rn-video-slider

A dedicated progress slider for video player's custom user interfaces in React-Native. It can also be used in audio players because why not? 😎

Why this module?

• superior performance thanks to Reanimated library
• clean and simple implementation that makes it easy to extend
• integrated buffer indicator for online streams
• fully written in Typescript
• easiest way to use
• RTL support

Installation

This module uses react-native-reanimated and react-native-gesture-handler as peer dependencies. make sure You have installed them correctly. You may also install react-native-video. Check out these links to proceed their installation process:

• reanimated installation
• gesture-handler installation
• video installation

Once you are done with above, add the main package with one of below commands:

using npm

npm i rn-video-slider

using yarn

yarn add rn-video-slider

That will be it.

Usage

import {Dimensions} from "react-native";
import Slider, {SliderRef} from "rn-video-slider";

const ControlSet = () => {

  const sliderRef = React.createRef<SliderRef>();
  //call below function in video progress callback
  //sliderRef.current?.setProgress(0.5);

  const _onSlide = (value: number) => {
    //seek your video with value
  };
  
  //this simply means 80% of screen's width
  const sliderWdith = Dimensions.get('window').width * 0.8;

  return (
    <Slider
      ref={sliderRef}
      width={sliderWdith}
      onSlide={_onSlide}
    />
  )
}

Note: You can see the Component in action by cloning this repo and building its test app. Just head over to testapp directory, install the dependencies and run it on Android or IOS.

Slider Properties

Here is the list of properties that you can set or override.

Note: Root view has a default padding equal to 10. Override it in root style if you need to.

Note2: You can disable thumb shadow by passing appropriate thumbStyle. (elevation: 0, shadowOpacity: 0)

Event properties

Here is the list of events that slider fires.

Reference Methods

Here is the list of methods that can be called via reference.

Note: progress values are a float from 0 to 1

How To Render Hovering Bubble

You can either use the built-in bubble component or render your own. Read below to proceed with the built-in one.

Example

import {Dimensions} from "react-native";
//1. import the bubble
import Slider, {Bubble} from "rn-video-slider";

const Example = () => {
  
  const sliderWdith = Dimensions.get('window').width * 0.8;

  //2. make a rendering function for it.
  // head over to `testapp/src/conveter.ts` to see the `progressToVideoTime` function
  const _renderBubble = (progress: number) => {
    return <Bubble text={progressToVideoTime(progress, videoLength.current)} />;
  };

  //3. use it
  return (
    <Slider
      width={sliderWdith}
      renderBubble={_renderBubble}
    />
  )
}

Bubble Properties

TODO list

• add hovering bubble feature
• add in-code docs
• ensure fabric support
• more and better demo gifs
• cleanups and refactors
• bump test-app dependencies up
• write a better example
• fix delay between thumb and track while sliding fast
• implement tap to seek feature
• replace the deprecated useAnimatedGestureHandler with newer API
• add style prop for root view

Contributions

If you have any idea to improve or fix something, open an issue and state it in details. You will always be welcomed.

Compatability

• react-native-reanimated: 2.x, 3.x
• react-native-gesture-handler: 2.x

Acknowledgement

The idea behind this is from react-native-reanimated-slider. Since the mentioned module is written with Reanimated v1 API, and hasn't been updated for a long time, I decided to remake it.

License

MIT License