About the Wowza Flowplayer React Native SDK

This page introduces the core features of the Wowza Flowplayer React Native SDK and lists all requirements for adding the framework to your iOS and Android projects. For questions or suggestions for improvements to the React Native SDK, you can submit a support ticket to support@flowplayer.com.

Overview

The Wowza Flowplayer React Native SDK allows you to seamlessly integrate the Wowza Flowplayer into your native Android and iOS applications that leverage the React Native framework for development.

The SDK provides an easy-to-use API that wraps our native Android and Apple SDKs in a JavaScript layer that's exposed via Node Package Manager (npm). This enables you to develop cross-platform native mobile applications using only JavaScript. Ultimately, you can take advantage of the features that ship with our native Android and Apple SDKs as you enhance the video playback experience for your users.

Our React Native SDK is built on top of these versions of our Apple and Android SDKs:

To learn more about our native Android and Apple SDKs, see About the Android SDK and About the Apple SDK.

Supported platforms

The Wowza Flowplayer React Native SDK supports these platforms:

• Android 4.4+ (API level 19+)
• iOS 14.0+ and iPadOS 14.0+

There's no current support for TV platforms, such as tvOS and Android TV.

Supported features

When you add the Wowza Flowplayer to your Android and iOS projects using the React Native SDK, you can use many of the features that ship with our native Android and Apple SDKs. Supported features are listed in the following table.

Feature	Android	iOS
Advertising support (Google IMA)	Only for Wowza media	Only for Wowza media
Subtitle and caption management	Only for Wowza media	Only for Wowza media
Wowza Flowplayer UI integration

Features like full-screen mode are supported as part of our native Android and Apple SDKs. For more details, see supported features for Wowza Flowplayer Android SDK and Wowza Flowplayer Apple SDK.

Before you start

Before you start with the latest version of the Wowza Flowplayer React Native SDK, check the requirements in the following tables.

iOS requirements

For more, see About the Apple SDK > Before you start.

Requirement	Version information
Supported platforms	OS 14.0+, iPadOS 14.0+
Minimum system requirements	Swift 5.7+, macOS 13.0+
Software requirements	Xcode 15 and later

Android requirements

For more, see About the Android SDK > Before you start.

Requirement	Version information
Supported platforms	Android 4.4+ (API level 19+)
Minimum system requirements	Java 8+, Kotlin 1.9
Software requirements	Android Studio Giraffe

Run the demo application

The react-native-sdk-demo repository contains a demo React Native application for iOS or Android React Native projects. Upon successful completion, you can see examples of different player features in each sample application. To work with this example app, you must:

• Set up your development environment .
• Then, follow the steps in this README .
• To enable player content, set your access token in the demo application. For more information about setting up an access token, see Create or revoke a player token in Wowza Video.