v2.5.0

Added

• Added an aspectRatio property on the THEOplayer instance that can be either FIT (default), FILL or ASPECT_FILL.

Changed

• Set theoplayer Web SDK as optional peer dependency.

v2.4.0

Fixed

• Fixed an issue on iOS and Android where cue event properties startTime and endTime with value Infinity or NaN were not passed correctly.
• Fixed an issue on iOS Safari where switching to fullscreen presentation during an ad would not work.
• Fixed an issue on iOS Safari where an ad could be skipped during unmuted autoplay.
• Fixed a memory leak on iOS where the player would be allocated after being destroyed.
• Fixed an issue on Android where building the SDK would require IMA to be enabled.

Changed

• Changed Web media session controls to only show trick-play buttons if the player is in foreground, or backgroundAudioEnabled is true, and never for ads and live stream.
• Changed Web media session controls to only show a play/pause button if the player is in foreground, or backgroundAudioEnabled is true, and never for ads.

Added

• Added the crossOrigin property to SourceDescription for requesting CORS access to content.

v2.3.0

Changed

• Updated picture-in-picture controls on Android to include forward/rewind buttons and disabled pause button for ads.

v2.2.0

Fixed

• Fixed an issue on Android and iOS where error codes were not correctly formatted.

Added

• Added RetryConfiguration on PlayerConfiguration for Web and Android.

Changed

• Set minimum THEOplayer dependency version to 5.0.1 for Web, iOS and Android.
• Set MediaPlaybackService disabled by default on Android.

v2.1.0

Fixed

• Fixed invalid location of the typescript declaration file.
• Fixed an issue on Android where the player would not pause when closing the app while background playback is disabled.

Changed

• Removed backgroundAudioConfiguration.mediaPlaybackServiceEnabled property on Android. Disabling background playback disables the service as well.

v2.0.0

Added

• Released 2.0.0 version.

[Unreleased 2.0.0-pre9]

Changed

• Set the player container on Web to by default have a width and height not larger than the devices width and height.
• Use enum type for PresentationMode, CastState andAdIntegrationKind.
• Changed the methods of the Cast API, such as casting and state, to be synchronous.
• Applied backgroundAudioConfig properties on Android when closing picture-in-picture window.
• Applied backgroundAudioConfig properties on Android when showing Notifications.
• Disable iOS lockscreen controls when backgroundAudioConfig is set to disabled.

Added

• Added enableMediaPlaybackService option to backgroundAudioConfiguration to optionally disable the MediaBrowserService that provides background audio support on Android.
• Added support for the enabled flag of BackgroundAudioConfiguration for Web.
• Added serviceId and contentId to NowPlayingInfo
• Feature flag extraction from custom iOS builds

Fixed

• Fixed an issue on Android where the media session would become inactive when going to picture-in-picture mode, removing all transport controls.
• Fixed an issue where removing a player listener within a listener callback would sometimes result in events not being dispatched.

[Unreleased 2.0.0-pre7]

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the media session connector for Web would report an error when passing an Infinite duration for live streams.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where ID3 metadata content would not be correctly passed to cue instances.
• Fixed an issue on Android where the 'picture-in-picture' permission was not checked.
• Fixed an issue on Android where the aspect ratio of the 'picture-in-picture' window could be outside the valid range.
• Fixed an issue on iOS and Android where for a live stream the duration property of a loadedmetadata event was not properly passed as being Infinite.

Changed

• Replaced deprecated systemUiVisibility code in Android's PresentationManager.
• Use enum types for TextTrackMode, TextTrackType and TextTrackKind.
• Allow go-to-live on iOS and Android by setting currentTime to Infinity.

Added

• Added a mediaControl property to PlayerConfiguration to configure Media Session, Now Playing and Remote Command Center functionality across all platforms. It currently only contains a media session toggle for Web.
• Added a backgroundAudioConfiguration property to THEOplayer to allow dynamically configuring background audio functionality.
• Added a pipConfiguration property to THEOplayer to allow dynamically configuring picture-in-picture behavior.
• Added support for background audio playback on iOS and Android.
• Added keepScreenOn as a default player view property on Android to keep the device awake.

