Add react-native-web support (#3958)

Co-authored-by: Kamil Moskała <[email protected]>

Author: zoriya

docs/bun.lockb

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Note: On Android, you must set the [reportBandwidth](#reportbandwidth) prop to e
 
 ### `onBuffer`
 
-<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'web']} />
 
 Callback function that is called when the player buffers.
 
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ Payload: none
 
 Callback function that is called when the media is loaded and ready to play.
 
+
+NOTE: tracks (`audioTracks`, `textTracks` & `videoTracks`) are not available on the web.
+
 Payload:
 
 | Property    | Type   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
@@ -292,7 +295,7 @@ Example:
 
 ### `onPlaybackStateChanged`
 
-<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'visionOS']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'visionOS', 'web']} />
 
 Callback function that is called when the playback state changes.
 
@@ -463,7 +466,7 @@ Payload: none
 
 ### `onSeek`
 
-<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'Windows UWP']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'Windows UWP', 'web']} />
 
 Callback function that is called when a seek completes.
 
@@ -604,7 +607,7 @@ Example:
 
 ### `onVolumeChange`
 
-<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'visionOS']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'visionOS', 'web']} />
 
 Callback function that is called when the volume of player changes.
 

docs/pages/component/events.mdx

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This page shows the list of available methods
 
 ### `dismissFullscreenPlayer`
 
-<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'web']} />
 
 `dismissFullscreenPlayer(): Promise<void>`
 
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ Take the player out of fullscreen mode.
 
 ### `pause`
 
-<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'web']} />
 
 `pause(): Promise<void>`
 
 Pause the video.
 
 ### `presentFullscreenPlayer`
 
-<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'web']} />
 
 `presentFullscreenPlayer(): Promise<void>`
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ On Android, this puts the navigation controls in fullscreen mode. It is not a co
 
 ### `resume`
 
-<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'web']} />
 
 `resume(): Promise<void>`
 
@@ -100,15 +100,15 @@ tolerance is the max distance in milliseconds from the seconds position that's a
 
 ### `setVolume`
 
-<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'web']} />
 
 `setVolume(value): Promise<void>`
 
 This function will change the volume exactly like [volume](./props#volume) property. default value and range are the same then.
 
 ### `getCurrentPosition`
 
-<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'web']} />
 
 `getCurrentPosition(): Promise<number>`
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Changing source with this function will overide source provided as props.
 
 ### `setFullScreen`
 
-<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'web']} />
 
 `setFullScreen(fullscreen): Promise<void>`
 
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ On iOS, this displays the video in a fullscreen view controller with controls.
 
 On Android, this puts the navigation controls in fullscreen mode. It is not a complete fullscreen implementation, so you will still need to apply a style that makes the width and height match your screen dimensions to get a fullscreen video.
 
