You can read more here: www.thewidlarzgroup.com/offline-vide...

📝 I’ve written a detailed blog about the update process, covering:

- Using react-scan to identify rerendering issues
- Leveraging react-devtools Profiler for precise upgrade

👉 www.thewidlarzgroup.com/blog/revivin...

Feel free to share your thoughts or your own optimization stories :)

📚 A quick recap:
react-native-video-player extends react-native-video with custom controls for an enhanced user experience.

Big shoutout to @aidenybai.bsky.social for creating the react-scan tool! It was a game-changer in analyzing rerender behavior 🙌

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

For more examples of what react-native-video can do, check out our showcases here: www.thewidlarzgroup.com/showcases

Check the release notes here: github.com/TheWidlarzGr...

You can find my PR here: github.com/AmazonAppDev... 🚀 Feel free to reach out if you're working on similar projects- I’d love to connect!

For the video player, I used the react-native-video library. To make everything run smoothly, we added basic support for web-based TVs as well 🌐

iOS default controls look great and work seamlessly, but Android's? Not so much. I added custom controls for Android to enhance the experience 🛠️

Since the template is primarily for TV apps, proper focus management was crucial. I used the react-tv-space-navigation library to ensure smooth navigation with the TV remote 🎯

Release note: github.com/TheWidlarzGr...