dan-leech / com.danleech.cordova.plugin.videoplayer

Simple plugin for loading full screen streaming video in native video player

Cordova Video Player plugin

For iOS and Android, remake of Nicholas Hutchind

Description

This plugin allows you to stream video in a fullscreen, native player on iOS and Android.

• 1.0.1+ Works with Cordova >= 4.0

Installation

cordova plugin add https://github.com/dan-leech/com.danleech.cordova.plugin.videoplayer

To remove

cordova plugin remove com.danleech.cordova.plugin.videoplayer

iOS specifics

• Uses the AVPlayerViewController, supported for iOS 9+.
• Tested on iOS 11

Android specifics

• Uses ExoPlayer2 (com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer:2.8.2).
• Creates two activities in your AndroidManifest.xml file.
• Tested on Android 4.0+

Usage

  var videoUrl = STREAMING_VIDEO_URL;

  // Just play a video
  window.plugins.VideoPlayer.play(videoUrl);

  // Play a video with callbacks
  var options = {
    successCallback: function() {
      console.log("Video was closed without error.");
    },
    errorCallback: function(errMsg) {
      console.log("Error! " + errMsg);
    },
    orientation: 'landscape',
    shouldAutoClose: true,  // true(default)/false
    controls: true // true(default)/false. Used to hide controls on fullscreen
  };
  window.plugins.VideoPlayer.play(videoUrl, options);

Special Thanks

Nicholas Hutchind

Michael Robinson (@faceleg)

Timothy Shamilov (@shamilovtim)