps. - Fixed memory leak on iOS when using `controls` [#1647](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1647) - (Android) Update gradle and target SDK [#1629](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1629) - Fix iOS stressed mount/unmount crash [#1646](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1646) ### Version 4.4.2 - Change compileOnly to implementation on gradle (for newer gradle versions and react-native 0.59 support) [#1592](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1592) - Replaced RCTBubblingEventBlock events by RCTDirectEventBlock to avoid event name collisions [#1625](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1625) - Added `onPlaybackRateChange` to README [#1578](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1578) - Added `onReadyForDisplay` to README [#1627](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1627) - Improved handling of poster image. Fixes bug with displaying video and poster simultaneously. [#1627](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1627) - Fix background audio stopping on iOS when using `controls` [#1614](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1614) ### Version 4.4.1 - Fix tvOS picture-in-picture compilation regression [#1518](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1518) - fullscreen rotation issues with iOS built-in controls [#1441](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1441) - Fix player freeze when playing audio files on ExoPlayer [#1529](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1529) ### Version 4.4.0 - Fix runtime warning by replacing `UIManager.RCTVideo` with `UIManager.getViewManagerConfig('RCTVideo')` (and ensuring backwards compat) [#1487](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1487) - Fix loading package resolved videos when using video-caching [#1438](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1438) - Fix "message sent to deallocated instance" crash on ios [#1482](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1482) - Display a warning when source is empty [#1478](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1478) - Don't crash on iOS for an empty source [#1246](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1246) - Recover from from transient internet failures when loading on ExoPlayer [#1448](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1448) - Add controls support for ExoPlayer [#1414](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1414) - Fix check for text tracks when iOS caching enabled [#1387](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1387) - Add support for Picture in Picture on iOS [#1325](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1325) - Fix UIManager undefined variable [#1488](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1488) ### Version 4.3.0 - Fix iOS video not displaying after switching source [#1395](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1395) - Add the filterEnabled flag, fixes iOS video start time regression [#1384](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1384) - Fix text not appearing in release builds of Android apps [#1373](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1373) - Update to ExoPlayer 2.9.3 [#1406](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1406) - Add video track selection & onBandwidthUpdate [#1199](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1199) - Recovery from transient internet failures and props to configure the custom retry count [#1448](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1448) ### Version 4.2.0 - Don't initialize filters on iOS unless a filter is set. This was causing a startup performance regression [#1360](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1360) - Support setting the maxBitRate [#1310](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1310) - Fix useTextureView not defaulting to true [#1383](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1383) - Fix crash on MediaPlayer w/ Android 4.4 & avoid memory leak [#1328](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1328) ### Version 4.1.0 - Generate onSeek on Android ExoPlayer & MediaPlayer after seek completes [#1351](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1351) - Remove unneeded onVideoSaved event [#1350](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1350) - Disable AirPlay if sidecar text tracks are enabled [#1304](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1304) - Add possibility to remove black screen while video is loading in Exoplayer [#1355](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1355) ### Version 4.0.1 - Add missing files to package.json [#1342](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1342) ### Version 4.0.0 - Partial support for timed metadata on Android MediaPlayer [#707](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/707) - Support video caching for iOS [#955](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/955) - Video caching cleanups [#1172](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1172) - Add ipod-library support [#926](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/926/files) - Fix crash on ExoPlayer when there are no audio tracks [#1233](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1233) - Reduce package size [#1231](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1231) - Remove unnecessary import in TextTrackType [#1229](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1229) - Prevent flash between poster and video [#1167](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1167) - Support react-native-dom [#1253](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1253) - Update to ExoPlayer 2.8.2. Android SDK 26 now required [#1170](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1170) - Update to ExoPlayer 2.8.4 [#1266](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1266) - Add fullscreenOrientation option for iOS [#1215](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1215) - Update to ExoPlayer 2.9.0 [#1285](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1285) - Switch useTextureView to default to `true` [#1286](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1286) - Re-add fullscreenAutorotate prop [#1303](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1303) - Make seek throw a useful error for NaN values [#1283](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1283) - Video Filters and Save Video [#1306](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1306) - Fix: volume should not change on onAudioFocusChange event [#1327](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1327) - Update ExoPlayer to 2.9.1 and OkHTTP to 3.12.0 [#1338](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1338) ### Version 3.2.0 - Basic fullscreen support for Android MediaPlayer [#1138](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1138) - Simplify default Android SDK code [#1145](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1145) [#1146](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1146) - Various iOS sideloaded text track fixes [#1157](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1157) - Fix #1150 where assets with bundled assets don't work on iOS in release mode [#1162](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1162) - Support configuring the buffer on Android ExoPlayer [#1160](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1160) - Prevent sleep from sleeping while videos are playing on Android MediaPlayer [#1117](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1117) - Update NewtonSoft JSON to match react-native-windows version [#1169](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1169) ### Version 3.1.0 - Support sidecar text tracks on iOS [#1109](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1109) - Support onAudioBecomingNoisy on iOS [#1131](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1131) ### Version 3.0 - Inherit Android buildtools and SDK version from the root project [#1081](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1081) - Automatically play on ExoPlayer when the paused prop is not set [#1083](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1083) - Preserve Android MediaPlayer paused prop when backgrounding [#1082](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1082) - Support specifying headers on ExoPlayer as part of the source [#805](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/805) - Prevent iOS onLoad event during seeking [#1088](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1088) - ExoPlayer playableDuration incorrect [#1089](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1089) ### Version 2.3.1 - Revert PR to inherit Android SDK versions from root project. Re-add in 3.0 [#1080](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1080) ### Version 2.3.0 - Support allowsExternalPlayback on iOS [#1057](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1057) - Inherit Android buildtools and SDK version from the root project [#999](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/999) - Fix bug that caused ExoPlayer to start paused if playInBackground was set [#833](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/833) - Fix crash if clearing an observer on iOS that was already cleared [#1075](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1075) - Add audioOnly prop for music files [#1039](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1039) - Support seeking with more exact tolerance on iOS [#1076](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1076) ### Version 2.2.0 - Text track selection support for iOS & ExoPlayer [#1049](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1049) - Support outputting to a TextureView on Android ExoPlayer [#1058](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1058) - Support changing the left/right balance on Android MediaPlayer [#1051](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1051) - Prevent multiple onEnd notifications on iOS [#832](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/832) - Fix doing a partial swipe on iOS causing a black screen [#1048](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1048) - Fix crash when switching to a new source on iOS [#974](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/974) - Add cookie support for ExoPlayer [#922](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/922) - Remove ExoPlayer onMetadata that wasn't being used [#1040](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/1040) - Fix bug where setting the progress interval on iOS didn't work [#800](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/800) - Support setting the poster resize mode [#595](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/pull/595)