feat: add getCurrentPosition to component's ref (#3824)

* feat: add getCurrentPosition to component's ref
---------

Co-authored-by: mostafahasani <[email protected]>

android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java

@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
 import com.brentvatne.receiver.AudioBecomingNoisyReceiver;
 import com.brentvatne.receiver.BecomingNoisyListener;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.LifecycleEventListener;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.Promise;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.UiThreadUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext;
 import com.google.ads.interactivemedia.v3.api.AdError;
@@ -697,6 +698,15 @@ private void initializePlayer() {
         mainHandler.postDelayed(mainRunnable, 1);
     }
 
+    public void getCurrentPosition(Promise promise) {
+        if (player != null) {
+            double currentPosition = player.getCurrentPosition() / 1000;
+            promise.resolve(currentPosition);
+        } else {
+            promise.reject("PLAYER_NOT_AVAILABLE", "Player is not initialized.");
+        }
+    }
+
     private void initializePlayerCore(ReactExoplayerView self) {
         ExoTrackSelection.Factory videoTrackSelectionFactory = new AdaptiveTrackSelection.Factory();
         self.trackSelector = new DefaultTrackSelector(getContext(), videoTrackSelectionFactory);

android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/VideoManagerModule.kt

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.brentvatne.react
 
 import com.brentvatne.common.toolbox.ReactBridgeUtils
 import com.brentvatne.exoplayer.ReactExoplayerView
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.Promise
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContextBaseJavaModule
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMethod
@@ -61,6 +62,13 @@ class VideoManagerModule(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext?) : ReactContextB
         }
     }
 
+    @ReactMethod
+    fun getCurrentPosition(reactTag: Int, promise: Promise) {
+        performOnPlayerView(reactTag) {
+            it?.getCurrentPosition(promise)
+        }
+    }
+
     companion object {
         private const val REACT_CLASS = "VideoManager"
     }

docs/pages/component/methods.mdx

@@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ tolerance is the max distance in milliseconds from the seconds position that's a
 
 This function will change the volume exactly like [volume](./props#volume) property. default value and range are the same then.
 
+### `getCurrentPosition`
+
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS']} />
+
+`getCurrentPosition(): Promise<number>`
+
+This function retrieves and returns the precise current position of the video playback, measured in seconds.
+This function will throw an error if player is not initialized.
+
 ### Example Usage
 
 ```tsx

ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift

@@ -1622,6 +1622,16 @@ class RCTVideo: UIView, RCTVideoPlayerViewControllerDelegate, RCTPlayerObserverH
         }
     }
 
+    @objc
+    func getCurrentPlaybackTime(_ resolve: @escaping RCTPromiseResolveBlock, _ reject: @escaping RCTPromiseRejectBlock) {
+        if let player = _playerItem {
+            let currentTime = RCTVideoUtils.getCurrentTime(playerItem: player)
+            resolve(currentTime)
+        } else {
+            reject("PLAYER_NOT_AVAILABLE", "Player is not initialized.", nil)
+        }
+    }
+
     // Workaround for #3418 - https://github.com/TheWidlarzGroup/react-native-video/issues/3418#issuecomment-2043508862
     @objc
     func setOnClick(_: Any) {}

ios/Video/RCTVideoManager.m

@@ -88,4 +88,8 @@ @interface RCT_EXTERN_MODULE (RCTVideoManager, RCTViewManager)
 
 RCT_EXTERN_METHOD(setVolume : (nonnull float*)volume reactTag : (nonnull NSNumber*)reactTag)
 
+RCT_EXTERN_METHOD(getCurrentPosition
+                  : (nonnull NSNumber*)reactTag resolver
+                  : (RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve rejecter
+                  : (RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject)
 @end

ios/Video/RCTVideoManager.swift

@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ class RCTVideoManager: RCTViewManager {
         })
     }
 
+    @objc(getCurrentPosition:resolver:rejecter:)
+    func getCurrentPosition(reactTag: NSNumber, resolve: @escaping RCTPromiseResolveBlock, reject: @escaping RCTPromiseRejectBlock) {
+        performOnVideoView(withReactTag: reactTag, callback: { videoView in
+            videoView?.getCurrentPlaybackTime(resolve, reject)
+        })
+    }
+
     override class func requiresMainQueueSetup() -> Bool {
         return true
     }

src/Video.tsx

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export interface VideoRef {
   ) => void;
   save: (options: object) => Promise<VideoSaveData>;
   setVolume: (volume: number) => void;
+  getCurrentPosition: () => Promise<number>;
 }
 
 const Video = forwardRef<VideoRef, ReactVideoProps>(
@@ -295,6 +296,10 @@ const Video = forwardRef<VideoRef, ReactVideoProps>(
       return VideoManager.setVolume(volume, getReactTag(nativeRef));
     }, []);
 
+    const getCurrentPosition = useCallback(() => {
+      return VideoManager.getCurrentPosition(getReactTag(nativeRef));
+    }, []);
+
     const onVideoLoadStart = useCallback(
       (e: NativeSyntheticEvent<OnLoadStartData>) => {
         hasPoster && setShowPoster(true);
@@ -512,6 +517,7 @@ const Video = forwardRef<VideoRef, ReactVideoProps>(
         resume,
         restoreUserInterfaceForPictureInPictureStopCompleted,
         setVolume,
+        getCurrentPosition,
       }),
       [
         seek,
@@ -522,6 +528,7 @@ const Video = forwardRef<VideoRef, ReactVideoProps>(
         resume,
         restoreUserInterfaceForPictureInPictureStopCompleted,
         setVolume,
+        getCurrentPosition,
       ],
     );
 

src/specs/VideoNativeComponent.ts

@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ export interface VideoManagerType {
     reactTag: number,
   ) => Promise<void>;
   setVolume: (volume: number, reactTag: number) => Promise<void>;
+  getCurrentPosition: (reactTag: number) => Promise<number>;
 }
 
 export interface VideoDecoderPropertiesType {