Autoplay not working Android

[JoeDareZone]

The autoplay for me is not working on Android, when my Carousel is in a Modal. It works fine on iOS.

Bizarrely, if I force the modal to be visible with visible={true} I can get it to work sometimes. But apart from that it's not working.

Here's my code

 <Modal visible={isVisible}>
      <GestureHandlerRootView style={{ flex: 1 }}>
        <Carousel
          ref={carouselRef}
          data={data}
          width={width}
          autoPlay
          onScrollBegin={() => setShowCloseButton(true)}
          autoPlayInterval={3000}
          scrollAnimationDuration={500}
          onProgressChange={(
            _offsetProgress: number,
            absoluteProgress: number
          ) => {
            const currentIndex = carouselRef.current?.getCurrentIndex() || 0
            if (absoluteProgress > 0.5 || currentIndex === 0)
              setImageIndex(currentIndex)
          }}
          renderItem={({ item }) => (
            <ImageBackground style={styles.carouselImage} source={item.image}>
              <View style={styles.imageOverlay} />
              <Text style={styles.carouselHeader}>{item.header}</Text>
              {item.list &&
                item.list.map((item, index) => (
                  <View key={index} style={styles.carouselList}>
                    <Text style={FontStyles.regular18White}>🔥 </Text>
                    <Text style={FontStyles.regular18White}>{item}</Text>
                  </View>
                ))}
            </ImageBackground>
          )}
        />
 </GestureHandlerRootView style={{ flex: 1 }}>

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Put Carousel inside Modal
2. Apply Autoplay

Expected behavior I expect the carousel to autoplay

Versions (please complete the following information):

• react: v18.2.0
• react-native: v0.73.6
• react-native-reanimated: v3.6.2
• react-native-reanimated-carousel: v3.4.0
• react-native-gesture-handler: v2.14.0

Smartphone (please complete the following information):

• Device: Google Pixel 7a
• OS: Android 14

[dosubot[bot]]

Hey @JoeDareZone! I'm here to help you with any bugs, questions, or contributions you have while waiting for a human maintainer. Let's tackle this issue together!

To resolve the issue where the autoplay feature of a Carousel component is not working on Android when the Carousel is placed inside a Modal, you can try the following approach:

1. Ensure that the GestureHandlerRootView is properly set up in your application. This is crucial for gesture handling in React Native, especially when dealing with components like Modals and Carousels.

2. Wrap the Modal component with GestureHandlerRootView to ensure that gesture handling is correctly propagated.

3. Additionally, ensure that the useAutoPlay hook is correctly implemented and used in your Carousel component. This hook manages the autoplay functionality and ensures it works consistently across platforms.

Here is an example of how you can modify your code:

import React from "react";
import { Modal, View } from "react-native";
import { GestureHandlerRootView } from "react-native-gesture-handler";
import Carousel from "react-native-reanimated-carousel"; // Adjust the import path as necessary
import { useAutoPlay } from "react-native-reanimated-carousel"; // Adjust the import path as necessary

const MyComponent = ({ isVisible, data, width, setShowCloseButton, setImageIndex }) => {
  const carouselRef = React.useRef(null);
  const { start, pause } = useAutoPlay({
    autoPlay: true,
    autoPlayInterval: 3000, // Adjust the interval as necessary
    carouselController: carouselRef,
  });

  React.useEffect(() => {
    start();
    return pause;
  }, [start, pause]);

  return (
    <GestureHandlerRootView style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Modal visible={isVisible} transparent={true}>
        <GestureHandlerRootView style={{ flex: 1 }}>
          <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}>
            <Carousel
              ref={carouselRef}
              data={data}
              width={width}
              autoPlay
              onScrollBegin={() => setShowCloseButton(true)}
              autoPlayInterval={3000}
              scrollAnimationDuration={500}
              onProgressChange={(
                _offsetProgress: number,
                absoluteProgress: number
              ) => {
                const currentIndex = carouselRef.current?.getCurrentIndex() || 0;
                if (absoluteProgress > 0.5 || currentIndex === 0)
                  setImageIndex(currentIndex);
              }}
              renderItem={({ item }) => (
                <ImageBackground style={styles.carouselImage} source={item.image}>
                  <View style={styles.imageOverlay} />
                  <Text style={styles.carouselHeader}>{item.header}</Text>
                  {item.list &&
                    item.list.map((item, index) => (
                      <View key={index} style={styles.carouselList}>
                        <Text style={FontStyles.regular18White}>🔥 </Text>
                        <Text style={FontStyles.regular18White}>{item}</Text>
                      </View>
                    ))}
                </ImageBackground>
              )}
            />
          </View>
        </GestureHandlerRootView>
      </Modal>
    </GestureHandlerRootView>
  );
};

export default MyComponent;

By wrapping both the root of your application and the Modal component with GestureHandlerRootView, and ensuring the useAutoPlay hook is correctly implemented and used, you can resolve issues with autoplay not working on Android ^[1][2].

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[JoeDareZone]

Thank you. I tried wrapping both the Modal and the carousel in a GestureHandlerRootView but it didn't work. I couldn't find a useAutoPlay hook.

I ended up just writing my own autoplay function, which works reliably

useEffect(() => {
    if (!isVisible) return
    const interval = setInterval(() => {
      carouselRef.current?.next()
    }, 3000)

    return () => clearInterval(interval)
  }, [isVisible])

maybe @dosu has another idea, but this is working for now :)