[Unreleased 2.0.0-pre6]

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the IMA player container would be rendered collapsed on Web.
• Fixed a missing check for picture-in-picture permission on Android.

Added

• Added media session connector for Web.

[Unreleased 2.0.0-pre5]

Added

• Added onPlayerReady callback on THEOplayerView to pass a THEOplayer instance once it is ready for access. More info on the migration documentation page.
• Added canplay event, which is dispatched when the player can start play-out.
• Added waiting event, which is dispatched when the player has stopped play-out because of a temporary lack of data.
• Added nativeHandle property on THEOplayer to access the native player instance on web, and view id on mobile.
• Added entercue and exitcue events for text tracks, which are dispatched when a cue becomes (in)active.
• Added ratechange event, which is dispatched when the player's playback rate was changed.
• Added seekable property on THEOplayer, containing the time ranges of the media the player is able to seek to.
• Added buffered property on THEOplayer, containing the time ranges of the media the player has currently buffered.
• Added buffered property to the payload of the onprogress event.
• Added duration, seeking, preload, textTrack, videoTracks and audioTracks properties to THEOplayer.
• Added libraryLocation property to PlayerConfiguration to allow passing custom location for web workers.
• Added mutedAutoplay property to PlayerConfiguration to allow autoplay on web browsers with different autoplay policies.
• Added mode hidden as a value for a text track's TextTrackMode property, which is typically used for metadata tracks.
• Added TextTrackStyle API to support text track styling. This feature is currently supported on web only.
• Added support for 'picture-in-picture' presentation mode. More information on the documentation page
• Added muted state in volumechange event payload.
• Added media session connector for Android.
• Added public accessor on the THEOplayerRCTView that exposes the underlying iOS THEOplayer instance. So you can use the underlying THEOplayer from other packages.

Changed

• Moved all player properties such as paused, muted and volume, from THEOplayerView component to THEOplayer instance. More info on the migration documentation page.
• Removed onEventName callback methods from THEOplayerView component in favor of THEOplayer event listener's interface. More info on the migration documentation page.
• Changed documentation sample code to reflect API changes.
• Exposed the activeQuality of a MediaTrack as a Quality instance instead of the quality's uid.
• Set the default container style for web to let the player cover the whole container.

Removed

• Removed seek method on THEOplayer. It is replaced with a currentTime setter.
• Removed fullscreen setter and getter in favor of presentationMode.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue on Android where an exception is thrown when an empty source description would be passed.
• Fixed the Webpack configuration in the sample application to copy web workers to libraryLocation.
• Fixed an issue on web where in case multiple player instances are created, the players would overlap.
• Fixed an issue on iOS Safari where switching to fullscreen presentation would not work.
• Fixed an issue on Android where passing an invalid empty source description would result in a crash.
• Fixed an issue on Android where the framerate property of a VideoQuality instance would not be filled in.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where the TextTrackMode property of a text track would be incorrect.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where after enabling/disabling a text track, metadata tracks would be set to disabled as well.
• Fixed missing volumechange events on mobile platforms.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where after toggling the mute state during an ad playout, succeeding mute toggles had no effect.

v1.8.3

Fixed

• Fixed an issue on Android where building the SDK would fail when depending on player SDK v5.x.

v1.8.2

Fixed

• Fixed an issue on Android where building the SDK would fail when depending on player SDK v4.12.0.

v1.8.1

Changed

• Restructured iOS bridge code to extensions based on features.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue on Android where the system UI would not be restored when unmounting THEOplayerView with fullscreen enabled.
• Fixed an issue with the availability of the cast button and play buttons in the example application.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where the player was not destroyed correctly on the iOS bridge.
• Added support for DRMConfig through SourceDescription for SSAI sources on iOS.

v1.8.0

Added

• Support for Chromecast and Airplay.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where moving the sender app to the background while playing a DAI source on an Airplay device, would pause playback.

Changed

• Upgraded Web SDK to v4.6.0.
• Updated the custom build setup to support both iOS and tvOS.