NativeScript Video Player 🎬

A NativeScript plugin to provide the ability to play local and remote videos.

Platform controls used:

Android	iOS
Android VideoView	iOS AVPlayer

Sample Usage

Installation

From your command prompt/terminal go to your app's root folder and execute:

npm install nativescript-videoplayer

Usage

<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd"
      xmlns:VideoPlayer="nativescript-videoplayer">
        <StackLayout>
            <VideoPlayer:Video
            src="~/videos/small.mp4"
            loaded="videoplayerLoaded" 
            finished="videoFinished" 
            autoplay="true" 
            height="300" />

            <!-- Remote file to test with https://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4 -->
            
        </StackLayout>
</Page>

Attributes

src - required

Attribute to specify the video file to play, for best performance use local video files if possible. The file must adhere to the platforms accepted video formats. For reference check the platform specs on playing videos.

autoplay - (boolean) - optional

Attribute to set if the video should start playing as soon as possible or to wait for user interaction.

finished - (function) - optional

Attribute to specify an event callback to execute when the video reaches the end of its duration.

Contributors

• Alex Ziskind @digitalix
• Nathanael Anderson @CongoCart