Some things are officially impossible in React Native… until you try this SDK 🤩

Took me 10 minutes to make downloading & offline playback work 🚀

This week, I had my first-ever talk as a speaker at a meetup! 🎤🔥

I shared how easy it can be to start maintaining an open-source library - based on my own experience!
Stepping out of my comfort zone wasn’t easy, but it was definitely worth it. And I already know… it won’t be my last time! 🚀

👀 Curious how it looked before the optimization?
Here’s a video showing the rerendering process pre-fix compare

react-native-video-player 0.16 is live!

This release focuses on 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🎯
See the new, optimized rerenders in action 👇
Previous behavior in the thread 🧵

react-native-video v7 paired with legend-list delivers great performance. 🚀
Here’s a quick demo of a popular use case: Tiktok-style apps with HLS videos, instantly loaded thanks to preloading 🎉

The stable version of 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁-𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲-𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 v0.15 is here! 🚀
This update includes:
1️⃣ default TypeScript support
2️⃣ web-hosted docs
3️⃣ controls show/hide animation
4️⃣ upgraded react-native-video & removed unnecessary dependency
5️⃣ seamless app integration (no native changes needed)

A while back, I contributed to a React Native template for TV apps mimicking an OTT platform, created by Amazon team. The original template only had video thumbnails, so I added a full video player using react-native-video. 🚀 Steps in the thread 🧵

react-native-video has a new release! 🚀 Version 6.8.0 brings:

- Web support 🔥
- HLS video caching 🕓
- Revamped examples 🎉

Check out the release notes!