title | description | sourceCodeUrl | packageName | iconUrl | platforms | |||
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Video (expo-av) |
A library that provides an API to implement video playback and recording in apps. |
expo-av |
/static/images/packages/expo-av.png |
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import APISection from '/components/plugins/APISection';
import { APIInstallSection } from '/components/plugins/InstallSection';
import { SnackInline } from '~/ui/components/Snippet';
info The
Video
component from expo-av, which is documented on this page, will be replaced by an improved version in expo-video in an upcoming release (when the new library is stable). Learn about expo-video
The Video
component from expo-av
displays a video inline with the other UI elements in your app.
Much of Video and Audio have common APIs that are documented in AV documentation. This page covers video-specific props and APIs. We encourage you to skim through this document to get basic video working, and then move on to AV documentation for more advanced functionality. The audio experience of video (such as whether to interrupt music already playing in another app, or whether to play sound while the phone is on silent mode) can be customized using the Audio API.
Here's a simple example of a video with a play/pause button.
<SnackInline label='Video' dependencies={['expo-av', 'expo-asset']}>
import * as React from 'react';
import { View, StyleSheet, Button } from 'react-native';
import { Video, ResizeMode } from 'expo-av';
export default function App() {
const video = React.useRef(null);
const [status, setStatus] = React.useState({});
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<Video
ref={video}
style={styles.video}
source={{
uri: 'https://d23dyxeqlo5psv.cloudfront.net/big_buck_bunny.mp4',
}}
useNativeControls
resizeMode={ResizeMode.CONTAIN}
isLooping
onPlaybackStatusUpdate={status => setStatus(() => status)}
/>
<View style={styles.buttons}>
<Button
title={status.isPlaying ? 'Pause' : 'Play'}
onPress={() =>
status.isPlaying ? video.current.pauseAsync() : video.current.playAsync()
}
/>
</View>
</View>
);
}
/* @hide const styles = StyleSheet.create({ ... }); */
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
justifyContent: 'center',
backgroundColor: '#ecf0f1',
},
video: {
alignSelf: 'center',
width: 320,
height: 200,
},
buttons: {
flexDirection: 'row',
justifyContent: 'center',
alignItems: 'center',
},
});
/* @end */
For more advanced examples, check out the Playlist example, and the custom VideoPlayer
controls component that wraps <Video>
, adds custom controls and use the <Video>
API extensively. The VideoPlayer
controls is used in this app.
import { Video } from 'expo-av';
The rest of the API on the Video
component ref
is the same as the API for Audio.Sound
- see the AV documentation for further information.