+### `nativeHtmlVideoRef`
+
+<PlatformsList types={['web']} />
+
+A ref to the underlying html video element. This can be used if you need to integrate a 3d party, web only video library (like hls.js, shaka, video.js...).
+
+
 ### Example Usage
 
 ```tsx
@@ -188,7 +195,7 @@ Possible values are:
 
 ### `isCodecSupported`
 
-<PlatformsList types={['Android']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'web']} />
 
 Indicates whether the provided codec is supported level supported by device.
 

docs/pages/component/methods.mdx

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ When playing an HLS live stream with a `EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME` tag configured,
 
 ### `controls`
 
-<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'visionOS']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'visionOS', 'web']} />
 
 Determines whether to show player controls.
 
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ Whether this video view should be focusable with a non-touch input device, eg. r
 
 ### `fullscreen`
 
-<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'visionOS']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'visionOS', 'web']} />
 
 Controls whether the player enters fullscreen on play.
 See [presentFullscreenPlayer](#presentfullscreenplayer) for details.
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ If a preferred [fullscreenOrientation](#fullscreenorientation) is set, causes th
 
 ### `fullscreenOrientation`
 
-<PlatformsList types={['iOS', 'visionOS']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['iOS', 'visionOS', 'web']} />
 
 - **all (default)** -
 - **landscape**
@@ -709,6 +709,8 @@ The docs for this prop are incomplete and will be updated as each option is inve
 
 > ⚠️ on iOS, you file name must not contain spaces eg. `my video.mp4` will not work, use `my-video.mp4` instead
 
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'visionOS', 'Windows UWP']} />
+
 Example:
 
 Pass directly the asset to play (deprecated)
@@ -820,7 +822,7 @@ Example:
 
 #### Start playback at a specific point in time
 
-<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'web']} />
 
 Provide an optional `startPosition` for video. Value is in milliseconds. If the `cropStart` prop is applied, it will be applied from that point forward.
 (If it is negative or undefined or null, it is ignored)
@@ -1048,7 +1050,7 @@ textTracks={[
 
 ### `showNotificationControls`
 
-<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS']} />
+<PlatformsList types={['Android', 'iOS', 'web']} />
 
 Controls whether to show media controls in the notification area.
 For Android each Video component will have its own notification controls and for iOS only one notification control will be shown for the last Active Video component.

docs/pages/component/props.mdx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ It allows to stream video files (m3u, mpd, mp4, ...) inside your react native ap
 - Exoplayer for android
 - AVplayer for iOS, tvOS and visionOS
 - Windows UWP for windows
+- HTML5 for web
 - Trick mode support
 - Subtitles (embeded or side loaded)
 - DRM support

docs/pages/index.md

@@ -181,3 +181,12 @@ Select RCTVideo-tvOS
 Run `pod install` in the `visionos` directory of your project
 
 </details>
+
+<details>
+<summary>web</summary>
+
+Nothing to do, everything should work out of the box.
+
+Note that only basic video support is present, no hls/dash or ads/drm for now.
+
+</details>

docs/pages/installation.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This directory contains examples for `react-native-video` - this is a guide that
 
 - **[`bare`](#bare)** - Main example ([react-native-test-app](https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-test-app) - bare react-native app) that you can run on: iOS, Android, Windows, visionOS
 
-- **[`expo`](#expo)** - Expo example that you can run on: iOS, Android, tvOS, web (support coming soon)
+- **[`expo`](#expo)** - Expo example that you can run on: iOS, Android, tvOS, web
 
 ### Updating Examples Content
 
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ cd examples/expo && yarn install
 > Setup for android is not complete yet. Please use bare app for android testing.
 
     - For Web:
-      Support for web is coming soon.
+      ```bash
+      yarn web
+      ```
 
 If Metro Bundler is not running (or it did not start), you can start it by running:
 

examples/README.md

@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ export const srcAllPlatformList = [
     description: 'another bunny (can be saved)',
     uri: 'https://rawgit.com/mediaelement/mediaelement-files/master/big_buck_bunny.mp4',
     headers: {referer: 'www.github.com', 'User-Agent': 'react.native.video'},
+    metadata: {
+      title: 'Custom Title',
+      subtitle: 'Custom Subtitle',
+      artist: 'Custom Artist',
+      description: 'Custom Description',
+      imageUri:
+        'https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1498641868397191170/6qW2XkuI_400x400.png',
+    },
   },
   {
     description: 'sintel with subtitles',

examples/bare/src/constants/general.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {StyleSheet} from 'react-native';
+import {Platform, StyleSheet} from 'react-native';
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   container: {
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     borderRadius: 4,
     overflow: 'hidden',
     paddingBottom: 10,
+    paddingTop: Platform.OS === 'web' ? 25 : 0,
   },
   rateControl: {
     flex: 1,
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   },
   picker: {
     flex: 1,
-    color: 'white',
+    color: Platform.OS === 'web' ? 'black' : 'white',
     flexDirection: 'row',
     justifyContent: 'center',
     width: 100,

examples/bare/src/styles.tsx

@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@
     "update-src": "echo 'Updating src from ../bare/src' && rm -r ./src && cp -r ../bare/src ./src && echo 'Updated src from ../bare/src'"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@expo/metro-runtime": "^3.2.3",
     "@react-native-picker/picker": "2.8.1",
     "expo": "~51.0.31",
     "expo-splash-screen": "~0.27.5",
     "expo-status-bar": "~1.12.1",
     "react": "18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "18.2.0",
-    "react-native": "npm:react-native-tvos@~0.74.5-0"
+    "react-native": "npm:react-native-tvos@~0.74.5-0",
+    "react-native-web": "^0.19.13"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.24.0",