extension-videoplayer-native

This is a fullscreen videoplayer extension for iOS and Android using native OS functionality and components for videoplayback.

Usage

Add the package link (https://github.com/defold/extension-videoplayer-native/archive/master.zip) to the project setting project.dependencies, and you should be good to go.

See the manual for further info.

Lua API

videoplayer.create(uri, settings, callback)

Opens a video from either a uri, and returns a handle to the videoplayer.

function videoplayer_callback(self, video, event, data={})
    ...
end

self.handle = videoplayer.create("/assets/big_buck_bunny_720p_1mb.mp4", {play_sound = true}, videoplayer_callback)

videoplayer.destroy(handle)

Destroys the video

videoplayer.set_visible(handle, visible)

Shows or hides the video player view

videoplayer.start(handle) / videoplayer.stop(handle) / videoplayer.pause(handle)

Example

player.gui_script:

local function video_callback(self, video, event, data)
    if event == videoplayer.VIDEO_EVENT_READY then
        videoplayer.start(video)
    elseif event == videoplayer.VIDEO_EVENT_FINISHED then
        videoplayer.destroy(video)
        self.handle = nil
    end
end

local function window_callback(self, event, data)
    if not self.handle then
        return
    end

    if event == window.WINDOW_EVENT_FOCUS_LOST then
        videoplayer.pause(self.handle)
    elseif event == window.WINDOW_EVENT_FOCUS_GAINED then
        videoplayer.start(self.handle)
    end
end

function init(self)
    window.set_listener(window_callback)
    if videoplayer then
        self.handle = videoplayer.create("video.mp4", {play_sound = true}, video_callback)
    end
end

Limitations

Android

The android implementation uses the MediaPlayer in combination with a SurfaceView to display the video.

Here's a list of Supported Video Formats

iOS

TODO