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The most battle-tested open-source video player component for React Native with support for DRM, offline playback, HLS/DASH streaming, and more.

• 📱 Plays all video formats natively supported by iOS/Android
• ▶️ Local and remote playback
• 🔁 Streaming: HLS • DASH • SmoothStreaming
• 🔐 DRM: Widevine & FairPlay (See free DRM stream example)
• 📴 Offline playback, video download, support for side-tracks and side-captions (viaoptional SDK)
• 🎚️ Fine-grained control over tracks, buffering & events
• 🧩 Expo plugin support
• 🌐 Basic Web Support
• 📱 Picture in Picture
• 📺 TV Support

react-native-video v7 introduces full support for the new React Native architecture, unlocking better performance, improved consistency, and modern native modules.

• 📖Documentation
• 📦Example: Free DRM Stream
• 📦Example: Offline SDK integration

# Install dependenciesyarn add react-native-video# Install podscd ios&& pod install

importVideofrom'react-native-video';exportdefault()=>(<Videosource={{uri:'https://www.w3schools.com/html/mov_bbb.mp4'}}style={{width:'100%',aspectRatio:16/9}}controls/>);

If you're building a video-first app and need todownload HLS streams for offline playback, you're in the right place.

This SDK supports:

• 🎞 Offline HLS playback
• 🎧 Multi-language audio track downloads
• 💬 Subtitles support
• 🔐 DRM license handling
• 📊 Analytics & state tracking

• Get afree trial (no credit card required)
• Use ourstarter project to see it in action
• Integrates with bothv6 andv7 versions

👉Start Free Trial on the SDK Platform →

If you're building a video-first app and need toupload large video files reliably in the background, you're in the right place.

This SDK supports:

• 📤 Background video uploads
• 🔄 Automatic retry mechanisms
• 📊 Upload progress tracking
• 🛡️ Resume interrupted uploads
• 📱 Works when app is backgrounded
• 🔐 Secure upload handling

Whether you're building social media apps, content platforms, or enterprise solutions, our Background Upload SDK ensures your users can upload videos seamlessly without interruption.

Contact us to learn more about integrating background video uploads into your React Native application.

👉Contact us athi@thewidlarzgroup.com

Write your own plugins to extend library logic, attach analytics or add custom workflows -without forking the core SDK.
→Plugin documentation

See howTWG helpedLearnn ship a world‑class player in record time -case study.

Contact us athi@thewidlarzgroup.com

• 🐦X / Twitter -follow product & release updates
• 💬Discord -talk to the community and us
• 💼LinkedIn -see TWG flexing

• 🗽React Summit US – How TWG helped Learnn boost video performance on React Native.
  Watch the talk »

• 🧨v7 deep dive – Why we’re building v7 with Nitro ModulesWatch on X »

• 🛠️Well-maintained open-source library - What does it truly mean? - Bart's talk for React Native WarsawWatch here »

• 📺“Over the Top” Panel - Building Streaming Apps for Mobile, Web, and Smart TVs - Bart giving his insights on the industryWatch here »