rate does not work on Android

[smartliuliu]

<Video
ref={(video) => { this.video = video; }}
style={styles.videoComponent}
rate={this.state.rate}
source={{ uri: playRealUrl }}
paused={!isPlay}
resizeMode={!isIOS && is43 ? 'stretch' : 'contain'}
onLoad={status => this.onLoad(status)}
onProgress={status => this.onProgress(status)}
onBuffer={() => this.onBuffer()}
onEnd={() => this.onEnd()}
onError={err => this.onError(err)}
/>

rate is not work on Android

[vitto-moz]

Is this feature planned to implement? Thanks!

[djw27]

Doesn't work because it hasn't been added yet: https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/blob/master/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/react/ReactVideoView.java#L380

Unless you use explayer, then it should work: https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/blob/master/android-exoplayer/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java#L623

[vitto-moz]

@djw27 Can I use exoplayer through react-native-video api?

[vitto-moz]

here is information about unimplemented "rate" prop - is this info actual?
https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/tree/master/android-exoplayer

[djw27]

@vitto-moz you can indeed. Check the following for info:

#426 (comment)
https://www.bountysource.com/issues/40364073-exoplayer

[vitto-moz]

Ok, it seems it's not a very difficult task to implement exoplayer.
One more question, can I use them in parallel? (I am developing an app for mindmapping - making maps from video and other resources on fly, so I want to implement different features like zooming video. I can easily make it with react-native-video (zooming), but I suppose it will be difficult to make it with exoplayer, but I also need speed changing feature that would be provided by exoplayer, so I can use it for different videos )

[djw27]

I don't think it's possible in the same project since both Java packages expose the same class name RCTVideo which is used as a key in Video.js to pull in the native module:

https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video/search?l=Java&q=RCTVideo&type=&utf8=%E2%9C%93

[MERTKIRKALI]

@vitto-moz rate is still not workin on Android, right ?

[cobarx]

Setting the rate is now supported now that #798 is merged. However, the Android media player APIs only support setting the rate on Android 6.0 and up. I'd suggest using the ExoPlayer version instead since it doesn't have this limitation.