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# Installation
Using npm:
```shell
npm install --save react-native-video
```
or using yarn:
```shell
yarn add react-native-video
```
Then follow the instructions for your platform to link react-native-video into your project
# Specific platform installation
<details>
<summary>iOS</summary>
## iOS
### Standard Method
Run `pod install` in the `ios` directory of your project.
⚠️ from version `6.0.0` the minimum iOS version required is `13.0`. For more information see [updating section](updating.md)
### Enable custom feature in podfile file
Samples available in sample app see [sample pod file](https://github.com/TheWidlarzGroup/react-native-video/blob/9c669a2d8a53df36773fd82ff0917280d0659bc7/examples/basic/ios/Podfile#L34)
#### Video caching
To enable Video caching usage, add following line in your podfile:
([more info here](other/caching.md))
```podfile
# enable Video caching
+ $RNVideoUseVideoCaching=true
```
#### Google IMA
Google IMA is the google SDK to support Client Side Ads Integration (CSAI), see [google documentation](https://developers.google.com/interactive-media-ads/docs/sdks/ios/client-side) for more information.
To enable google IMA usage define add following line in your podfile:
```podfile
$RNVideoUseGoogleIMA=true
```
</details>
<details>
<summary>Android</summary>
## Android
From version >= 6.0.0, your application needs to have kotlin version >= 1.7.0
```:
buildscript {
...
ext.kotlinVersion = '1.7.0'
...
}
```
### Enable custom feature in gradle file
You can disable or enable the following features by setting the following variables in your `android/build.gradle` file:
- `useExoplayerIMA` - Enable Google IMA SDK (Ads support)
- `useExoplayerRtsp` - Enable RTSP support
- `useExoplayerSmoothStreaming` - Enable SmoothStreaming support
- `useExoplayerDash` - Enable Dash support
- `useExoplayerHls` - Enable HLS support
Each of these features enabled will increase the size of your APK, so only enable the features you need.
By default enabled features are: `useExoplayerSmoothStreaming`, `useExoplayerDash`, `useExoplayerHls`
Example:
```gradle
buildscript {
ext {
...
useExoplayerIMA = true
useExoplayerRtsp = true
useExoplayerSmoothStreaming = true
useExoplayerDash = true
useExoplayerHls = true
...
}
}
```
See [sample app](https://github.com/TheWidlarzGroup/react-native-video/blob/9c669a2d8a53df36773fd82ff0917280d0659bc7/examples/basic/android/build.gradle#L14C5-L14C5)
</details>
<details>
<summary>Windows</summary>
## Windows
### Autolinking
**React Native Windows 0.63 and above**
Autolinking should automatically add react-native-video to your app.
### Manual Linking
**React Native Windows 0.62**
Make the following additions to the given files manually:
`windows\myapp.sln`
Add the _ReactNativeVideoCPP_ project to your solution (eg. `windows\myapp.sln`):
1. Open your solution in Visual Studio 2019
2. Right-click Solution icon in Solution Explorer > Add > Existing Project...
3. Select `node_modules\react-native-video\windows\ReactNativeVideoCPP\ReactNativeVideoCPP.vcxproj`
`windows\myapp\myapp.vcxproj`
Add a reference to _ReactNativeVideoCPP_ to your main application project (eg. `windows\myapp\myapp.vcxproj`):
1. Open your solution in Visual Studio 2019
2. Right-click main application project > Add > Reference...
3. Check _ReactNativeVideoCPP_ from Solution Projects
`pch.h`
Add `#include "winrt/ReactNativeVideoCPP.h"`.
`app.cpp`
Add `PackageProviders().Append(winrt::ReactNativeVideoCPP::ReactPackageProvider());` before `InitializeComponent();`.
**React Native Windows 0.61 and below**
Follow the manual linking instructions for React Native Windows 0.62 above, but substitute _ReactNativeVideoCPP61_ for _ReactNativeVideoCPP_.
</details>
<details>
<summary>tvOS</summary>
## tvOS
`react-native link react-native-video` doesnt work properly with the tvOS target so we need to add the library manually.
First select your project in Xcode.
![tvOS step 1](../assets/tvOS-step-1.jpg)
After that, select the tvOS target of your application and select « General » tab
![tvOS step 2](../assets/tvOS-step-2.jpg)
Scroll to « Linked Frameworks and Libraries » and tap on the + button
![tvOS step 3](../assets/tvOS-step-3.jpg)
Select RCTVideo-tvOS
![tvOS step 4](../assets/tvOS-step-4.jpg)
</details>
</details>
<details>
<summary>visionOS</summary>
## visionOS
Run `pod install` in the `visionos` directory of your project
</details>