Overview

Welcome to the Bitmovin Player React Native SDK!

The open-source Bitmovin Player React Native SDK allows you to integrate the Bitmovin Player into React Native application projects with ease. Under the hood, the SDK builds on our native Android and iOS Player SDKs and offers many of the same great features.

Getting Started

For a quick start with the Player React Native SDK, please check out the Getting Started guide, which walks you through integrating the Player into your React Native project. Alternatively, you can use the low-code wizard in the Bitmovin Dashboard to get started with just a few clicks.

Features

As the library is under active development, certain features from our native SDKs are not yet exposed through the React Native SDK. The table below summarizes the current state of the major Player features.

FeatureAndroid, Android TV, Fire TViOS, iPadOS, tvOS
Supported media formatsDASH, HLSHLS
Playback of DRM-protected media✅ (Widevine)✅ (FairPlay)
Bitmovin Web UI
Subtitles & Captions
Preview thumbnails
Fullscreen support
Picture-in-Picture
Advertising (Google IMA CSAI)
Bitmovin Analytics
Custom Bitmovin Player Web UI
Offline Playback
Casting
Network API
Playlist API✖️ Not available✖️ Not available

You can find our API Reference for React Native here.

Not seeing the features you’re looking for?

We are accepting community pull requests to this open-source project so please feel free to contribute, or let us know in our community what features we should work on next.

Supported Platforms

The library currently supports the following platforms:

  • iOS, iPadOS, tvOS
  • Android, Android TV, Fire TV

For details on the supported versions of these platforms, please refer to the Repository. Please note that browsers and other browser-like environments such as webOS and Tizen are not currently supported.

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Android

Please make sure your own AndroidManifest.xml states the required OS permissions for the features you want to use. Please see the example AndroidManifest.xml for a full overview.

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TV Platforms

For platforms such as tvOS, Android TV and Fire TV, follow the instructions here .