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📢 The Android side of RN track player is currently being rewritten with Kotlin and KotlinAudio. Help us test! More information here.

A fully-fledged audio module created for music apps. Provides audio playback, external media controls, background mode and more!

Not sure where to start?

Try Getting Started.
Peruse the API Docs.
Run the Example Project.

Features

Lightweight - Optimized to use the least amount of resources according to your needs
Feels native - As everything is built together, it follows the same design principles as real music apps do
Multi-platform - Supports Android, iOS and Windows
Media Controls support - Provides events for controlling the app from a Bluetooth device, the lock screen, a notification, a smartwatch or even a car
Local or network, files or streams - It doesn't matter where the media belongs, we've got you covered
Adaptive bitrate streaming support - Support for DASH, HLS or SmoothStreaming
Caching support - Cache media files to play them again without an internet connection
Background support - Keep playing audio even after the app is in background
Fully Customizable - Even the notification icons are customizable!
Supports React Hooks 🎣 - Includes React Hooks for common use-cases so you don't have to write them

Why another music module?

After trying to team up modules like react-native-sound, react-native-music-controls and react-native-google-cast, I've noticed, that their structure and the way should be tied together can cause a lot of problems (mainly on Android). Those can heavily affect the app stability and user experience.

All audio modules (like react-native-sound) don't play in a separated service on Android, which should only be used for simple audio tracks in the foreground (such as sound effects, voice messages, etc.)

react-native-music-controls is meant for apps using those audio modules, but it has a few problems: the audio isn't tied directly to the controls. It can be pretty useful for casting (such as Chromecast).

react-native-google-cast works pretty well and also supports custom receivers, but it has fewer player controls, it's harder to integrate and still uses the Cast SDK v2.

Example Setup

First please take a look at the Getting Started guide, but a basic example of how to play a track:

import TrackPlayer from 'react-native-track-player';

const start = async () => {
    // Set up the player
    await TrackPlayer.setupPlayer();

    // Add a track to the queue
    await TrackPlayer.add({
        id: 'trackId',
        url: require('track.mp3'),
        title: 'Track Title',
        artist: 'Track Artist',
        artwork: require('track.png')
    });

    // Start playing it
    await TrackPlayer.play();
};
start();

Core Team ✨

_{David Chavez}

_{Milen Pivchev}

_{Jacob Spizziri}

Special Thanks ✨

_{Guilherme Chaguri}

_{Dustin Bahr}

Contributing

You want this package to be awesome and we want to deliver on that. As you know already you can just File A Ticket, but thats not actually the best way for you to get what you need (read on to see why). The best way is for you to Be A Champion and dive into the code.

File A Ticket

The reality is that filing a ticket isn't always enough. This is probably only going to work if your issue aligns with both the interests and the resources available to the core team. Here are the things that align with our interests in order of priority.

Fixing widespread, common, and critical Bugs.
Fixing uncommon but necessary Bugs.
Introducing new Features that have broad value.

Now keep in mind available resources. Long story short, the thing you care about needs to be cared about by either a lot of other people, or by us.

BUT! There's another and, arguably even better way that helps you get what you need faster: Be A Champion.

Be A Champion

Being a champion makes it easy for us to help you. Which is what we all want! So how can you be a champion? Sponsor the Project or be willing to write some code.

If you're willing to write some code we're willing to:

Open a design discussion, give feedback, and approve something that works.
Provide guidance in the implementation journey.

So, in a nutshell, let us know you're willing to do the work and ask for a little guidance, and watch the things you care about get done faster than anyone else. The best help will be given to those who are willing to help themselves.

You don't have experience you say? It's OK!

You may be thinking that you can't help because you know nothing about native iOS or Android or maybe even React code. But we're willing to help guide you.

If you're up for that task then we can help you understand native code and how React Native works.

The only way you go from not-knowing to knowing is by learning. Learning isn't something you should be ashamed of nor is it something you should be scared of.

Where Do You Start?

Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to make changes to the library. All the documentation on how to work on the library and it's dependencies is located in this Guide

Community

You can find us as part of the React Native Track Player:

# introductions - Come greet the newest members of this group!
# support - Ask members of the community to trouble shoot issues with your app and make recommendations.
# app-anouncements - Tell the community about the app you made with this project!
# releases - Stay updated about the latest releases and dev efforts on the project.

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