Example project for android needs update? (HLS related)

System: OS: Windows 10 10.0.19044 CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz Memory: 899.71 MB / 15.94 GB Binaries: Node: 14.19.3 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE Yarn: 1.22.5 - C:\Program Files (x86)\Yarn\bin\yarn.CMD npm: 6.14.17 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD Watchman: Not Found SDKs: Android SDK: Not Found Windows SDK: Not Found IDEs: Android Studio: AI-212.5712.43.2112.8815526 Visual Studio: Not Found Languages: Java: 17.0.3 - C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17.0.3\bin\javac.EXE Python: 3.10.4 - C:\Python310\python.EXE npmPackages: @react-native-community/cli: ^4.14.0 => 4.14.0 react: 16.13.1 => 16.13.1 react-native: 0.63.3 => 0.63.3 react-native-windows: Not Found npmGlobalPackages: react-native: Not Found

I was using the example project to set up a basic player that can play hls streams, but for some reason the example project was not playing these streams and also everytime I updated the hls stream object to have "type": "hls" the app would open and crash.

After reading some issues and the docs, I managed to fix this by adding a JSON file named track-player.json to my root folder just like the docs recommend https://react-native-track-player.js.org/docs/basics/build-preferences, its content being:

{
  "dash": true,
  "hls": true,
  "smoothstreaming": true
}

I enabled everything just in case but I'll most likely disable dash I guess.

After doing that, reinstalling the app (it wasn't working before a new installation) and updating the object with the new property "type": "hls" the stream finally worked on android, here's the object for reference btw:

{
    "url": "https://react-native-track-player.js.org/example/hls/whip/playlist.m3u8",
    "title": "Whip",
    "artist": "prazkhanal",
    "artwork": "https://react-native-track-player.js.org/example/hls/whip/whip.jpeg",
    "type": "hls"
}

Anyways, the example project on android didn't work for me out of the box and that's why I'm opening this issue, and also to help anyone else who might come across this scenario.

doublesymmetry / react-native-track-player

Example project for android needs update? (HLS related) #1644