v0.31.0

Added

• MediaControlConfig to configure the media control information for the application. When isEnabled is true, the current media information will be shown on the lock-screen, in notifications, and within the control center
• Android: playerConfig.playbackConfig.isBackgroundPlaybackEnabled to support background playback

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.91.0

Deprecated

• TweaksConfig.updatesNowPlayingInfoCenter in favor of MediaControlConfig.isEnabled

v0.30.0

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.90.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.77.0

Added

• WebUiConfig.variant to set the UI variant that should be used by the Bitmovin Web UI

Fixed

• Spatial navigation in the Web UI does not work properly

v0.29.0

Added

• Android: AdaptationConfig.initialBandwidthEstimateOverride to override the selection of the optimal media tracks before actual bandwidth data is available

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.82.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.71.0
• Update IMA SDK dependency on Android to 3.33.0

Changed

v0.28.0

Added

• Android: AdItem.preloadOffset to control when ad manifest gets loaded

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.78.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.67.0

v0.27.1

Fixed

• player.setMaxSelectableBitrate(null) does not reset the maximum selectable bitrate on iOS and tvOS
• Building with Xcode 16 beta due to negative integer overflow error with UInt type

v0.27.0

Changed

• Update Google IMA SDK dependencies to 3.23.0 for iOS, and to 4.13.0 for tvOS
• Update example app dependency: Google Cast iOS sender SDK to 4.8.1
• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.74.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.66.0

v0.26.0

Added

• Support for Player.setVideoQuality() API to enable video quality selection on Android

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.73.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.65.0

Fixed

• Missing parameter documentations in the API reference

v0.25.0

Added

• viewRef property to PlayerView to allow setting a reference to the native view

Fixed

• iOS: Possible crash on hot-reload

v0.24.0

Added

• NetworkConfig to configure the network request manipulation functionality
  • preprocessHttpRequest(type, request) => Promise<HttpRequest> to pre-process an HTTP request before the request is executed by the player
  • preprocessHttpResponse(type, response) => Promise<HttpResponse> to pre-process an HTTP response before it gets passed to the player

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.72.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.64.0

Fixed

• Android: Can't create a new Player with an existing NativeID (to bind to the same native Player)
• iOS: Performance problem with large WebVTT thumbnail or subtitle tracks

v0.23.0

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.68.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.62.0

Fixed

• Android: Player Web UI freezing sometimes, under excessive WebUI-RN code messaging